Community health volunteers (CHVs) in Kenya play a critical role in improving the health of populations and extending health care to communities. Kenya’s progress in improving reproductive health outcomes have not been consistent across all of its 47 counties. Modern contraceptive prevalence rate (mCPR) in the northern arid/semiarid lands (ASAL) inhabited by nomadic communities is still very low, ranging from 2% to 10%. Seminomadic and nomadic people face multiple barriers to health care access, including geographic isolation, lifestyle, sociocultural dynamics, and logistical, political, and economic factors. Providing health care to nomadic people is known to be extremely complex, with barriers that include both external (geographic isolation, sociocultural dynamics, and logistical and political factors) and internal factors (lifestyle, norms, practices, and perceptions).
- HCDExchange
- 5
- Resource LIBRARY
- 5
- Using Human-Centered Design to Adapt Supply Chains and Digital Solutions for Community Health Volunteers in Nomadic Communities of Northern Kenya
Using Human-Centered Design to Adapt Supply Chains and Digital Solutions for Community Health Volunteers in Nomadic Communities of Northern Kenya
Publication Year: 2021
Contributing Organisation: Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Authors: Sarah R. Andersson, Sarah Hassanen, and Amos M. Momanyi
Learning Themes: Global Health
Downloads:
