Health and Health Systems Development in Kenya Sample Clauses

Health and Health Systems Development in Kenya. In the mid-1940s, the World Health Organization (WHO) partnered with many other influential humanitarian organizations and demanded efforts towards improving health and health systems globally, labeling this movement as health being “a human right for every human”. Since then, the Kenyan government has sought different ways to improve the country’s health systems and services but has continuously faced hindering structural challenges. In low- and middle-income countries such as Kenya, public health services and research have historically been focused on disease prevention and eradication (KPSA, 2013). This narrow focus along with the country’s high population density drives the rise of poverty, supports a cost- ineffective healthcare delivery system, and a continuous lack of government support in Kenya. Consequently, these public health services have forced Kenya into adopting certain policy frameworks in hopes of implementing improvements in both health infrastructure and health outcomes. For example, the Kenya Health Policy Framework (KHPF), developed in 1994, resulted in some improvements to services such as maternal education and safe water but showed little improvements in maternal and child health. The complexity of the health system in Kenya is still an ongoing issue. With only half of the population living within a five-kilometer proximity to a health facility, health service is inaccessible to the majority of the population. Furthermore, the lack of operational equipment and essential medical resources within those available health facilities contributes to the inadequate healthcare delivery services in Kenya (KPSA, 2013). The evolving changes in the Kenyan government bring substantial modification and moderation in health policies. Under the recently drafted constitution in 2010, officials have entrusted national and county governments with particular tasks related to enforcing health systems development laws and advancements such as policy development, management of infrastructure, meeting capacity needs, and development of health standardization and guidelines (KPSA, 2013). This means that health services such as pharmacies, hospitals, health promotion, and more are governed by individual county officials. Therefore, each county official must advocate in favor of their population’s needs because individual counties face different health challenges. As the socioeconomic status of Kenya continues to burden the population, the challenges of inacce...
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