State flags off 100,000 community health promoters kits
President William Ruto on Monday flagged off 100,000 kits to be used by community health promoters in the counties.
This sets the pace for the country’s journey towards attainment of universal health coverage with CHPs as the centre of the response at community levels.
The kits include a backpack, first aid box, jacket (medium and large), weighing scale, infrared clinical thermometer, mid-upper arm circumference tape (paediatric) and muac tape (adult).
The aim is to empower and equip CHPs with essential tools to enhance healthcare access and promote healthier communities.
The CHPs will play a critical role in decongesting hospitals in the country by helping diagnose and treat minor ailments at the community level.
Ruto acknowledged that there have been challenges with advancing the stipends on time, and assured the CHPs that they will not experience any more delays.
“I want to assure from next month when we launch this programme, your stipend will come on time, and we will make sure that it is paid digitally,” Ruto said.
“By launching the essential kits to equip CHPs, we are making a bold statement of our intent to take a big step towards winning our nation’s long-standing struggle for freedom from disease using a bottom-up strategy,” the President added.
