2ND CHPF Annual Stakeholders Consultative Meeting, 2026
"Leveraging Community Health Information Points to Generate Actionable Health Intelligence for Accelerated Primary Health Care Delivery and Advanced Universal Health Coverage"
Background information
Kenya’s pursuit of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is firmly grounded in the strength and effectiveness of its Primary Health Care (PHC) system. PHC remains the first and most critical point of contact for individuals, families, and communities, serving as the foundation for equitable,
accessible, and sustainable health systems.
As the country advances health sector reforms, there is growing recognition that achieving UHC requires more than expanded infrastructure or increased service delivery. It demands timely, reliable, and people-centred health system intelligence that reflects real community needs and realities.
Community-level data remains one of the most underutilized yet powerful assets within the health system. While national and county health information systems continue to evolve, gaps persist in capturing granular, real-time insights from underserved and marginalized populations particularly the elderly, persons with disabilities, the uninsured, and communities in hard-to-reach areas. These gapslimit effective PHC planning, equitable resource allocation, accountability, and responsiveness ofhealth services.
Community Health Promotion Fund (CHPF) in collaboration with North Coast Medical TrainingCollege (NCMTC) employs a Health Information Points innovative model that servesas foundational pillars for evidence-informed decision-making, disease surveillance, service uptake monitoring, referral coordination, and equity tracking. This approach has strengthened health intelligent, enhanced social accountability, and reinforced the role of community health promoters as agents of change within PHC systems.
The CHPF/NCMTC experience illustrates how local mechanisms can complement formal healthinformation systems, bridge data gaps, and place communities at the centre of health decision-making.
As counties across Kenya seek scalable, cost-effective solutions to strengthen PHC and advance UHC, the Kilifi South model offers valuable lessons and practical pathways for adaptation and
replication.
The 2nd CHPF Annual Stakeholder Consultative Meeting is therefore convened as a strategic learning and action platform bringing together national and county governments, development partners, civil society, academia, and community actors to reflect on evidence, share innovations, and catalyze commitments for scaling community-based health intelligence approaches across the country.
Purpose
To convene national and county stakeholders to share experiences, innovations, and lessons on leveraging Community Health Information Points as a scalable model for generating actionable health system intelligence that strengthens Primary Health Care and accelerates the attainment of Universal Health Coverage in Kenya.
Most importantly, the meeting seeks to build shared ownership, foster partnerships, and identify practical, context-sensitive pathways for replicating successful community-driven health intelligence models across diverse counties and communities.
Goal
Strengthening Primary Health Care : Aparthway to achieving Universal Health Coverage
Objectives
1: Strengthen understanding of Community Health Information Points (HIPs) as pillars of
PHC intelligence
2: Showcase CHPF/NCMTC model as a scalable innovation
3: Promote equity-focused use of community health intelligence under UHC
4: Examine the role of Community Health Promoters and data systems in PHC delivery
5: Enhance data protection, accountability, and community feedback mechanisms
6: Foster partnerships and shared ownership for scale-up
Target participants
The forum will convene participants and professional from the wider eco-system including the following;
• County Executive Committee Members for Health
• County and Sub-County Health Management Teams
• Community Health Promoters and Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWs)
• Development and implementing partners
• Civil Society Organizations and community-based organizations
• Research Institutions and academia
Outcome
• Increased awareness among county governments and partners on the value of Community Health Information Points as credible sources of health intelligence
• Documentation of the CHPF model as a scalable and adaptable best practice for community driven health intelligence
• Strengthened collaboration and coordination between counties, development partners, and civil society on community health information innovations
• Clear policy and implementation action points to accelerate PHC delivery and UHCattainment