Isiolo County Teaching and Referral Hospital(ICTRH) was a beehive of activities earlier this afternoon as the county government of Isiolo officially launched its long anticipated health blueprint that is expected to change how health services is dispensed in the country once the government adopts the Universal Health Care(U.H.C) program that is currently in its pilot stage of implementation in four counties namely Isiolo,Machakos,Nyeri and Kisumu.
Governor Kuti was joined by Machakos governor Dr.Alfred Mutua and Kisumu Governor Prof. Anyang' Nyongo Who witnessed the rolling out of the facilities that is expected to ease the workload of the Community Health Volunteers(CHVs).
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The county government in its objective to enhance primary healthcare have trained and equipped more than 300 CHVs whose graduation coincided with the launch earlier today.
The CHVs now have access to smartphone fitted with software that tracks the health statistics of various medical cases under their watch and helps in among other things when a certain mother has attended her antenatal visit or when a malnourished child is liable for another appointment with its nutritionist.
The CHVs now have tens of motorcycles and a fulltime four wheel vehicle to supervise their activities.
In a revolution change from the past regime where CHVs were neglected and little done to ease their situation and also enable them to earn a decent living while on their heroic medical activities among their community, the County Government of Isiolo now pays them generous stipends that shall in the long run be revised as the program takes shape in the coming days.
Today's event also served as a celebration of sorts for both the county government and the Living Goods Limited after a harrowing and protracted political battle launched by Senator Dhullo who claimed the public-private partnership(PPP) deal signed between Isiolo county the the Living Goods Ltd was faulty and was below par esp in its compliance with the various statutory requirements as provided under the new constitution.
The treasury would later give the partnership a clean bill of health whose peak culminated in today's Living Goods inauguration.
Governors Mutua and Nyong'o hailed Isiolo county's health sector as one of the most iconic they have met anywhere and promised to replicate the model in their individual counties health sector saying it had the potential to allow more households especially from poor backgrounds access to quality health services.
They also called on the local leaders to work hand in hand with governor Kuti and support him in his mission to revolutionize Isiolo county's health sector emphasizing that a healthy county translates to a healthy development in other sectors.
Health also makes up one of the 4 pillars of President Kenyatta's BIG FOUR(4) AGENDA. The health pillar is modelled on Isiolo county's model of health care.
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