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Kenya secures 191 mln USD from World Bank for health care services

Xinhua, June 18, 2016 Adjust font size:

Kenya has secured 191.1 million U.S. dollars from the World Bank to improve primary healthcare services in the East African nation.

The World Bank said on Friday the funds will support Kenya in improving utilization and quality of primary health care (PHC) services in order to reduce maternal deaths and improve child survival.

Diarietou Gaye, World Bank Country Director for Kenya said the program, Transforming Health Systems for Universal Care, will help save on health costs, increase labor force participation, and also contribute to higher productivity.

"We will also be happy to see more children growing up strong and healthy because they are accorded good health care and their parents are well-informed on what to feed and how to take care of them," Gaye said in a statement issued in Nairobi.

The project intends to reach the poorest and most needy population who hardly use hospital services because they can neither afford or cannot access them.

"In close collaboration with other development partners, the project seeks to enhance coordinated support in pursuit of shared objectives of improving reproductive, maternal, newborn child and adolescent health," the WB said.

The project will focus on improving access to and demand for quality PHC services; strengthening institutional capacity to improve utilization and quality of PHC services; and supporting cross-county and intergovernmental collaboration in the devolved health system.

It will provide support to all the 47 counties to address critical gaps not currently funded by domestic or external funding and to build institutional capacity. A number of mechanisms will be used to identify and address inequity in each county.

"With the strong commitment and leadership of the national and county governments to increase domestic resources for health, the project is designed to place a strong focus on results and allocating resources based on the improved coverage and quality of essential PHC services," said Yi-Kyoung Lee, Senior Health Specialist and Task Team Leader.

The program is fully aligned with the World Bank Group's Kenya Country Partnership Strategy and it also supports the World Bank Group's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. Endit