This document summarizes a study that integrated family planning and health services into farmer field days in rural Kenya. Over 2,300 attendees at 7 field days received consultations, with the most common being non-reproductive health exams, family planning counseling, and HIV testing. The study found high utilization of on-site health services. It contributes data on providing health services through non-health sector events and shows this can improve rural access to care.
This document describes the e-Mamta project in Gujarat, India, which aims to track pregnant mothers and children to reduce infant and maternal mortality rates. The key points are:
1. e-Mamta is an online system that registers individuals, tracks health services delivered, and sends SMS alerts to beneficiaries and providers.
2. It generates work plans for frontline workers based on population data to improve service coverage.
3. The system covers Gujarat's entire population, with a focus on rural, urban slum, and slum-like areas. It integrates with other health programs and aims to create a complete individual health record.
The document summarizes the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in India, which aimed to provide accessible, affordable and quality healthcare, especially to rural and vulnerable populations, from 2005-2012. Key aspects included decentralizing healthcare and increasing public health expenditure to 2-3% of GDP. Goals were to reduce infant and maternal mortality, and ensure access to primary healthcare through community health workers like ASHAs, improved infrastructure like 24/7 facilities, and intersectoral coordination between health, water, sanitation and nutrition initiatives. The document outlines the organizational structure, strategies and interventions of the NRHM at national, state, district and community levels.
The document outlines the National Rural Health Mission in India from 2005-2012. The mission aimed to improve healthcare access for rural populations by increasing public health spending, reducing regional disparities, and decentralizing healthcare administration. Key strategies included appointing a female community health worker in each village, preparing village-level health plans, strengthening primary healthcare centers, integrating vertical health programs, and promoting affordable access through public-private partnerships and health insurance. The goals were to reduce infant and maternal mortality and ensure universal access to primary healthcare services.
The document describes the Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS), an initiative launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in India in 2009. MCTS tracks pregnant women and children under 5 for healthcare services like antenatal care, immunizations, and postnatal care. It involves registering beneficiaries and healthcare workers in the online system and using SMS to facilitate services and monitor delivery. Over 4 million pregnant women and 3.3 million children have been registered since inception. MCTS aims to reduce infant and maternal mortality and promote timely healthcare access.
Medical Governance and Health Policy in the PhilippinesAlbert Domingo
An overview of key concepts and present trends in medical governance, health policy, and health sector reform in the Philippines, presented by Dr. Albert Domingo at the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute - College of Medicine on Sep. 26, 2013 for the subject "Perspectives in Medicine".
Includes the broad concept of medical governance as applied to various settings, from the point of care between provider and client/patient, to national and global health systems. Also touches on the practice of evidence-based healthcare as applied to the scale-up of innovations necessary to accelerate reform implementation, with grounding in the operational realities of implementation arrangements faced by sector managers on a day-to-day basis.
Suggested Citation:
Domingo, Albert Francis E. "Medical Governance, Health Policy, and Health Sector Reform in the Philippines: An Overview of Key Concepts and Present Trends." De La Salle Health Sciences Institute (DLSHSI). DLSHSI College of Medicine, Dasmarinas, Cavite. 26 Sep. 2013. Lecture.
Community Health Strategy Implementation Guide 2007chskenya
This is the community Health Implementation guideline for CHS Kenya. Community Health Services Kenya is the body mandated to offer quality health services to Kenyans at community level. This guideline outlines how the strategy is implemented to ensure that each Kenyan has access to quality health services
For More Information Visit http://chs.health.go.ke
This PPT has all the necessary information about 'National Rural Health Mission'. It is useful for students of Medical field learning 'Preventive & Social Medicine' as well as anyone who is interested in knowing about it.
Copyright Disclaimer - Use of these PowerPoint Presentation for any commercial purpose is strictly prohibited. The presentations uploaded on this profile are protected under Copyright Act,1957.
This document describes the e-Mamta project in Gujarat, India, which aims to track pregnant mothers and children to reduce infant and maternal mortality rates. The key points are:
1. e-Mamta is an online system that registers individuals, tracks health services delivered, and sends SMS alerts to beneficiaries and providers.
2. It generates work plans for frontline workers based on population data to improve service coverage.
3. The system covers Gujarat's entire population, with a focus on rural, urban slum, and slum-like areas. It integrates with other health programs and aims to create a complete individual health record.
The document summarizes the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in India, which aimed to provide accessible, affordable and quality healthcare, especially to rural and vulnerable populations, from 2005-2012. Key aspects included decentralizing healthcare and increasing public health expenditure to 2-3% of GDP. Goals were to reduce infant and maternal mortality, and ensure access to primary healthcare through community health workers like ASHAs, improved infrastructure like 24/7 facilities, and intersectoral coordination between health, water, sanitation and nutrition initiatives. The document outlines the organizational structure, strategies and interventions of the NRHM at national, state, district and community levels.
The document outlines the National Rural Health Mission in India from 2005-2012. The mission aimed to improve healthcare access for rural populations by increasing public health spending, reducing regional disparities, and decentralizing healthcare administration. Key strategies included appointing a female community health worker in each village, preparing village-level health plans, strengthening primary healthcare centers, integrating vertical health programs, and promoting affordable access through public-private partnerships and health insurance. The goals were to reduce infant and maternal mortality and ensure universal access to primary healthcare services.
The document describes the Mother and Child Tracking System (MCTS), an initiative launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in India in 2009. MCTS tracks pregnant women and children under 5 for healthcare services like antenatal care, immunizations, and postnatal care. It involves registering beneficiaries and healthcare workers in the online system and using SMS to facilitate services and monitor delivery. Over 4 million pregnant women and 3.3 million children have been registered since inception. MCTS aims to reduce infant and maternal mortality and promote timely healthcare access.
Medical Governance and Health Policy in the PhilippinesAlbert Domingo
An overview of key concepts and present trends in medical governance, health policy, and health sector reform in the Philippines, presented by Dr. Albert Domingo at the De La Salle Health Sciences Institute - College of Medicine on Sep. 26, 2013 for the subject "Perspectives in Medicine".
Includes the broad concept of medical governance as applied to various settings, from the point of care between provider and client/patient, to national and global health systems. Also touches on the practice of evidence-based healthcare as applied to the scale-up of innovations necessary to accelerate reform implementation, with grounding in the operational realities of implementation arrangements faced by sector managers on a day-to-day basis.
Suggested Citation:
Domingo, Albert Francis E. "Medical Governance, Health Policy, and Health Sector Reform in the Philippines: An Overview of Key Concepts and Present Trends." De La Salle Health Sciences Institute (DLSHSI). DLSHSI College of Medicine, Dasmarinas, Cavite. 26 Sep. 2013. Lecture.
