a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Eliminating communicable conditions;
Halting and reversing the rising burden of non communicable conditions;
Reducing the burden of violence and injuries;
Providing essential health care;
Minimizing exposure to health risk factors; and
Strengthening collaboration with health related sectors.
148. The health policy framework also seeks to encourage other health providers to establish health
facilities in underserved communities and especially in rural areas and remote areas including urban
informal settlements. Furthermore, the adoption of the Sector Wide Approach to health has provided a
framework for structured engagement for all health sector stakeholders. Notable developments in this
regard include the adoption of joint annual implementation planning and annual review of sector
performance. Through these processes, it has become increasingly possible to determine the level of
donor and partner resources available for health through either budgetary support or off budget,
which is important for determining the sector’s resource envelope. Other advances include the
development of a national health infrastructure plan to guide investments in health; the restructuring
of the National Medical Supplies Agency to facilitate timely procurement and distribution of medical
supplies; a human resource strategy linking demand and supply for human resources; encouragement
to manufacturers to produce drugs and related commodities locally to reduce the cost of healthcare;
and strengthening of the referral system through provision of autonomy for district and provincial
hospitals.
149. Other policy measures that have been put in place by the State to enhance the right to health include
the: Kenya National Action Plan on Health and the HIV/Aids Workplace Policy.
Administrative and other measures to give effect to the right to health
150. In addition to the legislative and policy measures, the State has in place the following administrative
and institutional measures that seek to enhance the right to health.
a) The Malaria Control Programme
b) The Food Security Programs- Njaa Marufuku Kenya, National Agriculture
Accelerated Input
c) The Access Program
d) The NACADA
e) The Division of Vaccines and Immunization
f) The HPV-Programme
g) The NHIF Board
h) The Tobacco Control Board
i) The TB and Leprosy Program
j) The Radiation Board
k) The Pharmacy And Poisons Board
l) The Kenya Medical And Dentists Board
m) The Mental Health Board
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