ICL in partnership with county, national governments and partners work to increase efficiency in data management and reporting for planning and decision making in the health care system. Further health care workers are supported to increase their productivity and management of client data and information by training on IC-Health; where they obtain a Microsoft certification. We implement a model county health system that is community-centered and integrated health services are critical for reaching universal health coverage.
The ICHealth training is a Microsoft certified training that will ensure that healthcare workers possess sufficient medical knowledge to use the IT applications that affect patients and their information. IC Health certification will assure the county and national governments that health care workers will have skills strengthened in Health Information System; management of personal patient data within the Health Information System and maintenance of Healthcare records for timely and accurate reporting. This contributes to meeting objectives in the MOH ICT standards and guidelines, June 2013 as;
Introduction: ICL has developed an technology intervention to automates health processes by ensuring that uniquely persons identifier is used during data collection which is remitted in real time. This is known as BioSIM4Health; a System Information Management tool.
Features: In has an inbuilt sms platform where a message is automatically sent to the client/CHV once they are registered in health facility. Registration of client is done using an iris scanner, which is the biometric identifier. This system holds bio data for the client and service providers and makes monitoring service uptake easier. The health seven pillars/components will be automated to assess facilities. An android supported App is made available to Health Management Teams, DMoH, CHEWs and CHVs for use in data entry, and reports generation. Reports from the system include performance of the health facility, disease trends, and infrastructure conditions, among other components making supportive supervision targeted and relevant.
USP: The iris scanner is an accurate unique identifier for clients in the system, hence has a high ability to track individual clients regardless of the health facility they visit and the ability to provide real time data or information.
Benefits: 1) Improve data capture, analysis and management at level 1, 2 and 3. 2) Reduction of loss to follow up; Clients will be reminded by a text message to attend scheduled hospital visits and the CHV will follow up the client where adherance has not been achieved.3) The enhanced health facilities will send feedback reports to the CHVs highlighting their perfomance and the community health summary data. 4) The CHMT will be equipped with Tablets to access real time monitoring of the healthcare data and provide targetted suppportive supervision.
Our clients: The pilot for the system will be in Kangundo Sub County in partnership .
ICL also sits in several other Technical Working Groups (TWG’s) at national and county level such as the Adolescence Sexual and Reproductive Health TWG, the National Family Planning TWG among others. ICL also sits in the UNFPA youth advisory panel through which ICL plays an advisory role on youth reproductive health matters. ICL with other development partners, CSOs and government is leading the coordination of sensitization of the importance of inclusion of Age Appropriate Comprehensive Sexuality Education (AACSE) inclusion in the school curriculum.
ICL championed the revision of the Community Health Strategy policy by sitting at the National technical working group with a view to enhance community access to health care in order to improve productivity and thus reduce poverty, hunger and child and maternal deaths, as well as improved education performance across all stages of life cycle. Through HENNET, ICL participated to lobby and rally for the rejection of the Amendments in the PBO Act!
Project Goal
The goal of the project is to reduce risky behaviour in sexual and reproductive health among youth in tertiary and institutions of higher learning and their social networks in the surrounding communities.
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The project is implemented in Laikipia, Narok and Nakuru counties
Our Partners
Introduction
Jiimarishe APHIA Western has directly contributed to result area 3 of the USAID Funded APHIA Plus Western Project. The result area seeks to see increased use of quality services, products and information. The Project implements a combination prevention program targeting youth in and around institutions of higher learning, with a special focus on Sexually Active Young Women (SAYW).
Project Goal Jiimarishe APHIA Western’s goal is to support Ministries of Health and other relevant partners to improve health outcomes and impact through sustainable country led programs and partnerships.
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Scope The project is implemented in Kisumu, Kakamega and Siaya counties targeting – Maseno University, Kisumu Polytechnic; Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology; Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST)
Our Partners
Project Goal The project seeks to achieve primary prevention of HIV infection and improving support to Persons Living with HIV and AIDS. Project Objectives
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The project covers: Nandi, Kericho Bomet counties
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PEPFAR CDC through Walter Reed Project
Introduction
The SEAL (Sexual reproductive health, Economic empowerment, Academic and career mentoring, Leadership and governance) project was initiated in 2009 in Nairobi County and later expanded to two other counties i.e. Machakos and Uasin Gishu counties. Currently the project is being implemented in Nairobi, Machakos, & Uasin Gishu counties with prospects of expanding to Turkana in 2016.
The project seeks to meet the Sexual Reproductive Health needs of secondary school students through addressing the social determinants of health i.e. education and poverty. Embedded in the project is the human rights based approach to programming and advocacy for Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in schools. The expected outcomes of the project is reduced teenage pregnancies, increase in age of sexual debut and reduction in rates of HIV incidence among the school going population. The primary target population for this project is secondary school students while the secondary targets are the school boards of management, parents, and teachers as life skills promoters.
Project Goal The project seeks to improve reproductive health outcomes for young people in secondary schools through a holistic approach that addresses social determinants of health
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The SEAL project is implemented in Machakos, Nairobi and Uasin Gishu Counties
Our Partners
Project Goal Jiimarishe ERIKS project seeks to reduce HIV incidence among 15-19 year olds in Kisii County
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The project is implemented in 10 secondary schools in Kisii County
Our Partners
Jiimarishe UNFPA is a project funded under the GOK/UNFPA 8th Country Programme that responds to national priorities as articulated in the second medium term plan 2013-2017 of Kenya Vision 2030, and contributes to the United Nations Development Assistance Framework 2014-2018. The programme targets its interventions in Homabay, Kilifi and Nairobi counties. The Jiimarishe UNFPA project seeks to increase priority on adolescents, especially on very young adolescent girls, in national development policies and programs as well as increase availability of comprehensive sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health.
Project Goal The Jiimarishe UNFPA project’s goal is to increase priority on adolescents, especially on very young adolescent girls, in national development policies and programs, particularly increased availability of comprehensive sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health.
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Scope The project targets Nairobi, Homa bay and Kilifi counties
Our Partners
UNFPA, MOH and MoEST