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● projectActive · systemic · 2021
eCHIS Kenya (electronic Community Health Information System)
National community health information system of Kenya's Ministry of Health: a smartphone app (based on Medic's open source Community Health Toolkit) with which more than 107,000 Community Health Promoters register households, manage cases and supplies, refer patients and exchange data with facilities' electronic records.
illustrative atlas image · Adhy Savala / UnsplashMOMinistry of Health Kenya (Division of Community Health Services)M(Medic (Community Health Toolkit)SISalome Ireri
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01 The context
Development since 2020, pilot in Kisumu in mid-2021, scale-up to all 47 counties by mid-2024, with more than 107,000 CHPs using the platform. Part of the presidential agenda to professionalize and pay CHPs.
02 How it works
method · Digitization of community health services at national scalemethod · Sequential county-by-county rollout with readiness assessmentsmethod · Co-development government + more than 25 partners (Medic, Living Goods, Amref, USAID, WHO, UNICEF)tool · eCHIS app (CHIS Kenya 2.0)tool · Community Health Toolkit (Medic, open source)
03 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
Peer-reviewed research documents this project: the strongest evidence level in the atlas.
The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceImplementation process and acceptability of the electronic community health information system among community health workers in KenyaFrontiers in Health Services (Muriithi GN, Arasa R, Mutetei TM, 6) · 2026
EvidenceAn exploration of the successful scale-up of the electronic community health information system in KenyaOxford Open Digital Health (Ireri S, Waiganjo P, Ochieng DO, et al., 3:oqaf020) · 2025