Community Health Strategy Implementation Guide 2007chskenya
This is the community Health Implementation guideline for CHS Kenya. Community Health Services Kenya is the body mandated to offer quality health services to Kenyans at community level. This guideline outlines how the strategy is implemented to ensure that each Kenyan has access to quality health services
For More Information Visit http://chs.health.go.ke
This PPT has all the necessary information about 'National Rural Health Mission'. It is useful for students of Medical field learning 'Preventive & Social Medicine' as well as anyone who is interested in knowing about it.
Copyright Disclaimer - Use of these PowerPoint Presentation for any commercial purpose is strictly prohibited. The presentations uploaded on this profile are protected under Copyright Act,1957.
Department of Health Program Directions and Priorities Towards MDGs 4 and 5Michelle Avelino
The document outlines the Department of Health's (DOH) current efforts, status, and directions regarding achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 in the Philippines. It discusses programs established to improve maternal and child health, including emergency obstetric care facilities, integrated service packages, training programs, and monitoring systems. It notes accomplishments, ongoing challenges, and a proposed approach to scaling up family planning and maternal, newborn and child health programs through collaboration with partners.
The document discusses mid-level health providers, their roles, and training. It begins by outlining the objectives of the seminar, which are to introduce mid-level providers, define them, explain their need, discuss their training, and describe their roles and responsibilities. It then provides details on mid-level providers, including their scope of practice and role in bridging gaps between communities and healthcare. The document also discusses India's Community Health Officer program and the services mid-level providers offer, such as maternal, child, and chronic disease care. It concludes by listing the roles and responsibilities of community health officers.
Pregnancy, child tracking & health services management systemUjjwal 'Shanu'
The document describes a web-based system called the Pregnancy, Child Tracking & Health Services Management System used in Rajasthan, India to track pregnancies and children's health. It allows health officials to monitor services across 13,000 locations down to the village level. Key features include assigning unique IDs to pregnant women and children, linking family records, and automating reporting and analysis to improve services and reduce delays.
This document provides the framework for implementation of India's National Health Mission from 2012-2017. It lays out the vision, guiding principles, and core values of the NHM, which include attaining universal access to equitable, affordable, and quality healthcare. The key goals are to enable achievement of the vision, make the system responsive to citizen needs, build partnerships to realize health goals, focus on survival and well-being of women and children, reduce disease burden, and ensure financial protection for households. The strategies to achieve these goals include supporting state health system strengthening, building state and district capacity for decentralized outcome-based planning, enabling integrated facility development, and creating district knowledge centers.
CHS Kenya National Communication Strategy for Community Health Services 201...chskenya
The Community health Services Kenya was started by the Ministry of Health in its quest to offer quality health services to all Kenyans. CHS Kenya offers health care services at community level to all Kenyans regardless of their social status.
This document outlines the Duterte administration's health agenda to achieve universal health coverage in the Philippines. The key goals are to:
1) Establish functional service delivery networks to ensure access to quality health services.
2) Attain and sustain universal health insurance to protect Filipinos from health-related financial risks.
3) Protect Filipinos from the triple burden of disease through guaranteed health services and community interventions.
The inaugural Philippines Healthcare will focus on investment opportunities in the Philippines healthcare sector as well as examine the developments in healthcare plans and policies by government, market access opportunities for pharma and technology, new healthcare facility projects, upgrades and expansions and increasing efficiencies of existing facilities.
Philippines is currently focused on speeding up health facilities and upgrades, meeting the needs and growing demand for health specialists, training to ensure competency and quality of healthcare services and ensuring the availability of drugs throughout the country.
The conference will have discussions on policy and regulation updates, investment opportunities, projects and developments to strengthen Philippines healthcare infrastructure and delivery.
It will be held in Manila and will have representations from government, hospitals, insurance companies, pharma companies, health technology and medical device providers and other related stakeholders.
Essential Package of Health Services Country Snapshot: KenyaHFG Project
This country snapshot is one in a series of 24 snapshots as part of an activity looking at the Governance Dimensions of Essential Packages of Health Services in the Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Death priority countries. The snapshot explores several important dimensions of the EPHS in the country, such as how government policies contribute to the service coverage, population coverage, and financial coverage of the package. Each country snapshot includes annexes that contain further information about the EPHS.
The National Health Mission (NHM) encompasses
its two Sub-Missions, the National Rural Health
Mission (NRHM) and the National Urban Health
Mission (NUHM). The main programmatic
components include Health system strengthening
in rural and urban areas, ReproductiveMaternal-Neonatal-Child and Adolescent Health
(RMNCH+A) and Communicable and NonCommunicable Diseases. The NHM envisages
achievement of universal access to equitable,
affordable & quality healthcare services that are
accountable and responsive to people’s needs.
The document discusses the National Rural Health Mission in India and provides details on its goals, approaches, institutional framework, and state-level initiatives. The NRHM aims to provide universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care through community involvement, capacity building, flexible financing, and human resource management. It outlines the proposed structure from village to block to district levels. It also summarizes administrative actions and strategies to strengthen manpower and decentralize implementation across various Indian states.
The PRRINN-MNCH programme operated in four northern Nigerian states from 2006-2013 with the goal of improving maternal, newborn and child health services. It achieved significant impacts including:
1) Reducing maternal and child mortality and morbidity in the target states by strengthening health systems, service delivery, community engagement, and governance.
2) Providing evidence of value for money through improved health indicators and lives saved due to programme interventions.
3) Facing challenges in the unstable security environment, particularly in Yobe State, but continuing operations with government commitment to improving health services.
The document discusses India's National Urban Health Mission. The mission aims to provide equitable access to quality health care for the urban poor population as cities are seeing rapid growth. It focuses on improving the efficiency of the public health system and promoting partnerships between government and non-government providers. The mission seeks to meet the health needs of vulnerable groups like slum dwellers through primary health centers, community-based health insurance, and initiatives like the Urban Social Health Activist program. It was established to address the lack of standards and economic barriers to healthcare access faced by many in urban areas.
This document discusses the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in India. It was launched in 2005 with the key objectives of improving access to affordable, effective and reliable healthcare in rural areas. Some of its main goals included reducing infant and maternal mortality, increasing access to public health services, and addressing disparities across states. It focuses on improving infrastructure, human resources, and service delivery at primary healthcare centers. The document provides statistics on health indicators like IMR, MMR and progress made in achieving targets set by NRHM in different states of India.
Government Schemes in India are launched by the government to address the social and economic welfare of the citizens of this nation. These schemes play a crucial role in solving many health-related and socio-economic problems that beset Indian society, and thus their awareness is a must for any concerned citizen.
The document summarizes the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in India, which aimed to improve rural healthcare through decentralization, appointing community health workers, strengthening primary care, and partnering with private organizations. Key goals included reducing maternal and child mortality, expanding access to services, and controlling diseases. The mission created Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) to create health awareness and mobilize communities, and strengthened subcenters, primary health centers, and community health centers.
