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eCHIS Kenya (electronic Community Health Information System)

📍 Kenya · 2021 · Ministry of Health Kenya (Division of Community Health Services)

Scale

local

subnational

national

systemic

Description

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. 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.

Linked evidence

▦Implementation 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) · 2026Evidence ▦An 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) · 2025Evidence