With donor funding from Safaricom Foundation, Gold Star Kenya (GSK) is implementing a broad health system strengthening NCD interventions in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Garissa county health management team, community health strategy, and facility-based health care workers. It has been a two-phased intervention between September 2021 to March 2022 and July 2022 to January 2023.
The project is being implemented in six of the seven sub-counties in Garissa county namely Ijara, Garissa township, Balambala, Lagdera, Fafi, and Daadab. It’s a transition project currently supporting 219 children living with diabetes that ensures appropriate client mapping, linking to comprehensive diabetes care, commodity management, and wholesome health system strengthening.
Program Objectives/goals
Specific project objectives entail:
- Client mapping, linkage, and transition to the county treatment plan
- Support care and comprehensive management of children with diabetes
- Health Systems Strengthening
- Operationalize and sustained the running of the Diabetes Management Centre (DMC)
- Health financing. Registration of enrolled children under NHIF/UHC
- Diabetes commodities management
Advocacy on Type 1 Diabetes and CHVs incentivization and general NCD advocacy. Data management and digitization of DMC and client care.