The Philippine Health Agenda 2016-2022 aims to achieve three guarantees: universal health insurance, a functional service delivery network, and services for all life stages and diseases. It outlines strategies to advance health promotion, cover all Filipinos against financial health risks, harness human resources, invest in health data and technology, increase accountability and transparency, improve responsiveness to patients, and elicit multi-sectoral support for health. The agenda seeks to attain health-related UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2022.
The document provides an overview of India's National Health Mission (NHM), which includes the National Rural Health Mission and National Urban Health Mission. The vision of NHM is universal access to equitable, affordable, and quality healthcare. Key goals include reducing maternal and infant mortality rates. The document outlines the governance structure of NHM at the national, state, and district levels. It also describes the major components and initiatives of NHM, including health systems strengthening, reproductive and child health programs, and national disease control programs. Implementation of NHM has increased healthcare infrastructure, utilization, and achieved several of its targets.
The document introduces the Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) program launched in India in 2011. JSSK aims to provide totally free maternity services and newborn care up to 30 days in all government institutions, regardless of financial status. This includes free delivery, C-sections, drugs, diagnostics, blood, transport, and diet for pregnant women and sick newborns. JSSK was launched to reduce India's high maternal and infant mortality rates and increase access to healthcare for pregnant women and newborns. The document outlines the goals, entitlements, implementation process, and monitoring of the JSSK program across states in India.
The National Health Policy of 1983 aimed to provide comprehensive primary health care services through a network of health centers with referrals and specialty services. It focused on nutrition, health education, and maintaining drug quality. The 2002 policy realized disparities in health facilities and sought to reduce inequities and allow disadvantaged groups fairer access to services. It proposed increasing health expenditure to 6% of GDP to improve infrastructure and address shortfalls. The National Population Policy of 2000 aimed to bring fertility rates to replacement levels by 2010 through addressing unmet needs, increasing education, and promoting the small family norm.
This document discusses the implementation of an innovative "Basket Fund" financing mechanism in Zamfara State, Nigeria to address funding challenges for primary health care (PHC) services including routine immunization.
Routine immunization coverage in Zamfara State had declined to only 11% due to inadequate funding for vaccine distribution, staff supervision, and other essential recurrent costs, despite efforts by international partners. A proposal was developed to create a pooled "PHC service delivery fund", also called the "Basket Fund", to centrally manage and transparently disburse funds for PHC activities across the state. Key stakeholders collaborated on the proposal. The Basket Fund mechanism has helped smooth service delivery by resolving issues around both acquiring and properly using
Over the past decade, Kenya has made tremendous efforts to enhance maternal and child health. Secure maternity policies such as free maternity care are one of the initiatives that have enhanced maternal and child health in all public health facilities. Despite these attempts, public health facilities for maternal and child health are still underused. This study employed a cross-sectional descriptive study design to identify determinants of free maternal health services by evaluating factors determining perceptions and health-seeking behavior of 384 pregnant mothers in Malava Sub-County, Kakamega County. The study used a mixed-method (quantitative and qualitative approaches). Questionnaires were administered to pregnant mothers selected for the study. The study employed a purposive sampling of research participants. Quantitative data were collected using the questionnaire administered by the research assistants whereas qualitative data were collected by the researcher through interview schedules. Quantitative data analysis was carried out using SPSS 23. However, qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis. Quantitative data representation was done in terms of frequency and percentages. Analysis of chi-square testing was used to assess the association between the variables of socio-economic and health facilities and the provision of free maternity facilities (p<0.05). The study established that the uptake of free maternal service by pregnant mothers was influenced by their level of primitivism and religious beliefs. In addition, this study found out that 53.8% and 77.7% of the pregnant mothers could not attend antenatal and post-natal care because government facilities were located far away from their residences and they also had less access to some information about free maternal health care. The results of this research would be disseminated to the hospital management team, Sub-Country health management team, County health management team, and other stakeholders, thereby demonstrating reasons for low uptake of free maternity services and helping to strategize for better service delivery. Based on the finding, the study recommends that to improve access to free maternal health care, the county government ought to place health services as close as possible to the community where people live. Secondly, there is a need to embrace the usage of the existing media network to sensitize pregnant mothers to the danger signs and the need to have decision-making powers over their safety. Lastly, hospital management ought to increase the awareness of free maternal health care and to include it among the community priorities during dialog days, action days, and other group discussions.
This document summarizes family planning policies, programs, and activities in Sudan. It outlines the objectives of family planning in Sudan, which are primarily to improve maternal health by providing child spacing, and secondarily to control population growth. It discusses key actors like the Sudan Family Planning Association and UN agencies. It also describes common family planning interventions in Sudan like capacity building for healthcare providers, community awareness campaigns, and ensuring availability of family planning commodities. Barriers to effective family planning programs in Sudan include challenges with integrating services and developing strong referral systems.
Department of Health Program Directions and Priorities Towards MDGs 4 and 5Michelle Avelino
The document outlines the Department of Health's (DOH) current efforts, status, and directions regarding achieving Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 in the Philippines. It discusses programs established to improve maternal and child health, including emergency obstetric care facilities, integrated service packages, training programs, and monitoring systems. It notes accomplishments, ongoing challenges, and a proposed approach to scaling up family planning and maternal, newborn and child health programs through collaboration with partners.
The document discusses mid-level health providers, their roles, and training. It begins by outlining the objectives of the seminar, which are to introduce mid-level providers, define them, explain their need, discuss their training, and describe their roles and responsibilities. It then provides details on mid-level providers, including their scope of practice and role in bridging gaps between communities and healthcare. The document also discusses India's Community Health Officer program and the services mid-level providers offer, such as maternal, child, and chronic disease care. It concludes by listing the roles and responsibilities of community health officers.
Pregnancy, child tracking & health services management systemUjjwal 'Shanu'
The document describes a web-based system called the Pregnancy, Child Tracking & Health Services Management System used in Rajasthan, India to track pregnancies and children's health. It allows health officials to monitor services across 13,000 locations down to the village level. Key features include assigning unique IDs to pregnant women and children, linking family records, and automating reporting and analysis to improve services and reduce delays.
This document provides the framework for implementation of India's National Health Mission from 2012-2017. It lays out the vision, guiding principles, and core values of the NHM, which include attaining universal access to equitable, affordable, and quality healthcare. The key goals are to enable achievement of the vision, make the system responsive to citizen needs, build partnerships to realize health goals, focus on survival and well-being of women and children, reduce disease burden, and ensure financial protection for households. The strategies to achieve these goals include supporting state health system strengthening, building state and district capacity for decentralized outcome-based planning, enabling integrated facility development, and creating district knowledge centers.
