Additionally, the Reproductive Healthcare Bill 2014 has been tabled before Parliament. The legislation recognizes reproductive rights, sets the standards of reproductive health; and provides for the right to make decisions regarding reproduction free from discrimination, coercion and violence 143. In addition, Kenya has introduced the Draft Health Bill, 2013, which is intended to: consolidate the laws relating to health; provide for regulation of health care service and health care service providers; provide for establishment of national regulatory institutions; coordinate the inter relationship between the national and county health institutions; establish a coordinating agency of professionals within the health industry; and provide for attainment of the basic right to health has been developed Policy measures to give effect to the right to health 144. The Kenya Vision 2030 recognizes that the achievements of its development goals is contingent upon a healthy working human resource which should be partly achieved through the provision of quality, efficient and acceptable health care systems. Its goal for the health sector is to “provide equitable and affordable health care at the highest affordable standards to her citizens”. The Government has therefore put in place several measures including placing greater emphasis on preventive healthcare and devolving healthcare funding and management to give greater responsibility for healthcare delivery to hospitals, health centres and dispensaries. However, with Kenya’s population growing at a rate of 3 per cent annually, the population will continue to place a huge demand for health services. 145. Immediately after the establishment of a coalition government following the 2007 general elections, the then Ministry of Health was divided into the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation and the Ministry of Medical Services. Whereas having a Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation proved positive in terms of giving prominence and bringing more resources to preventive care, this reorganization had an effect on the implementation momentum that had been built over the previous five years as would, any complex system with multiple actors. On occasion, implementing agencies as well as consumers were not very clear on the functions of the different Ministries. Following the 2013 general elections the functions of the two ministries have now been merged in view of the Constitutional requirement which has reduced Government Ministries from 44 to a maximum of 22. 146. The Ministry of Health in putting together the new Kenya Health Policy, new National Health Sector Strategic Plan and the Second Health Sector Plan of the Kenya Vision 2030, have considered how to interpret the right to health vis-à-vis their services and particularly under the devolved structure of government. 147. In particular, the Kenya Health Policy (2012-2030) aims at ‘attaining the highest possible health standards in a manner responsive to the population needs’. The Policy seeks to achieve this goal through supporting provision of equitable, affordable and quality health and related services at the highest attainable standards to all Kenyans. It is designed to take the country beyond the traditional health services approach towards focus on health using a primary health care approach which remains the most efficient and cost-effective way t organize a health system. The focus of the Policy applies a human rights based approach, a strategy that will enable rights holders enjoy the highest possible level of health and consequently ensuring that they are able to participate in development activities maximally as envisaged in Kenya Vision 2030. Six policy objectives are defined: 34

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