Community Health & Development Unit’s Achievements:

1. Development of Policies and guidelines;

  • Revised Community Health Strategy 2014- 2019
  • Community Health Policy Briefs
  • Quality Standards for Community Health Services
  • Scheme of Service for Community Health Personnel
  • Training Curricula & Manuals for CHEWs, CHVs, and CHCs
  • Community Health Policy now at Council of Governors
  • Community Health Dialogue Guidelines
  • Draft 1 million Community Health Workers Campaign Road map

2. Resources mobilized for Community Health:

  • Resources utilized for development of all the above documents were mobilized from different partners.
  • Four active technical working groups ( Research, Capacity, Monitoring & Evaluation and Advocacy)

3. Community Health Technical Support, advocacy and Capacity Building to Counties:

  • ToT on Community Health for 4 counties ( Uasin Gishu, Bungoma, Lamu & Bomet)
  • Advocacy for Community Health to all the County Health Managements Teams
  • Community Health Services website: http://www.communityhealthservices.or.ke/
  • Master Community Health Units Listing http://kmhfl.health.go.ke

4. Conducting Community health Research to improve health services:

  • Evaluation of Community Health Services 2010: (download)
  • Research based Community Based Maternal New Born Health & Nutrition (CBMNHN) Project in Kakamega County

5. Community Health Partner Co-ordination:

  • Inter-Agency Coordination Committee (ICC ) for Community Health