EVIDENCE BRIEF - DIAGNOSTIC HEALTH TRACKER TO PROMOTE QUALITY OF CARE AS KENYA MOVES TOWARDS ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE

Based on the Kenya Harmonized Health Facility Assessment (KHFA) carried out in 2018, the mean In the four counties, the overall average capacity index was availability of diagnostic tests was 56%. [...] Nyeri had the least number of level 4 HFs and the of health facilities (HFs) have all the diagnostic items. [...] The Dx within local ministries of health can interact with the Dx for UHC for UHC Tracker platform tracks the availability and utilization of Tracker platform, creating county hubs to spur data exchange and diagnostics for UHC in these four Kenyan counties. [...] b) Implementation study Distribution of health facilities in the study counties The total number of HFs in the four study counties is 1,670, out of which 37.7% (630) are Ministry of Health in Kenya (MoH-K)– owned HFs (41.1% Kilifi, 46.2% Kisumu, 34.2% Nakuru, and 33.3% Nyeri). [...] This included all the level 3-6 HFs in the respective counties and high-volume level 2 HFs in each of the counties.