CHS Kenya National Communication Strategy for Community Health Services 201...chskenya
The Community health Services Kenya was started by the Ministry of Health in its quest to offer quality health services to all Kenyans. CHS Kenya offers health care services at community level to all Kenyans regardless of their social status.
This document outlines the Duterte administration's health agenda to achieve universal health coverage in the Philippines. The key goals are to:
1) Establish functional service delivery networks to ensure access to quality health services.
2) Attain and sustain universal health insurance to protect Filipinos from health-related financial risks.
3) Protect Filipinos from the triple burden of disease through guaranteed health services and community interventions.
The inaugural Philippines Healthcare will focus on investment opportunities in the Philippines healthcare sector as well as examine the developments in healthcare plans and policies by government, market access opportunities for pharma and technology, new healthcare facility projects, upgrades and expansions and increasing efficiencies of existing facilities.
Philippines is currently focused on speeding up health facilities and upgrades, meeting the needs and growing demand for health specialists, training to ensure competency and quality of healthcare services and ensuring the availability of drugs throughout the country.
The conference will have discussions on policy and regulation updates, investment opportunities, projects and developments to strengthen Philippines healthcare infrastructure and delivery.
It will be held in Manila and will have representations from government, hospitals, insurance companies, pharma companies, health technology and medical device providers and other related stakeholders.
Essential Package of Health Services Country Snapshot: KenyaHFG Project
This country snapshot is one in a series of 24 snapshots as part of an activity looking at the Governance Dimensions of Essential Packages of Health Services in the Ending Preventable Child and Maternal Death priority countries. The snapshot explores several important dimensions of the EPHS in the country, such as how government policies contribute to the service coverage, population coverage, and financial coverage of the package. Each country snapshot includes annexes that contain further information about the EPHS.
The National Health Mission (NHM) encompasses
its two Sub-Missions, the National Rural Health
Mission (NRHM) and the National Urban Health
Mission (NUHM). The main programmatic
components include Health system strengthening
in rural and urban areas, ReproductiveMaternal-Neonatal-Child and Adolescent Health
(RMNCH+A) and Communicable and NonCommunicable Diseases. The NHM envisages
achievement of universal access to equitable,
affordable & quality healthcare services that are
accountable and responsive to people’s needs.
The document discusses the National Rural Health Mission in India and provides details on its goals, approaches, institutional framework, and state-level initiatives. The NRHM aims to provide universal access to equitable, affordable and quality health care through community involvement, capacity building, flexible financing, and human resource management. It outlines the proposed structure from village to block to district levels. It also summarizes administrative actions and strategies to strengthen manpower and decentralize implementation across various Indian states.
The PRRINN-MNCH programme operated in four northern Nigerian states from 2006-2013 with the goal of improving maternal, newborn and child health services. It achieved significant impacts including:
1) Reducing maternal and child mortality and morbidity in the target states by strengthening health systems, service delivery, community engagement, and governance.
2) Providing evidence of value for money through improved health indicators and lives saved due to programme interventions.
3) Facing challenges in the unstable security environment, particularly in Yobe State, but continuing operations with government commitment to improving health services.
The document discusses India's National Urban Health Mission. The mission aims to provide equitable access to quality health care for the urban poor population as cities are seeing rapid growth. It focuses on improving the efficiency of the public health system and promoting partnerships between government and non-government providers. The mission seeks to meet the health needs of vulnerable groups like slum dwellers through primary health centers, community-based health insurance, and initiatives like the Urban Social Health Activist program. It was established to address the lack of standards and economic barriers to healthcare access faced by many in urban areas.
This document discusses the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in India. It was launched in 2005 with the key objectives of improving access to affordable, effective and reliable healthcare in rural areas. Some of its main goals included reducing infant and maternal mortality, increasing access to public health services, and addressing disparities across states. It focuses on improving infrastructure, human resources, and service delivery at primary healthcare centers. The document provides statistics on health indicators like IMR, MMR and progress made in achieving targets set by NRHM in different states of India.
Government Schemes in India are launched by the government to address the social and economic welfare of the citizens of this nation. These schemes play a crucial role in solving many health-related and socio-economic problems that beset Indian society, and thus their awareness is a must for any concerned citizen.
The document summarizes the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in India, which aimed to improve rural healthcare through decentralization, appointing community health workers, strengthening primary care, and partnering with private organizations. Key goals included reducing maternal and child mortality, expanding access to services, and controlling diseases. The mission created Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) to create health awareness and mobilize communities, and strengthened subcenters, primary health centers, and community health centers.
The Philippine Health Agenda 2016-2022 aims to achieve three guarantees: universal health insurance, a functional service delivery network, and services for all life stages and diseases. It outlines strategies to advance health promotion, cover all Filipinos against financial health risks, harness human resources, invest in health data and technology, increase accountability and transparency, improve responsiveness to patients, and elicit multi-sectoral support for health. The agenda seeks to attain health-related UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2022.
The document provides an overview of India's National Health Mission (NHM), which includes the National Rural Health Mission and National Urban Health Mission. The vision of NHM is universal access to equitable, affordable, and quality healthcare. Key goals include reducing maternal and infant mortality rates. The document outlines the governance structure of NHM at the national, state, and district levels. It also describes the major components and initiatives of NHM, including health systems strengthening, reproductive and child health programs, and national disease control programs. Implementation of NHM has increased healthcare infrastructure, utilization, and achieved several of its targets.
The document introduces the Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram (JSSK) program launched in India in 2011. JSSK aims to provide totally free maternity services and newborn care up to 30 days in all government institutions, regardless of financial status. This includes free delivery, C-sections, drugs, diagnostics, blood, transport, and diet for pregnant women and sick newborns. JSSK was launched to reduce India's high maternal and infant mortality rates and increase access to healthcare for pregnant women and newborns. The document outlines the goals, entitlements, implementation process, and monitoring of the JSSK program across states in India.
The National Health Policy of 1983 aimed to provide comprehensive primary health care services through a network of health centers with referrals and specialty services. It focused on nutrition, health education, and maintaining drug quality. The 2002 policy realized disparities in health facilities and sought to reduce inequities and allow disadvantaged groups fairer access to services. It proposed increasing health expenditure to 6% of GDP to improve infrastructure and address shortfalls. The National Population Policy of 2000 aimed to bring fertility rates to replacement levels by 2010 through addressing unmet needs, increasing education, and promoting the small family norm.
This document discusses the implementation of an innovative "Basket Fund" financing mechanism in Zamfara State, Nigeria to address funding challenges for primary health care (PHC) services including routine immunization.
