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    "id": 1338287,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1338287/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "South Mugirango, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Silvanus Osoro",
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    "content": "The Bill further proposes the establishment of County Primary Healthcare Advisory Committees that are mandated to ensure the effective implementation of primary healthcare through resource mobilization, advocacy, planning and development of Primary Healthcare Service Delivery. This Committee is also picked from among the community members of that very particular county. Part I of the Bill provides for the preliminary provisions and outlines the objectives of the Bill which are: 1. Promote and fulfill the rights of all persons in Kenya towards a progressive realization of their rights to the highest sustainable standard of health care. 2. Promote the implementation of primary health care through a systematic approach and clear delineation of roles of the stakeholders towards realization of Universal Healthcare Coverage. 3. Provides for the establishment of primary healthcare networks, community health units and other stakeholders centered in engagement forums for sustainable provision of primary healthcare services. 4. It also provides for the role of the multidisciplinary team in the provisions of the primary healthcare services. 5. Provides for the role of community health officers. It defines their roles and that of community health assistants. It defines community health promoters in the provision of community based primary healthcare services. Part II, Clauses 4 to 7, of the Bill details the primary healthcare services that are accessible at the community level and in the health facilities. The Bill, in Clause 7, mandates the county governments to facilitate the delivery of services. It is very important because health is now fully devolved. The county governments are mandated to deliver these services by: 1. Adopting a supportive and innovative modern approach for disease identification, monitoring, surveillance, early warning, research, community education and information sharing. That is the responsibility of the county governments. 2. They should also provide the community and stakeholder support to the respective primary healthcare facilities to facilitate optimal service provision. 3. They also are supposed to enhance the availability of quality services, accessibility and predictability of standardized primary healthcare services through effective leadership and governance, resourcing private public partnership, sharing of essential health products and technologies and integrated health information systems. 4. They are also supposed to ensure that there is continuous community engagement. Of course, this now includes training and registration of households within communities within the community health units in each primary healthcare network. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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