Tag: Kenya
This report looks at several examples of programmes using local block grants in education. Section 2 covers Direct Support to Schools (DSS) in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique and includes information on the objectives and the results. Section 3 includes information on Educational Block Grants to Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in Tanzania and Uganda. … Read more
It was difficult to find examples that met the criteria of sub-national flexible block grants in health. Sections 2 and 3 cover the main two that were identified. These are the Tanzania Essential Health Interventions Project (TEHIP) and Generasi, Indonesia. TEHIP aims to bring health spending more in line with cost-effective approaches to the local… Read more
In 2001, DFID made an accountable grant to Population Services International-Kenya, to begin the social marketing of untreated mosquito nets (Supanet) bundled with a liquid insecticide treatment (KO-Tab). Since then, the programme has had five further DFID grants. The impact of these efforts on malaria in Kenya has been dramatic. Malaria admissions to hospitals in… Read more
The objectives of the review were to revise the programme log frame to reflect the outcome of the 2011 Bilateral AIDS Review decision not to continue with the Total War on AIDS component; to review the progress towards milestones and targets and make recommendations on any changes that should be made as the programme enters… Read more
In the context of Kenya’s challenges in the area of Reproductive Health (RH) and the persistent high maternal mortality in particular, a group of five Development partners (DPs) in RH has commissioned this report together with the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation, and the Ministry of Medical Services. Regarding the modalitiesof future harmonized DP… Read more
The purpose of this project for DFID was to support the Government of Kenya and the Ministries of Public Health and Sanitation and of Medical Services, under the auspices of the Second National Health Sector Strategic Plan, to provide integrated effective health services in Kenya, particularly for poor women and infants. The EHS programme of… Read more
The overall fiduciary risk in the Kenya Education Sector Support Programme (KESSP) was found to be High. The risks assessments were based on a combination of two previous Public Expenditure Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessments in 2006 & 2008; Education Sector-specific financial management assessments; and professional judgement. The assessment reviewed public financial management accountability (PFMA) at… Read more
The goalof the Essential Health Services (EHS) programme is to contribute to achieving the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Kenya – in particular a reduction in infant and maternal mortality. The leadership and technical capacity of the Ministries of Health continues to be strengthened with support from EHS that is transparent, integrated, flexible and… Read more
HSRC REPORT: This study describes the current context relating to access to medicines in Kenya , which currently obtains medicines from domestic and international sources. It also outlines the influence of TRIPS on availability of essential medicines in health centers in Kenya. It looks at how TRIPS flexibilities influence the importation of specific drugs and… Read more