Routine immunization coverage in Zamfara State had declined to only 11% due to inadequate funding for vaccine distribution, staff supervision, and other essential recurrent costs, despite efforts by international partners. A proposal was developed to create a pooled "PHC service delivery fund", also called the "Basket Fund", to centrally manage and transparently disburse funds for PHC activities across the state. Key stakeholders collaborated on the proposal. The Basket Fund mechanism has helped smooth service delivery by resolving issues around both acquiring and properly using
Over the past decade, Kenya has made tremendous efforts to enhance maternal and child health. Secure maternity policies such as free maternity care are one of the initiatives that have enhanced maternal and child health in all public health facilities. Despite these attempts, public health facilities for maternal and child health are still underused. This study employed a cross-sectional descriptive study design to identify determinants of free maternal health services by evaluating factors determining perceptions and health-seeking behavior of 384 pregnant mothers in Malava Sub-County, Kakamega County. The study used a mixed-method (quantitative and qualitative approaches). Questionnaires were administered to pregnant mothers selected for the study. The study employed a purposive sampling of research participants. Quantitative data were collected using the questionnaire administered by the research assistants whereas qualitative data were collected by the researcher through interview schedules. Quantitative data analysis was carried out using SPSS 23. However, qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis. Quantitative data representation was done in terms of frequency and percentages. Analysis of chi-square testing was used to assess the association between the variables of socio-economic and health facilities and the provision of free maternity facilities (p<0.05). The study established that the uptake of free maternal service by pregnant mothers was influenced by their level of primitivism and religious beliefs. In addition, this study found out that 53.8% and 77.7% of the pregnant mothers could not attend antenatal and post-natal care because government facilities were located far away from their residences and they also had less access to some information about free maternal health care. The results of this research would be disseminated to the hospital management team, Sub-Country health management team, County health management team, and other stakeholders, thereby demonstrating reasons for low uptake of free maternity services and helping to strategize for better service delivery. Based on the finding, the study recommends that to improve access to free maternal health care, the county government ought to place health services as close as possible to the community where people live. Secondly, there is a need to embrace the usage of the existing media network to sensitize pregnant mothers to the danger signs and the need to have decision-making powers over their safety. Lastly, hospital management ought to increase the awareness of free maternal health care and to include it among the community priorities during dialog days, action days, and other group discussions.
This document summarizes family planning policies, programs, and activities in Sudan. It outlines the objectives of family planning in Sudan, which are primarily to improve maternal health by providing child spacing, and secondarily to control population growth. It discusses key actors like the Sudan Family Planning Association and UN agencies. It also describes common family planning interventions in Sudan like capacity building for healthcare providers, community awareness campaigns, and ensuring availability of family planning commodities. Barriers to effective family planning programs in Sudan include challenges with integrating services and developing strong referral systems.
Assessment of community utilization of chps services in komenda edina-eguafo...Alexander Decker
This document summarizes a study that assessed community utilization of CHPS (Community-based Health Planning and Services) zones in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem Municipality in Ghana. The study found that about 59.4% of respondents said CHPS provided timely healthcare, but only 65.8% were satisfied with CHPS services. Major challenges included lack of drugs, poor staff attitudes, and lack of midwifery services. The study recommends improving drug availability and training more nurses in midwifery to address low utilization of CHPS zones.
Family planning, Poverty and Economic developmentShikha Basnet
The document discusses family planning and its relationship to poverty reduction and economic development. It provides definitions of family planning and outlines its benefits, including improved health outcomes for mothers and children as well as empowerment of women. Family planning is characterized as a cost-effective intervention. The document then discusses global trends in contraceptive use and unmet need for family planning. It also provides regional overviews of family planning for South and Southeast Asia as well as scenarios specifically for Nepal. Major family planning activities and challenges to uptake are outlined. Poverty is then defined and its multidimensional causes and measurement approaches are briefly explained, followed by the global scenario of poverty.
This document summarizes a research article that examined the state of health education and community mobilization in Nigeria's healthcare delivery system. It discusses how community mobilization and participation plays a key role in utilizing health services. It also reviews how health education and primary healthcare have been implemented in Nigeria historically. While there are challenges, the document outlines prospects for health education in Nigeria, including its potential to help achieve important development goals and encourage moral and ethical values in communities.
The document summarizes presentations from a 90-second science seminar on various topics related to women's empowerment, maternal and child health, nutrition science, and improved measurement tools.
The first presentation discussed the impact of a women's empowerment initiative in Ethiopia that built community capacity and social capital. The second presentation found that empowering marginalized women in India through self-help groups improved reproductive and child health outcomes.
Other presentations discussed male involvement during obstetric emergencies in Ghana, expanding maternal and newborn health coverage in Ethiopia, and a social accountability approach in India and Kenya. Additional topics included the role of African indigenous foods in food security, micronutrient interventions in Bangladesh, and
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Leveraging farmer field days to provide family planning and other health services in rural kenya
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Leveraging Farmer Field Days to Provide Family Planning and
Other Health Services in Rural Kenya
Rose Otieno-Masaba1*
John H. Bratt2
Margaret Eichleay2
Marsden Solomon1
Mary Munene3
1. FHI 360 Kenya, The Chancery, 2nd Floor, Valley Road P.O. Box 38835 – 00623 Nairobi, Kenya
2. FHI 360, PO Box 13950, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
3. Land O’Lakes, Westlands, Off Peponi Plaza, Block B, 3rd Floor. P.O Box 45006 00100 Nairobi, Kenya.
* E-mail of the corresponding author: rmasaba@fhi360.org
Financial assistance was provided by USAID under the terms of Cooperative Agreement GPO-A-00-08-00001-
00, Program Research for Strengthening Services (PROGRESS).
Abstract
Background: Access to family planning (FP) and other reproductive health (RH) services is difficult in much of
rural Africa. Distance to health facilities, staff shortages, stock-outs, and other barriers impede the uptake and
continued use of contraception. One way to improve FP access in rural areas is to deliver FP services at non-
health events. FHI and Land O’Lakes collaborated to assess a model for providing health services through
existing farmer-education events. This study examined the introduction of Family Planning/Reproductive Health
services through Land O’Lakes-supported dairy cooperatives. Methods: The study was conducted at seven
events in Central and Rift Valley provinces between August and December 2010. Typical field days draw
attendees from across the dairy sector: farmers, processors, development partners and officials from the Ministry
of Livestock Development and the Kenya Dairy Board. At each study site, local Land O Lakes and dairy
cooperative staff helped to incorporate a “family health camp” where attendees could consult with clinicians.
The package included FP services, child immunizations, antenatal care, sexually transmitted infection screening
and treatment, and HIV counseling and testing. All women, 18 to 49 years old, who received services from an
on-site provider, were invited to participate in a survey about the health camp and the offered services. A total of
319 women were interviewed. Key findings: Use of health services at the seven field days was high; more than
80% of the 2,344 attendees received consultations. The services provided most frequently during the field-days
were non-reproductive health exams (66%), FP counseling (18%), and HIV counseling and testing (13%). Of the
women interviewed, 40% were affiliated with a dairy cooperative. One-quarter of current FP users acquired
additional supplies of contraceptives at the event. Knowledge contributions: This study contributes to the scant
data regarding the provision of health services in the non-health sector. . This model provides a convenient way
for rural people to access health services.
