Welcome to USAID HealthIT
Our commitment is to boost the country’s health and child protection outcomes by strengthening national digital information systems that support reporting and provision of data for decision making by the Government of Kenya (GoK) and other stakeholders.
With the leadership of the GoK and collaboration with partners, the future of digital health in Kenya looks both promising and exciting! HealthIT looks forward to being an important partner in this journey.
Strengthen national policies, strategies, standards and reporting related to Kenya's Health Information System (HIS) to support County and National Level Health Service Provision.
Health Information Systems Strengthening
HealthIT supports the Government of Kenya in managing the growth and evolution of sustainable digital health technologies...
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Capacity Building and institutional learning
Improve institutional capacity of national and county Ministry of Health on use of health systems, data quality capture and reporting.
Find out moreOur Goal
To contribute towards enhancing evidence-based decision making by all health sector stakeholders through leveraging and strengthening integrated Health Information Systems (HIS).
Project Objectives
Establish a local Kenya-based resource for the management, development, maintenance and evolution of HIS through:
Objective 1
Referencing HIS policies, strategies, standards and reporting to support both national and county levels in health service provision
Objective 2
Development and enhancements of performance and accountability systems
Objective 3
Strengthening institutional capacity in in terms on human and Health informatics research.
Overall Purpose
Strengthen national policies, strategies, standards and reporting related to Kenya's Health Information System (HIS) to support County and National Level Health Service Provision.
Purpose 1
Strengthened national information systems that support reporting, provide data for decision making for GOK, counties and other stakeholders
Purpose 2
Improved institutional capacity of national and county MOH on use of health systems, quality data capture and reporting.
Addressing County HIS challenges through hackathons
USAID HealthIT works closely with seven (7) County Proximate Universities namely: Chuka University, Kabarak University, Maseno University, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Rongo University, Technical University of Mombasa and Chuka University to offer robust technical assistance to 32 counties on the different health and child protection systems. Working with the Ministry of Health, HealthIT develops, manages, and maintains digital health products addressing county HIS gaps through hackathons hosted by the County Proximate Universities.
Scaling Digital Health Infrastructure for Improved Health Outcomes and Epidemic Control
USAID HealthIT project continues to support the scale-up of digital health solutions in health facilities in the country. Working the with Ministry of Health, NASCOP, County Health Management Teams from the County Departments of Health, and the 7 County-Proximate Universities, USAID HealthIT has equipped 165 health facilities with ICT equipment among them 40 model facilities during the digital health systems scale-up exercise that took on a 360-degree implementation approach including: ICT infrastructure, technical assistance on Electronic Health Records system deployment, and capacity strengthening of end users on how to use and maintain the infrastructure
Health Facility Level Technical Assistance
USAID HealthIT works closely with seven (7) County Proximate Universities namely: Chuka University, Kabarak University, Maseno University, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Rongo University, Technical University of Mombasa and Chuka University to offer robust technical assistance to 32 counties on the different health and child protection systems. Working with the Ministry of Health, HealthIT develops, manages, and maintains digital health products addressing county HIS gaps through hackathons hosted by the County Proximate Universities.
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40 counties supported with ICT equipment for the scale up of digital health systems (ICT equipment support to 40 counties for the scale up of digital health systems)
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15+ digital health systems supported by HealthIT
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7 County proximate universities collaborating with HealthIT to support 32 counties to use and manage Integrated National Health Information Systems.
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4300+ Learners enrolled and undertaking courses on MOH Virtual Academy
