Kenya calls for stronger collaboration and sustainable investments in community health systems at the #WHA79
Geneva May19,2026 Kenya is strengthening community health services and Primary Health Care as a key driver for Universal Health Coverage through sustained investments in professional Community Health Promoters, digital health systems, and preventive healthcare.
Speaking during a high-level session on financing and institutionalizing professional Community Health Workers on the margins of the #WHA79 in Geneva, Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards Mary Muthoni highlighted the Government’s commitment to fully institutionalized, paid, supplied, skilled, and digitalized community health services under Taifa Care reforms.
The PS noted that the The government is supporting over 107,000 Community Health Promoters with monthly stipends, digital devices, and medical kits to strengthen disease prevention, early detection, referrals, and household-level healthcare services across the country, while calling for stronger collaboration and sustainable investments to advance the global community health agenda.