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"content": "extending support to the faith-based organizations. To date, a number of doctors and nurses have been seconded to the faith-based organization facilities. This is in addition to the provision of ambulances. My Ministry is also working very closely with the private sector to encourage the sector to play its role in the strengthening of a national health system that is caring and humane to all Kenyans. That will make it possible for all Kenyans to have access to affordable and good quality healthcare. Given the shortage of funds in the Government and the increasing demand for healthcare facilities in Kenya and within the region, the partnership between the Government and the private sector is necessary in putting up and managing these facilities. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the above reforms have been designed around eight tasks that capture the key deliverables in the Ministryâs strategic plan of 2008 to 2012. The reforms will also contribute to the achievement of the Kenya Vision 2030 and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The achievement of the MDGs calls for a reduction in poverty and marked improvement in the health of the population. I expect to direct resources to these interventions. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the health sector, and my Ministry in particular, is faced with a number of challenges, which include, among others, the following:- (i) inadequate funding of the sector; about 5.3 per cent of the total Government Budget is given to the sector, while the Abuja Declaration, to which our Government is a signatory, requires a 14 per cent health sector expenditure in the Budget; (ii) we are faced with the HIV/AIDS pandemic, which exerts extreme pressure on health facilities, in terms of in-patient and other expenses; (iii) increasing cases of multi-drug resistance, particularly in Tuberculosis (TB); (iv) poverty, which is estimated at 46 per cent nationally, remains a major factor affecting ability to maintain health or seek health services; (v) inadequate health personnel as well as uneven distribution of the existing staff; and, (vi) inadequate and dilapidated physical infrastructure."
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