1271 Results Found

National Nutrition Action Plan

Kenya, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation

The purpose of this action plan is to provide a framework for the intervention activities of the government and stakeholders. The government has support in realizing the millennium development goals through the implementation of high impact nutrition interventions. The interventions include breastfeeding, deworming, food fortification and management of malnutrition. The first chapter of the plan analyzes the nutrition situation in Kenya; chapter two presents the strategic issues and their expected outcomes; chapter three provides the monitoring and evaluation approach; chapter four describes the strategic objectives, indicators and implementation framework for the strategic issues. The plan of action identifies 11 objectives and provides each with an expected outcome.

Kenya 2012 Health

Kenya National eHealth Policy 2016-2030

Kenya, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation

The vision of this policy is to create a suitable environment for sustainable adoption and utilization of eHealth products and services. The eHealth policy is based on legislative and regulatory instruments such as 2010 constitution of Kenya, Kenya Information and communications Act, 2015. It explores situational analysis, the policy direction guiding principles and eHealth policy framework, policy goal, objectives and orientations and policy implementation, monitoring & evaluation framework.

Kenya 2016 Health

Kenya Pharmaceutical Sector Development Strategy

Kenya, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation

The ministry of medical services rates the impact of local pharmaceutical industry in the manufacture of medicines from both health and economic development perspectives. This strategy was developed to strengthen the industry as it is currently underperforming and also to address the need of the main stakeholders to enhance the development of the pharmaceutical sector in Kenya.

Kenya 2012 Health

Tobacco Control Act

Kenya, Ministry of Health

This is an Act of Parliament to control the production, manufacture, sale, labelling, advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of tobacco products, to provide for the Tobacco Control Board for the regulation of tobacco products in Kenya.

Kenya 2007 Health

Kenya Food and Drugs Authority Bill

Kenya, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation

An Act to establish Kenya food and drugs authority and to provide for the regulation for food, drugs and chemical substances in the country. The document provides regulations for establishment of Kenya food and drugs authority, the sales of medicines and therapeutic cosmetics, listing of scheduled substances, manufacturing of tobacco products and establishment of the national quality control laboratory.

Kenya 2019 Health

Health Information system policy

Kenya, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation

This policy document identifies some challenges ranging from the weak health information system and issues of access to health services, to the issues that arise from the use information technology in the healthcare. It also identifies the policy environment; the policy framework that defines the vision, objective, mission & statement and also an implementation framework.

Kenya 2006 Health

The Health Act, 2017

Kenya, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation

An Act to unify the health system, to coordinate the inter-relationship between the national government and county government health systems, to provide for the regulation of health care service and health care service providers, health products and health technologies. This document provides regulations for public health facilities; establishment of Kenya Health Human Resource Advisory Council; establishment of the Kenya Health Professions Oversight Authority; regulation of health products and health technologies etc.

Kenya 2017 Health

Health Sector Strategic and Investment plan (KHSSP)

Kenya, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation

To achieve the goal of attaining the highest health standards in a manner responsive to the population needs, this investment plan outlines the impact priority targets and also provides the service delivery focus and targets that will be implemented to attain the impact target. The priorities are to eradicate polio & guinea worm; eliminate malaria; and other diseases.

Kenya 2013 Health

Public Health Officers (Training, Registration and Licensing) Act

Kenya, Ministry of Health

This is an Act of Parliament specifying the provision for the training, registration, and licensing of public health officers and public health technicians, to regulate their practice, and to provide for the establishment, powers, and functions of the Public Health Officers and Public Health Technicians Council.

Kenya 2013 Health

Health Sector Human Resources Strategy 2014-2018

Kenya, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation

This strategy was developed to guide the Human Resources Strategy (HRH) interventions for improved health service delivery. Implementation of the strategy will be guided by indicators set out in the result framework under the leadership of the principal secretary ministry of health and chief officers of health in the counties in collaboration with directorate of public service management, public service commission and county public service boards and the Inter-agency coordination committee of Human Resources Strategy (HRH) at the National and county levels.

Kenya 2014 Health

Guidelines for Good Distribution Practices For Pharmaceuticals

Kenya, Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation

This document recognizes the role of wholesale and retail distribution in the supply of manufactured therapeutic products. These guidelines for good wholesaling and retail practice in pharmaceuticals set out steps to meet the distribution requirements in the following aspects: building & grounds, facilities, personnel, stock handling and stock control, transport, complaints, documentation and records, counterfeit products and sale of unregistered medicines.

Kenya 2006 Health

Trancop Transforming Covid-19 from Crisis User Guidelines

Ghana, Ministry of Health

Ghana through this Trancop policy framework is pioneering a PanaBIOS bio screening and risk-based reopening protocols to advance the African Union’s Open Corridors Initiative and the Africa CDC Public Health Corridors program.

Ghana 2020 Health

Ghana Health Service (GHS) Standard Hospitals (Standard Modular Design Concept)

Ghana, Ghana Health Service

This represents the concept of GHS Standard Hospital based on a modular template and is suitable for easy expansion. It provides information on departments, general building arrangements, and cost estimates. The standard was developed to ultimately reduce maintenance and other operational and variable costs.

Ghana 2018 Health

Policy Guidelines on Traditional Medicine Development

Ghana, Ministry of Health

The Government of Ghana has long recognised the importance of traditional medicine, as evidenced by various efforts at establishing traditional medical centres. The objective of this policy is to provide a general direction and framework within which government’s short- to long term plans on traditional medicine would be based.

Ghana 2005 Health

Intermittent Preventive Treatment (IPT) of Malaria in Pregnancy (Training Manual for Health Providers)

Ghana, Ministry of Health

The control of mortality rates arising from malaria is a global effort. The manual highlights the various challenges faced in combating the malaria scourge among pregnant women in Ghana. The general objective of the strategy is to contribute to the reduction of malaria-related maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality through the usage of IPT.

Ghana 2005 Health

Regenerative Health (Policy Briefing Paper 002)

Ghana, Ministry of Health

This strategy aims to shift the emphasis on health from cure to prevention. It prioritises the implementation of healthy lifestyles, dietary practices, and mother-and-child care practices.

Ghana 2007 Health

National Medicines Policy

Ghana, Ministry of Health

This document is the third edition of the National Medicines Policy. The overall goal of the policy is to ensure universal, equitable and sustainable access to priority, efficacious and safe medicines and other health technologies of acceptable quality for all people living in Ghana and promote their responsible use by healthcare providers and consumers.

Ghana 2017 Health

National HIV/AIDS and STI Policy

Ghana, Ministry of Health

The main objective of the policy is to underpin the national response to HIV/AIDS in order to create a conducive environment to ensure sustained political commitment and support for effective action against HIV/AIDS/STIs in the Ghana.

Ghana 2004 Health

Referral Policy and Guidelines

Ghana, Ministry of Health

These guidelines address the lack of harmonization of the referral system and standard procedures that define roles and responsibilities of the referring and receiving health facilities. It has an overarching goal to ensure continuous and seamless delivery of healthcare to the patient.

Ghana 2012 Health