Key Words: FP services, non-health sector, rural area, farmers
1. Introduction
In rural sub-Saharan Africa, 25% of married women want to avoid pregnancy but are not using effective
contraception.1
Causes of this “unmet need” include religious or cultural objections, concerns about side-effects,
myths, rumors, misconceptions and other impacts of contraception on health, lack of knowledge and difficult
access to family planning services.2
Weak health systems contribute to access barriers such as long distances to
health facilities, shortages of healthcare workers, and periodic unavailability of contraceptives due to stock-outs.
Lack of access to dependable family planning services can result in closely-spaced births, increasing risks of
maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality.3
Although some African governments are strengthening efforts
to reach rural populations with improved health services (for example, through the Kenya Essential Package for
Health4
), family planning services are not always prioritized, or in some cases even included.
The USAID-funded Program Research for Strengthening Services (PROGRESS) project seeks to improve access
to family planning for underserved populations. One PROGRESS strategy is to integrate family planning
information and services into microfinance programs, environmental groups, and agricultural enterprises that
focus primarily on non-health objectives, for example, increasing household income. These institutions promote
values such as self-reliance and empowerment, which align naturally with family planning messages on benefits
of planning the number of children and spacing of births. This paper reports on a collaborative effort in Kenya –
involving the USAID-funded PROGRESS program implemented by FHI 360, the USAID-funded Kenya Dairy
Sector Competitiveness Program (KDSCP) implemented by Land O’Lakes, and the Kenyan Ministry of Health
to integrate family planning and other health services into community education events in Kenya’s rural dairy
sector.
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2. Farmer Field Days (FFD)
The KDSCP is one of several USAID-funded projects in the Kenya agricultural sector that support entire value
chains, with special emphasis on strengthening skills and knowledge of small-scale farmers.
KDSCP’s goal is to increase household incomes of smallholder dairy farmers and stakeholders throughout the
Kenya dairy value chain through the sale of quality milk and provision of training and technical assistance.5
The
KDSCP has helped to organize dairy cooperatives throughout the project area (Central and Rift Valley
provinces), and has supported cooperatives in organizing participatory extension events called Farmer Field
Days (FFD). FFDs offer cooperative members and other community residents an opportunity to learn more about
the dairy industry and to contact suppliers and potential customers. One important aspect of the FFDs is that
they allow farmers across the socio-economic spectrum to learn from experiences of successful farmers. Two
studies in Nigeria have shown that FFDs are effective approaches for transfer of knowledge to participants6
, and
participants think the closely related “Farmer Field School” approach is more effective than other extension
approaches7
.
PROGRESS and the KDSCP together recognized FFDs as a potential platform for providing family planning
and other health services to underserved rural residents through a “health camp” model. This model of health
service delivery is popular. Mobile teams bring health services to rural areas where poor and needy lack access
to facility-based care. These camps typically consist of a temporary clinic located in a non-medical facility such
as a school, church, or community hall. Providers offer services and medicines tailored to the needs of the
community, usually free of charge.8
Although variants of the health camp model have been used to provide
family planning services in a few countries9
little is known about providing family planning in conjunction with
community gatherings for non-health purposes.
3. Pilot Study of Health Camps at Farmer Field Days
Background: The pilot study took place in rural areas of Central and Rift Valley Provinces in Kenya. We used
data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (KDHS-2008/2009)10
in these two regions to learn more
about women aged 18-49 working in the agricultural sector, or whose husbands work in the agricultural sector.
Among these women, 52% were currently using contraceptive methods. Of these contraceptive users,
approximately two-thrids (68%) obtained their methods from the public sector, and the rest used private-sector
sources. Among all the women aged 18-49 working in agriculture in these two provinces, 12% reported they did
not know where to obtain a family planning method. The KDHS also showed a 30% unmet need for family
planning among rural married women living in the study areas. However, current levels of family planning use
and unmet need were unknown among households affiliated with KDSCP-supported cooperatives, many of
whom live on small farms far from public or private-sector health facilities.
Objectives: The goal of the study was to assess the introduction of sustainable FP/RH services through Land
O’Lakes supported cooperatives. The objective was to demonstrate provision of family planning services
through Farmer Field days.
Intervention: PROGRESS and Land O’Lakes staff, working in coordination with local dairy cooperatives,
organized and implemented seven health camps, three at FFDs in Central Province and four in Rift Valley
Province. The health camps took place during scheduled FFDs between August and December 2010, and each
one lasted approximately 9 hours, from 9 AM until 6 PM. Participating cooperatives posted announcements
about the health camp one week before the FFD, inviting not just cooperative members but the entire community
to attend. Steps required to organize and implement the camps are summarized below.
• Approval from local health authorities. The Division of Reproductive Health within the Kenyan
Ministry of Health (MOH) provided a letter of introduction to inform provincial and district health officials
about the pilot study. FHI 360 staff then held informational meetings with local health authorities to gain their
approval. Stakeholder meetings were also held to inform dairy cooperative leaders about the health camp service
model, solicit opinions about elements of the proposed package of services, and gauge the interest of cooperative
leadership in sustaining this model financially, if successful. Stakeholders recommended that the package
include various health services, not just family planning.
• Site selection and approval by cooperative management. Land O’Lakes field coordinators identified
upcoming FFDs supported by mature and well-managed dairy cooperatives. FHI 360 staff visited each site to
discuss study plans with cooperative management and to obtain approval for the study. Initial concerns that the
health camps would divert farmers’ attention from dairy-related activities were allayed after the first successful
field day showed these concerns to be unfounded.
• Selection of health providers. FHI 360 staff visited each site several weeks before the field day to
identify health providers to deliver services during the health camps. District health officials provided lists of
public and private-sector providers with recent training in family planning. Both private and public health
providers were selected based on their availability to work at the field days and on their interest in following up
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with clients who required additional services that were not available at the health camps. To address low drug
stocks among private providers, pharmacists were made available at the camps to dispense drugs based on a
clinician’s prescription.
• Service provision. Three health service providers were available at each health camp, and the service
package emphasized women’s health. Family planning services included information and counseling; provision
of oral contraceptives, injectables, and condoms; and referrals for long-acting methods. Standard Kenya MOH
job aids and checklists were used to help interested clients choose an appropriate family planning method. The
service package also included child immunizations, antenatal care, screening and treatment for sexually
transmitted infection, HIV counseling and testing, treatment of minor illnesses, and referrals. All services were
provided free of charge, but attendees were responsible for the costs of follow-up care and referrals. In Kenya,
women pay a nominal fee at a public clinic and various levels of fees at private providers.
