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HEALTH IN KENYA
The Constitution of Kenya 2010 devolved health services to the counties, which meant a complete change in the Health structure and its management in the country. The national Government handles all the level 4 hospitals which offer highly specialized care. Level 3, level 2 and level 1 healthcare centers are under the management of the county governments
Global evidence points to a direct correlation between the size of a country’s health workforce and its health outcomes. Over the last decade, Kenya’s progress in improving the overall health status of its population has had mixed results. While life expectancy has gone up and interventions to address specific diseases including HIV/AIDs, Tuberculosis and Malaria have yielded positive results, much remains to be done.
The top five causes of outpatient morbidity in Kenya are Malaria, Diseases of the Respiratory System (including pneumonia), Skin Diseases, diarrhea and accidents accounting for about 70 percent of total causes of morbidity. Malaria contributes about a third of total outpatient morbidity.
Matter
PROGRAMES
- Hospitals
Source, allocate, and ship life saving medical supplies and equipment to our partners who are on the front lines of scarcity and lack quality healthcare.
- Matter 360°
Redistribute medical supplies and equipment, resulting in increased access to health in some of the hardest to reach corners of the world.
Coast Women in Development
PROGRAMES
Maternal Child Health
This project aims to reduce maternal and child mortality through increasing access to and uptake of quality health services for the population living in Machafuko informal settlement in Mombasa, a relatively poor and unsecure area where people have very limited access to water, electricity infrastructures and services.
In order to reach its objective, this project has been focusing on the improvement of the quality of health services for women and children in Machafuko’s two main health facilities, Mlaleo health centre and Junda dispensary. We have been rehabilitating the facilities, providing essential equipment, training medical staff, and reinforcing the referral systems.
Reproductive Health
Collaboration of Women In Development -CWID is a member of Women Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) which is a global network and has a chapter in Kenya called Women Alliance Kenya (WAK) an Alliance of 8 mostly grassroots organizations advocating for access to safe abortion and sexual and reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) in Kenya, CWID is currently the secretariat to WAK.
Healthy Action
CWID took part in implementing an action at Kilifi County that targeted at influencing the inclusion of significant RH budget in AOP and financing of health projects by devolved funding structures. The project took 6 months in advocating for improved Maternal Health and reduced child mortality through increased budget allocation to reproductive health at the regional level. The action aimed at increasing the number of pregnant women in kilifi who attend prenatal clinics and utilise skilled birth attendants. Presently, many women in the county are not attending ante natal clinics and are giving birth at home.; this is due to limited access to the services. Healthy Action Project used a combination of advocacy activities involving key stakeholders, decision makers and the community with the aim of increasing budget allocation to Maternal Health issues in Kilifi budget.
CONTACTS
Email: cwid@coastwomen.org
Mobile No: +254770013432
Telephone: 0412242000