Kigamboni Municipal Council Health Division is one among Divisions providing both preventive and curative health services. The Division is mandated for implementing the following functions;
Reducing morbidity and mortality rate so as to increase life expectancy by providing quality health care as needed.
To ensure basic health services are available and accessible for all people, preventing and control communicable disease.
To sensitize the community about preventable diseases and the measures to improve health.
To create awareness on the part of the individual citizen to his /her responsibility on his/her her responsibility on his/her health and the health of their family.
Build partnership between public sector including traditional and alternative medicine providers, religious institutions civil society and community-based organizations in the provision of health services.
Plan, train and increase the number of competent health staff for all levels of health care.
Identify needs for health services in communities, construct and maintains health infrastructure and medical equipment.
Review, evaluate and produce health policy, guidelines, laws and standards for provision of health services.
To ensure 100% stock availability of essential medicine in all facilities.
Achievements in Health Sector
These achievements were due to collaboration with public private partnership hence strengthened PPP. Although there are various reasons for not accomplishing the activities on time as planned, these include shortage of skills staffs, inadequate transport (motor vehicle) but also some funds were not disbursed. The following below are some of achievements
Severe malnutrition reduced from 0.2% to 0.1 % by June 2022
Increase community TB contribution from 19%- 25% by increase TB awareness in community and screening coverage in community by June 2022
Availability of data collection tools to all 21 health facilities 2022
Private facilities contribution from 0% to 2% by conduct meeting with Public Private Partnership (PPP) owner/provider to increase awareness on TB
Blood donation coverage increased from 86% to 196% by June 2022
Good working condition status of medical equipment raised from 60% to 80% by June 2022
Complications related to injuries reduced from 2% to 1% by June 2022
89% of blood donated assured to be safe for transfusion to all health facilities by June 2022
Documentation of NHIF claims forms and CHF data collection increased from 48% to 70% at all levels by June 2022
Institutional management capacity strengthened from 75% to 82% by June 2022.
Eye disease reduced from 1% to 0.25% by June 2022
Safe water supply increased in health facilities from 78% to 92% by June 2022
Health facilities solid waste management improved from 75% to 83% by June2022
Health facilities liquid waste management improved from 97% to 100% by June2022
Vector and vermin control measures improved from 70% to 75% by June 2022
Capacity on management of emergency/disasters/prepared & response strengthened from 50% to 60% by June 2022
Conducive working environment to health care workers raised from 68.2% to 77% by June 2022
Rate of patients with complications associated with traditional medicine and alternative healing practices reduced from 10% to 7% by June 2022
Challenges facing health Division include:
Prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS among OPD cases by 4%
High maternal deaths by 6 deaths per year.
High Infant deaths by 18 deaths per year
High under five deaths by 18 deaths per year
High neonatal deaths by 3 deaths per year
High prevalence of Malaria by 3.6%
Low TB case detection rate by 74%
Prevalence rate of eye diseases among OPD cases by 0.25
Weak Community health systems by 30 %
High prevalence of mental health conditions by 1.2%
High prevalence of Oral diseases among OPD cases by 1.9%
High rate of patients with complications associated with traditional medicine and alternative healing practices by 2 %
Weak Capacity on Management of Emergency/disaster Preparedness and Response y 60%
