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Kenya achieved a great milestone with the recent launch of the Community Health Initiative that will see all community health workers paid a stipend and equipped to provide preventive and promotive health services for all citizens. The government's clarion call is PREVENT, PROMOTE, and PROTECT.

Our primary objective during this meeting was to incorporate the digitization of community services, health financing, and capacity building for both CHPs and CHAs into this significant document.

The event, hosted by Management Sciences for Health (#MSH) and Living Goods, featured a distinguished panel of speakers who highlighted the profound impact of Primary Health Care (PHC) on global health outcomes.

"Radical collaboration is a core principle of the Community Health Impact Coalition, and I believe it's a key factor in our success in making professional #communityhealth workers the norm," Liz Jarman, CEO of Living Goods.

Vihiga County is our latest implementation support site where we are working with the County to scale eCHIS to 1440 community health workers (#CHWs) and 150 community health assistants (#CHAs) to deliver healthcare to 630,000 residents.

This session was part of the wider efforts to sensitize counties on the new policy for Pneumonia Case management. The policy allows CHWs to treat uncomplicated pneumonia cases at the community level using Amoxyl DT.

We are proud to be partnering with Busia County, Kenya, in the electronic Community Health System (eCHIS) scale in alignment with the broader National government's momentum.

Kisumu County was the pioneer in adopting #eCHIS and successfully digitized nearly 100% of its CHP network. It also served as the primary e-CHIS Pilot site in Kenya, setting the stage for the current nationwide scaling of the program.

Meet our UNGA 2023 delegation and visit our website to learn more about Living Goods’ strategy and activities.

The Community Health Workers are equipped with educational materials, which they use as a guide on a range of family planning products, how they work, and their side effects.