Building Resilient and Responsive Health Systems

The objective of the Building Resilient and Responsive Health Systems Project for Kenya is to improve utilization and quality of primary healthcare services and strengthen institutional capacity for service delivery. There are three components to the project, the first component being strengthening institutional capacity for health service delivery towards achieving UHC. Component 1 will focus on: (a) strengthening the institutional capacity of KEMSA and availability of HPTs; (b) supporting health financing reforms; and (c) improving availability and use of quality data for decision making. The second component is the improving utilization of quality health services at primary care level. This component includes three subcomponents: improving availability of essential HPTs and delivery of key quality services at the primary care level, improving delivery of quality health services in selected counties, and : Improving access to and utilization of quality health services in refugee camps and host communities in Garissa and Turkana Counties. Finally, the third component is the project management and evaluation. This component will support project management activities at national and county level. Key areas of support will include (1) providing operational costs and logistical services for day-to-day management of the project; (2) project monitoring and evaluation activities; (3) environmental and social risk management; (4) stakeholder engagement; (5) fiduciary management; (6) contracting of staff on a need basis; (7) technical assistance and county peer-to-peer learning among others; and (8) development of a climate emergency plan at the national level, which will inform county level actions to reduce the risk of climate change on health service delivery activities. Counties will be encouraged to include relevant climate mitigation actions in their AWPs.