WHAT WE DO: PROGRAMME AREAS
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The Community Based Healthcare Financing (CBHF) Programme;-
Activities
- Promotion of Community based healthcare Insurance
- Technical support to communities in determining benefit packages
- Methodological support in designing of insurance schemes
- Empowerment and training of community leaders in various related modules
- Networking with other actors in the health sector
- Lobbying and advocacy for community health financing at local and national levels
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Community-led Accountability and governance in health (C-LAG) project.
The main objectives of this project are:-
a) Enhancing of citizen participation and advocacy in government’s planning, budgeting and delivery of health related social programmes.
Activities
- training community leaders on principles and guidelines for citizen/ public participation during the county planning & budgeting process;
- Training community leaders and health workers on the county budgeting process and their role in advocacy for increased health budgets;
- Supporting the trained leaders in drawing memoranda / make submissions during/ in public participation forums, particularly related to health projects;
b) Enhance effectiveness and responsiveness to service users in health facilities.
Activities
- Trainings for community health committee (CHCs) and facility management committees (FMCs) on their roles/ responsibilities in ensuring improvements in health service delivery;
- trainings on monitoring the implementation of health projects in their localities;
- Publicizing of health facility service charters & complains/feedback mechanisms;
- Community sensitization on referral system;
- Conducting of community score cards among other activities.