Helen Keller International has supported Kenya’s nutrition agenda by reaching 3.5 million people with Vitamin A supplementation and providing deworming interventions to 2.5 million children across seven counties. The organisation is also promoting sustainable food systems by supporting communities to grow nutrient-rich foods and establish grassroots agribusinesses through pilot programmes in Tharaka Nithi, Kilifi and Baringo counties.
Hon. Duale commended the organisation’s contribution and called for partner-supported programmes to be integrated more closely into Government systems under the principles of One Plan, One Budget and One Accountability. This approach will improve coordination, reduce duplication and ensure that investments align with national and county priorities.
The Cabinet Secretary also called for nutrition interventions to be expanded using Government data to identify and prioritise communities with the greatest need. He emphasised the importance of linking the programmes with Kenya’s community health system, which has more than 107,000 Community Health Promoters providing frontline services to households.
The meeting further reviewed the role of digital health systems in strengthening accountability and evidence-based decision-making. With 68 per cent of Kenyans registered with the Social Health Authority, the Ministry is advancing plans to establish a health command centre supported by dashboards that will monitor key indicators in maternal and newborn health, cancer, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases.
Discussions also covered medicines regulation and supply-chain accountability. The Ministry is strengthening enforcement against the sale of prescription medicines without valid prescriptions and advancing end-to-end systems for tracking health products from manufacturers to patients.
Helen Keller International was encouraged to channel its commodity support through the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority to improve coordination, visibility and accountability across the public health supply chain.
The Ministry remains committed to building partnerships that strengthen national systems, expand community-level nutrition services and translate investments into lasting health outcomes for women, children and vulnerable communities.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health, Kenya.
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