• Approval for data collection. Ethical approval was received from both FHI360’s PHSC and the KEMRI
–ERC.
Measurement: Data were collected using four different instruments: a provider service checklist, a
questionnaire for female clients, a field day registration sheet, and an expenditure spreadsheet. Each on-site
provider filled out a daily checklist to record health services provided to FFD attendees. The checklist was used
to understand which services were most popular, and whether services requested by community residents
differed from the services requested by cooperative members and dependents. All women 18 to 49 years old who
received any health services from an on-site clinician were invited to participate in a survey that included
questions about their contraceptive history, use of health services, and opinions about the FFD health camp
service model and the package of services offered. The survey also included a series of questions on socio-
economic status, enabling the calculation of a wealth index to show whether this intervention reached the poor.
At the end of each event, study staff collected total attendance statistics from FFD registers to allow overall
utilization of the health camps to be estimated. Finally, we collected data on costs of planning and implementing
the health camps in order to inform future scale-up efforts in other cooperatives within Kenya. Main cost
elements included costs of organizing stakeholder meetings, identifying providers, pre-event advertising and
implementation of health camps at FFDs.
Results:
(1) Utilization of health services at the seven field days was high. More than 80% of the 2,344 FFD
attendees requested health consultations, and 73% were provided to women. The most popular services included
general physical examinations (66%), family planning services (18%), and HIV counseling and testing (14%).
Men were more likely than women to request HIV counseling and testing, but no men requested family planning
services. Over half (58%) of all consultations were provided to people who reported an affiliation with a
cooperative.
(2) Table 1 presents information on socio-economic characteristics of the 319 women who agreed to
participate in the survey of health camp users. The mean age of the women was 33 years. Most were married
(76%) and poor (79% in the lowest two wealth quintiles), and about half had no more than a primary education.
Slightly less that 40% reported an affiliation with a dairy cooperative, either through family or employment.
(3) Two-thirds of the 319 respondents said they knew about the health camp prior to their arrival at the
FFD. Women learned about the health camps from different sources, including cooperative officers (46%),
cooperative committee members (25%) and neighbors (17%). More than a quarter of the women surveyed said
they might not have attended the FFD without the health camp, suggesting that the offer of health services likely
increased attendance at the FFD. Overall, 83% of respondents said that they preferred receiving services at the
field day rather than at their customary health facility.
(4) Contraceptive use among respondents with a need for it (married and non-pregnant) was very high
(81%) and the most popular methods were injectables (38%) and pills (17%). In Central Province, the third most
popular methods was the intrauterine device (13%) while in Rift Valley Province, the third most popular was the
implant (8%). Of the current contraceptive users, 25% reported receiving additional supplies of condoms, pills,
or injectables at the field days.
(5) Fifteen percent of the surveyed women had an unmet need for contraception, defined as being
unmarried, not pregnant, not wanting a child in the next year, and not currently using a modern method of
contraception. Unmet need varied by province (9% in Central Province and 21% in Rift Valley Province), but
not by age (16% among women under 25 and 16% among women 25 or older). Among women with an unmet
need, most said they did not want a contraceptive method, or wanted a method that was not available at the FFD;
women in this latter group were referred to the nearest health facility where the method was available. Thus,
none of the women grouped according to having an unmet need initiated a modern method of contraception
during a field day health camp. Among the 206 women, 87% discussed family planning with a provider, and 20%
received a modern method. A greater proportion of women received methods in Rift Valley Province (28%) than
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in Central Province (14%)
(6) The average cost to the organizers of carrying out a health camp was US$ 1,445. Of this amount, 37%
(US$ 534) represented payments to providers for consultations provided; 24% (US$ 358) were allowances to
cover costs of provider transport, lunch and a base level of compensation; and 23% (US$ 328) were costs of
medications and supplies. The mean cost per consultation was US $5.87, reflecting mainly the cost of
contracting with private physicians to provide services for the pilot project. Services were provided free to
clients, which they perceived as beneficial since they avoided out-of pocket costs: respondents reported paying a
mean cost of US $1.85 for services at their last antenatal care visit and US $3.76 for their last family planning
service when visiting a health-care provider.
Pilot Study Conclusions: Study results showed that the FFD health camps were heavily utilized, offered easy
access to services that women wanted, and effectively targeted the poor. In PROGRESS’s priority area of family
planning, FFD health camps reached most women with information about contraception, and offered a
convenient opportunity for family planning users to obtain resupply. None of the women classified as having
unmet need for contraception chose to initiate modern family planning at the health camp; this is not unusual in
fixed health facilities, where on any given day providers may serve returning family planning clients but not
initiate new users.
4. Modification of Pilot Model for Scale-up
The FFD health camp model -- like all PROGRESS-supported interventions – was intended to be scaled up if the
pilot project was judged to be successful. One challenge was that PROGRESS and KDSCP both were ending in
2013, and the pilot model included substantial financial and technical inputs from both institutions; thus, it was
necessary to identify other entities to assume their roles in a scale-up effort. In mid-2012 PROGRESS designed
an institutionalization plan (IP) that reviewed all activities conducted as part of the pilot, and distributed them to
other stakeholders deliberately in line with their interests and incentive structures. The following adjustments
were made to transition to a sustainable model that would rely mainly on local institutions:
Promotion of the Health Camp: In the pilot, KDSCP field coordinators assisted dairy cooperatives with
dissemination of FFD health camp promotional announcements at church gatherings and in communities near to
event venues. The institutionalization plan delegated this role to APHIAplus Nura ya Bonde, an HIV/AIDS
treatment and prevention project implemented by FHI360 and several partners, headquartered in Nakuru.
APHIAplus has strong linkages with community health workers and the MoH, making it an ideal partner for
coordination of promotion, as well as other roles (see below).
Organization of Venue: In the pilot, PROGRESS staff organized rental and placement of tents for clinicians to
examine and counsel clients in a private setting. The institutionalization plan designated APHIAplus to assist
dairy cooperatives in approaching major commercial-sector dairy processors to underwrite costs of the venue as
a corporate social responsibility gesture. We assumed that commercial-sector processors would welcome the
opportunity to “brand” tents and other event-related materials, achieving visibility and goodwill at a relatively
low cost.
Clinicians and supplies: in the pilot, PROGRESS staff identified and contracted clinicians to work at the Health
Camps, and purchased medical supplies and drugs for the events. The institutionalization activity transferred
these responsibilities to local District Health Management Teams (DHMT), recognizing their strong incentives
to conduct community outreach under the Government of Kenya’s Community Health Strategy. The
institutionalization plan also envisioned incorporating FFD health camps into DHMT workplans in the same way
that school and market outreach activities have been included. APHIAplus assumed a coordination role to
ensure that DHMT representatives would attend routine cooperative planning meetings where timing and
location of field days are decided, and to assist the DHMT with planning for the needed staff time and supplies.
