The African governments have been called upon to invest in community health systems in order to improve the quality of health care and health expenditures in the long term. She said that community health workers play a critical role in primary healthcare provisions by bridging the existing health workforce gaps. She called upon the African countries to tap into digital health to support community health workers by harnessing the power of mobile technology to connect community health workers to their clients, peers, and supervisors to new data and information, and to health systems. “Kenyan government is committed to investing in community health workers to achieve the universal health coverage goals. He said that community health workers have the responsibility of mobilizing communities for involvement in health promotion and disease-prevention activities at the grassroots level.

Source: The Star December 08, 2022 04:04 UTC