With EU Project having the main objective to strengthen community participation in health sector governance and management in Coast, Eastern and Central regions of Kenya it has the following activities to undergo within the stipulated time margin of 36 months as from January 2009.

• Inform and educate target groups on the right to health.
• Clarify to community the roles of Village Health Committees, Health Facility Committees, DHMB/T, and Provincial Health Management Teams
• Conduct capacity building trainings for DHMT, DHMB and Health Facility Committees to develop and implement district health plans, supervise and to mobilize more resources for the respective facility
• Inform and educate the public on the contents of the ministerial service charter for health service delivery
• Create awareness and educate the community on the link between the health sector budget making process and the national budget making process - Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF)
• Demand for transparency and accountability in allocation and utilisation of Health Sector Service Fund channelled to health facilities

There are two major sets of activities and results which have been envisioned in the implementation of the project:

• One, activities geared towards creating demand for health rights and quality of health services - demand is built upon the community
• Two, activities creating a supply of human rights awareness and good governance and management of health systems. Supply is generated through capacity building of health management teams and creating effective and efficient structures .

Both demand and supply inputs yields overall objective of the intervention: Strengthened community participation in governance and management of health care systems in Kenya.

Targeted groups

For implementation of all the activities the following are the groups we are targeting  for the project to be counted successful.

• Health Facility Committees
• District Health Management Teams (DHMT)
• District Health Management Boards (DHMB)
• MOH staff working at health facilities
• Civil society and the general public
• Women, children, and youth will be deliberately targeted for benefits accrued from this intervention
• Final beneficiaries - General public from Eastern, Central and Coastal regions, especially women, children, PLWHA, the physically challenged, senior citizens and youth