We completed the institutionalization strategy, and planned to test it during the FFD season in the final trimester
of 2012. Unfortunately, none of the cooperatives in the study areas organized FFDs during this timeframe, and
so we were unable to carry out an evaluation of the plan as designed. However, in late January 2013, a
cooperative in Koibatek district did organize a field day, and the local DHMT with the support of APHIAplus
Nuru ya bonde organized an on-site health camp. Fifteen health workers including nurses, clinical officers and
HTC counselors were in attendance to offer services and 70 people received various services during this
integrated farmers field day. Previous FFDs organized by this cooperative had brought together only
stakeholders in agriculture but this time APHIAplus Nuru ya Bonde and Ministry of Health were involved.
Services offered included cervical and breast cancer screening, provision of family planning methods, and HIV
testing and counseling. Clients were also treated for common illnesses such as malaria, pneumonia, eye and
urinary tract infections. Most of the women who received family planning services were very satisfied with the
way services were offered, as expressed by one of the clients:
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“The health workers told us about the different methods so that we can choose the method that suits
each one of us. Personally, I think the coil (IUCD) is good for me. It was my first time to see the coil.
I had previously heard about it but did not know what it looked like. I thought it was a big thing but
today I was surprised to learn that it is small and very convenient.”
5. Discussion/Conclusion
This paper has described efforts by PROGRESS and KDSCP to integrate family planning and other health
services into community education events in the dairy sector in rural Kenya. The goal was to create and sustain
an effective and sustainable model for collaborative health outreach between rural dairy cooperatives and the
Ministry of Health. Results of the pilot project were very promising, with high utilization and very favorable
feedback from attendees. A sudden reduction in the number of FFD in late 2012 and early 2013 made it
impossible to test our institutionalization strategy, which planned to distribute responsibility for Health Camps in
line with the incentives and interests of various stakeholders. One question is to determine why the convening
mechanism (FFD) all but disappeared during this timeframe. The lack of FFDs may have coincided with the
winding down of the KDSCP and the accompanying reduction in activities carried out by KDSCP field
coordinators. This raises the larger question of the sustainability of community educational events in rural areas
when the development partner hands off responsibility to local entities.
For family planning services, mobile outreach is gaining traction as a promising approach for increasing access
to a wider range of methods in remote areas. One of the challenges is mobilizing the community ahead of the
outreach effort, to ensure that demand materializes at the right time and place11
. Even though the
institutionalization phase of our project was not implemented, the pilot experience and the experience in
Koibatek district suggests that the FFD health camp model could help to address key challenges of mobilizing
demand in the community, that can subsequently be satisfied through targeted outreach. Our study showed that
FFDs can be leveraged as a convening mechanism, essentially doing the work of community mobilization as
well as establishing a time and place for services to be delivered. This approach could be transferred across the
agricultural sector in Kenya, where Land O’Lakes and other international partners implement programs with
similar objectives and processes as the KDSCP. Potential also exists to promote the model more generally as a
mechanism for MoH cooperation with rural voluntary associations throughout the developing world.
Interventions like the health camp also can incentivize creative problem solving among more entrepreneurial
stakeholders, possibly leading to positive examples of self-directed change that can inspire other stakeholders to
undertake similar efforts. In the immediate aftermath of the pilot project, anecdotal reports showed that
participating cooperatives were weighing possible new initiatives, such as encouraging members to pay directly
for health services at field days or creating a health scheme in which every member of the cooperative
contributes money toward their health needs. One cooperative reportedly implemented a credit arrangement
with a health facility that allowed farmers to pay for health care through deductions from their milk revenue. An
important outcome of the pilot project was to establish linkages between dairy cooperatives and the MoH, and to
open lines of communication that did not exist previously. As a result of these linkages, the DHMTs identified
FFDs as opportunities to provide community outreach.
In summary, we believe that the FFD health camp model has great potential, and the model could succeed in
other contexts where stakeholder interests and incentives are aligned as they were in Kenya. These stakeholders
include a Ministry of Health interested in outreach to areas with difficult access; local affinity groups like dairy
cooperatives interested in holistic support to members, and a convening mechanism such as the FFD. There may
be a continuing role for international partners in coordination and financing of selected components, but the
model should be largely self-supporting if the roles and responsibilities are distributed in line with interest and
incentives of stakeholders. Our experience provides another example of how improving linkages across sectors
can lead to locally-sustained solutions to improving rural access to family planning and other health services,
especially in rural areas among poor women.
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Table 1
Characteristics of Female Health Camp Attenders
Characteristic
Mean or
Percent
(n = 319)
Mean age (in years) 33
Mean number of children 3
Percent married/in union 76
Percent completed primary or higher 50
Percent poor (lowest two wealth quintiles) 79
Percent affiliated with dairy cooperative 39
Source: Survey of Health Camp Attenders
Table 2
Family Planning Services Received by Married, Non-pregnant Women, by Contraceptive Need
Contraceptive Need
All
women
(n =
206)
Family Planning Service Unmet
(n = 32)
Current
User of
Modern
Method
(n = 166)
No
Need
(n = 8)
% Discussed family planning 81 89 63 87
% Received a modern method 0 25 0 20
% Received a non-modern method 3 0 1 1
Source: Survey of Health Camp Attenders
Acknowledgments
This work is made possible by the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of FHI 360 and do not necessarily
reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government. The authors would like to acknowledge the
support of Land O’Lakes/Kenya Additionally, they appreciate the support of the Kenya Division of
Reproductive Health of the Ministry of Health and APHIAplus Nuru ya Bonde. They are extremely grateful to
Dr Baker Maggwa and Brian Dotson for their valuable input and to the clients who made this study possible by
sharing their experiences.
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Authors
First Author: Dr Rose Otieno-Masaba, MD, MSc (Epidemiology)
Applied Research Unit, FHI360, Nairobi, Kenya
Second Author: John H. Bratt, MPP, MA
Health Services Research Unit, Program Sciences Division, Global Health Population and Nutrition Group,
FHI360, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Third Author: Margaret Eichleay, MPH
Health Service Research Unit, Program Sciences Division, Global Health Population and Nutrition Group,
FHI360, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
Fourth Author: Dr Marsden Solomon, MBChB, MMed OB/GYN
Project Director, Applied Research Unit, FHI360, Nairobi, Kenya
Fifth Author, Mary Munene, B.com Marketing option, MSc (Entrepreneurship)
Enterprise / Cooperative Developments Specialist & Gender Advisor
Land O'Lakes, Inc. | International Development, Nairobi, Kenya
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