Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale today met with the leadership of World Vision Kenya, led by Gilbert Kamanga, reaffirming a shared commitment to fast-tracking Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through strengthened, community-driven health systems.
The engagement recognised World Vision Kenya’s longstanding contribution to community development and service delivery, with programmes spanning 33 counties and 288 public health facilities.
The Cabinet Secretary noted that the partnership has evolved beyond conventional donor support, positioning World Vision as a long-term co-builder of resilient, grassroots health systems.
Hon. Duale observed that the global health landscape is increasingly shifting towards country-led and sustainable financing models.
He emphasised that Kenya’s reform pathway is firmly anchored in the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), which prioritises nationally driven, scalable solutions over fragmented, short-term initiatives. He underscored the Government’s focus on strengthening health sovereignty while delivering lasting, measurable outcomes.
Primary Health Care remains the cornerstone of the ongoing reforms. The Cabinet Secretary highlighted the deployment of more than 107,000 Community Health Promoters and the establishment of 267 Primary Care Networks, while calling on partners to support the completion of the remaining networks required to achieve full national coverage.
On maternal and newborn health, Hon. Duale reaffirmed the Government’s resolve to reduce preventable deaths, particularly in the 25 counties bearing the highest burden.
Through the Every Woman, Every Newborn, Everywhere initiative, he called for stronger collaboration to expand community-based interventions and improve health facility readiness.
He further emphasised sustained investments in nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and school health as critical foundations for prevention and long-term human capital development.
With climate shocks and drought risks escalating—especially in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs)—the Cabinet Secretary stressed the urgency of climate-resilient, coordinated community responses to safeguard health gains, including progress made in reducing stunting to 18 per cent.
Hon. Duale urged a shift towards multi-year, system-strengthening partnerships aligned with national and county priorities under a One Plan, One Budget framework, noting that deeper alignment and joint action are essential to accelerating equitable and sustainable Universal Health Coverage.
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards Mary Muthoni and Director-General for Health Patrick Amoth.
