The erosion of Kenya’s key health indicators -life expectancy, infant mortality and maternal mortality - during the last two decades can be traced in part to the deterioration of the health workforce. The acute shortage, inequitable distribution and inadequate skills of health workers have contributed to this negative trend. The Kenya health workforce currently stands at 1.69 health workers per 1,000, way below the WHO is recommended ratio. This small number of health workers is further inequitably distributed denying vast sections of the population access to quality health care thereby impacting negatively on health indicators despite the heavy investment made in the various areas.
Project Goal
To contribute to the increase in the ratio of the health workforce to population and to achieve equitable distribution of health human resource in Kenya.
Purpose
The project seeks to build advocacy skills, capacity and knowledge among civil society, the government and non-state actors, including professional associations and recruiting agencies to address the problem of human resources for health (HRH) in Kenya.
Objective
To enhance the capacity of CSOs, Government officers and other non-state actors to advocate for HRH issues in Kenya.
Key Results
Result 1: Increased knowledge on current HRH policy environment and practices among the government, partners and CSOs (situational analysis)
Result 2: An action plan on HRH produced and disseminated
Result 3: Enhanced advocacy skills among partners on HRH
Result 4: Increased implementation of the community strategy
Outputs
- Human resources for health (HRH) policies and practices reviewed
- Best practices and gaps regarding HRH identified through budget analysis
- Dissemination of results of Policy reviews and HRH issues studies
- Advocacy/engagement with relevant government departments supported
- Ministries of Public Health and Sanitation and Medical services supported to develop Annual Operating Plan for the year 2011/2012 based on the strategic plan
- CSOs, government officials, the media and other NSA actors trained on HRH advocacy
- Training on the community voices and action (CVA) among CSOs at national and community level conducted
- Capacity building using the Community Voice and Action approach
