{"id":1031,"date":"2022-10-17T15:10:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2022-10-17T15:13:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T15:13:03","slug":"health-reforms-in-nairobi-county-garnered-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/2022\/10\/17\/health-reforms-in-nairobi-county-garnered-momentum\/","title":{"rendered":"Health reforms in Nairobi County  garnered momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221017-WA0028-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221017-WA0028-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221017-WA0028-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221017-WA0028-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221017-WA0028-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221017-WA0028-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG-20221017-WA0028.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Ronald Njoroge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Health reforms in Nairobi County has garnered momentum following the hosting of the Nairobi County Health Reforms Stakeholder Engagement Forum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Githinji Gitahi, the Chairperson of the County Taskforce and Group CEO of Amref Health Africa, pointed out that the team prioritises consultations with various stakeholders in Nairobi County in the quest to improve health systems in the county.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Gitahi said that the taskforce needed a unique strategy to accomplish its mandate within the given timelines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is not the first time that Nairobi County has established taskforces for health reforms, what we need is to come together and identify what we need refocus on to achieve equitable health services in the face of the changing landscape including effects of health and mitigation and adaptation on climate change\u201d he added.<br>The Amref official called on stakeholders to reflect on achieving an enabled and efficient mixed health system that does not distinguish the quality of services offered in public or private hospitals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;While there are existing challenges in the health systems, we must also identify the possible solutions to the system bottlenecks and opportunities for achieving universal health coverage in Nairobi County,\u201d Gitahi added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Jairus Musumba  Acting County Secretary and Head of public service said that health is one of the pillars of the county and the taskforce has a responsibility to ensure that the health and wellbeing of the people of Nairobi are upheld. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He further called for concerted efforts from all stakeholders to boost health care systems through investment, dedication and planning for resources, coordination, oversight, awareness creation and advocacy.<br>Some of the areas of discussion for the forum included Health infrastructure and facilities, sustainable health financing, strengthening health workforce, health products and technologies, health service delivery, health information and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&amp;E) systems; research and development Investments, enacting enabling policies, streamlining the legislative and regulatory environment; improved accountable leadership, governance including intergovernmental relations and stakeholder coordination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Ronald Njoroge Health reforms in Nairobi County has garnered momentum following the hosting of the Nairobi County Health Reforms Stakeholder Engagement Forum. Dr. Githinji Gitahi, the Chairperson of the County Taskforce and Group CEO of Amref Health Africa, pointed out that the team prioritises consultations with various stakeholders in Nairobi County in the quest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1034,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions\/1034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykenya.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}