We strengthen access and quality of mental health services. Advocate for mental health legal, policy and investments reforms to uphold and protect the rights of users of mental health services, persons with mental health conditions and psychological disabilities. Promote integration of mental health into primary healthcare services, health programmes and workplace initiatives to ensure mental health goods and services are available, equitably accessible and affordable to all.
We promote transparency and accountability on Kenya’s commitment towards achieving national UHC goals and the SDG2030 agenda. These include engagements in Public Finance Management (PFM) law and related legal frameworks reforms in support of UHC agenda in Kenya.
- Strengthening Initiatives to Eliminate New HIV Infections
We strengthen community initiatives for elimination of new HIV infections among children and keeping mothers alive. Improve the motivation and the ability for HIV negative women to practice safer sex and to access services; Increase women’s living with HIV knowledge and access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health rights information; Strengthen the capacity of community health promoters to improve retention of women, children and partners in HIV, PMTCT, ANC and paediatric HIV services.
- Increasing Demand, Access and Utilization of Quality MNCH Services
We increase access and utilization of focused Maternal, New-born and Child Health (MNCH) and Family Planning (FP) services. Hold dialogues with political, religious and community leaders to address socio-cultural barriers hindering access to MNCH/FP services; train and support Community Health Promoters (CHPs) to integrate MNCH/ FP/Nutrition/ wash services into their routine works; facilitate integrated outreaches and mobile clinics and reach out to adolescents and youths with appropriate Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and Family Planning messages.
We promote effective participation of civil society in development and implementation of health policies that safeguard and protect the public interest at national and county levels.
We promote and protect the public interest in health sector planning and budgeting processes at national and county government levels. This is by empowering civil society organisations to engage national and county governments in planning and budget making processes for health. Promoting multi-stakeholders’ engagements in developing investment frameworks for neglected health conditions such as mental health, for ease of integration into other health programmes and increased financing.