Kenya Kwanza’s Plan For The Healthcare Sector

Kenya Kwanza Commitment to the Health Care System In Kenya

1. We are committed and determined to realise the constitutional right to health in the shortest time possible by delivering a Universal Health Coverage (UHC) system built on three pillars as follows:

2. Provide National Health Insurance Fund cover­age for all of Kenyans without exclusion in the policy of “Leaving No One Behind”;
3. Employ and initiate payment for community health workers who shall form part of the Pri­mary Health Care system;
4. Prioritise employment of 20,000 healthcare workers- doctors, nurses, clinical officers, labo­ratory technologists, physiotherapists, among others, to bridge the gap according to WHO recommendations of 23 HC per 10,000 pop­ulation;
5. Set up an emergency medical treatment fund to cater for emergency, cancer treatment and referrals;
6. Establish a commission for the management of human resources for health without undermin­ing devolution;
7. Set aside Sh50 billion for Kenya Association of Retired Officers medical schemes;
8. We shall harmonise the terms of employment for all healthcare workers in the spirit of equal work for equal pay;
9. Integrate preventive and promotive services/ establish MDT (a primary healthcare approach) as envisioned in our Afya Bora Mashinani;
10. Set aside a seed deposit amount of Sh100 bil­lion into co-funding the strategic programs for HIV, tuberculosis, blood transfusion, malaria, family planning and reproductive health;
11. Ring-fence funds for healthcare from facility improvement funds to allocations from the Treasury in collaboration with county govern­ments;
12. Bringing the cost of treatment down, (drugs, consultation, laboratory services, imaging services.)
13. We will build up our supply chain manage­ment system (KEMSA) to ensure efficiency and accountability in the medical supplies to all health facilities;
14. Integrate Information Communication and Technology systems to enhance telemedicine and health management information systems. Immediately operationalise a National Health Information System for Electronic Health Re­cords (EHR) to standardise and ensure the por­tability of patient data