COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTERS ARE THE HEARTBEAT OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
Community Health Promoters (CHPs) serve as the key drivers of primary healthcare, a critical pillar to attaining Universal Health Coverage (UHC). They extend primary health care to the last mile supporting every mother to give birth safely by a skilled birth attendant within a link facility and working to ensure no child dies from easily preventable diseases.
They link communities and health facilities, providing a range of health services, including health education, promotion, and prevention, and identifying and referring health problems to appropriate primary healthcare facilities.
The involvement of CHPs in healthcare delivery significantly improves the health outcomes.
In order to maintain the current momentum and help to ensure their effectiveness of the CHPs the CEC Member for Health and Sanitation Ruth Koech earlier today met with Kapsabet Community Unit CHPs during their monthly meeting at the Kapsabet County Referral Hospital.
Acknowledging the pivotal role played by community health promoters in healthcare delivery, the CEC Member highlighted the county’s commitment to preventive healthcare measures. This approach acknowledges that health promotion is a devolved function of the government.
She noted that CHPs are an essential resource for communities and helps to reduce health disparities and improve health outcomes.
She was also happy to see that services have fully resumed at the Kapsabet County Referral Hospital and called on residents to utilize the services being offered.
Every community has a right to quality primary health care. Building the systems required to deliver quality care is paramount, and dependent upon community health promoters who are the heartbeat of health care.
CHPs continue to play a significant role in providing preventive and promotive services at the community level, reinforcing the health systems.