The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (Kemsa) has provided Community Health Promoters with kits.
The government will deploy 103,000 health promoters across the country as part of President William Ruto's Universal Healthcare (UHC) initiative, which will be launched on October 20, 2023.
Each promoter would be accountable for 100 households and outfitted with contemporary medical equipment before being deployed in Kenyan villages.
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As a result, Kemsa has supplied kits for health promoters as part of the preventive healthcare approach.
According to the authority, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has already purchased the kits, and 5,800 more are available for purchase by County governments.
A backpack carrier bag, first aid box, jacket (medium and large), weighing scale, infrared clinical thermometer, muac tape (pediatric), and a mid-upper arm circumference muac tape (adult) will be included in a full kit to be used by community workers.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will train the health promoters who will be unveiled on Mashujaa Day.
The government intends to invest Ksh.3.5 billion in the scheme to diagnose and manage minor health conditions at the grassroots level.
"Our hospitals are full of people with minor ailments, which if managed early will decongest our hospitals," President Ruto remarked during the program's launch.
This comes after Cabinet Secretary for Health Susan Nakhumicha promised Kenyans that medical supplies will be available at all local hospitals.
"We have a strategy. KEMSA has been repaired. We solicited tenders for around Ksh.5 billion. Almost half of those tenders were reserved for local vendors. "By collaborating with local manufacturers, we will reduce product turnaround time and cost," Nakhumicha explained.
