Health & Sanitation

Health & Sanitation

The Department of Health and Sanitation is responsible for ensuring accessible, affordable, and quality healthcare services for all county residents. It oversees the planning, management, and delivery of health services across hospitals, health centers, and community health units.

The department focuses on preventive, promotive, curative, and rehabilitative healthcare, guided by national and county health policies. It also manages programs on disease control, maternal and child health, immunization, nutrition, and reproductive health.

In sanitation, the department implements initiatives to improve waste management, environmental health, and hygiene standards in both urban and rural areas. It also supports public health education and enforcement of health regulations to reduce disease burden and promote healthier living environments.

Through strengthened health systems, partnerships, and innovation, the department aims to achieve universal health coverage and improved well-being for all county residents.

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The mandate of the sector includes; Community health; health education; primary health care; environmental health; disease control; County health facilities and pharmacies; ambulance services; medical supplies; Medical machines and instruments; health facilities infrastructures; health care systems amenities and medical waste management. The sector is composed of two execution units namely; Curative, biomedical, rehabilitative and referral services; preventive and promotive health services. The sector envisions a healthy and productive county through provision of quality healthcare for all. The goal of the sector is to provide accessible, quality and affordable healthcare.
Sector Priorities
  • Strengthen Health service delivery framework
  • Improvement of health infrastructure
  • Strengthen management system of health products and technology
  • Improvement of health information system
  • Strengthen research and innovation
  • Strengthen health financing
  • Effective administration and support services
  • Strengthening of universal health coverage
The sector plans To provide accessible, quality and affordable healthcare through: Recruitment of healthcare workers; Enhance universal healthcare; Construction of hospital complexes in Siaya and Bondo; Equipping existing health facilities; establishment of model health centres; Strengthen management of health commodities; Upscale the health referral system; Strengthen management of communicable and non-communicable diseases especially HIV, Malaria, TB and mental health.
Program
    General Administration, Planning & Support Services -: :To improve service delivery and provide supportive services to agencies under the health sector
    Curative, Biomedical ,Rehabilitative and Referral Services :- To provide accessible, affordable and expanded diagnostic and curative services
    Preventive and Promotive Health Services :- To provide effective and efficient preventive and promotive health interventions across the county.

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