What a blessing!!!! On Tuesday 13th April 2025 we had a fantastic moment with the the guests from 7 counties who came on board for a case study on the operations of the Health Information Points with regards to the Universal Health Care mission. The seven counties were: Kilifi county, Lamu county, Machakos, Tana-River county, Makueni county, Kitui and Mombasa. There was also a repetitive from the council of governors, DANIDA PHC, CMMB-Kenya, KRCs and LVET-Kenya.
The day was marked with a well documented Health Information Point Concept from the North Coast Medical Training College Director Dr. Reuben Waswa who is also the founder of CHPF and the inventor of the ideology. They were able to learn from our Health Information Point at Kireme and also had time to engage one on one with the Bomani Dispensary which is a hub of UHC in kiliifi south sub-county. Our efforts and services at the dispensary is significant through the various community centered initiatives which are more of promotive, preventive and palliative/rehabilitative within the catchment area. This is in line to the MOH community strategy. Besides, routine and non-routine data is collected on a regular basis for the purposes of establishing disease trends, and referrals and counter referrals in the community, within the concept referred to as sentinel surveillance.
We shared on the dynamics affecting the health sector and how we have managed to address them more so at the primary level. CHPF and the North Coast Medical Training College in partnership with MOH Kilifi county, Kilifi south Sub-county put measures in place to see the UHC goal accomplished.
This is evident through our community centered interventions through the various projects such as: Community Based Education Education and Services (COBES), Mzazi na Mtoto ANC and PNC programs, the health in the old age, school health program, eye health, social work services, child protection services, kitchen gardening to address malnutrition, home based care, rolling clinics under the German doctors to the dispensaries apart from Bomani among others. All this contributes to the growth of Bomani, Barani junju and Mtepeni dispensaries and realization of universal health care in the community.
For sustainability CHPF and NCMTC capacitates the community through trainings and sensitizations to the CHPs, CHCs, DHCs and the general public.
