...The mandate of the department of health is provision of quality health services, promotion of equity in access, financial risk protection and overall governance and stewardship of the health sector. To execute this mandate there is an absolute need for an annual work plan that is in tandem with county strategic plan. This 2020/2021 annual work plan for the Department of health and sanitation is pegged on the previous three years baseline of 2016/2017, 2017/2018 and 2019/2020.It is also key as its implementation will inform the departments performance midway through the implementation of the County Integrated Development Plan 2 and the health strategic plan 2018-2023.Busia County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya, located in the former Western Province and covers an area of 1394.5sq km. The County has seven Sub Counties namely: Bunyala, Butula, Matayos, Nambale, Samia, Teso North and Teso South. Annual work plan 2020/2021 is an important document that will guide the department in implementation of activities in the county. The development of the annual workplan has been done through a consultative process of all the stakeholders in the health sector. The plan is based on the various documents in the health sector namely: Busia County Integrated Development Plan Busia County Health sector strategic and investment plan 2018-2023, Busia County monitoring and evaluation plan 2018-2023, Busia County nutrition action plan 2019-2023 (CNAP) and Busia County health commodity quantification report 2020. The The department of health and sanitation carries more than half of the county workforce and executes its mandate through funding from the CGB and implementing partners. Malaria, HIV are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. The department has three key program areas namely: Curative & Rehabilitative Health Services and Preventive & Health Promotion Services and General Administration & Support Services. We sincerely thank the National government, CGB, all partners including the World Bank and other NGOs for the great support. We appreciate your support towards the implementation of our previous and current work plan for FY 2019/2020.

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