Health Facilities in Tana River County.

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Tana River County is located in the Coastal region of Kenya. In the 2022-2027 government, Joshua Kofa is serving as the Health Minister for Tana River county. (This is as of November 2022). In the 2017-2022 government, Javan Bonaya held this position. Health Ministers are also known as ‘CEC Member for Health’ or CEC Representative for Health.

CEC stands for County Executive Committee. The committees’ chief executive is the county governor while the deputy chief executive is the deputy county governor. In addition to the health representative, the committee has other representatives (approximately ten in total). They represent other devolved functions listed here. Depending on the county, devolved roles are combined differently.

Tana River County has 3 Sub-Counties:

In summary, Tana River County has 88 health facilities spread across the 3 sub-counties. 11.4% of these are faith-based facilities (10) while 64.8% belong to the ministry of health (57). This leaves 22.7% listed as private facilities (20) and 1.1% under NGO’s (1). Kenya has a total of 14,251 health facilities. This translates to Tana River County having 0.62% of the country’s Total Facilities.

Let us look at the numbers in each sub-county.

In Bura sub-county, there are 21 health facilities. This makes up 24% of the health facilities in Tana River County and 0.15% of the total number in the country.

Bura houses the following 5 Wards: Chewele, Hirimani, Bangale, Sala & Madogo.

In Galole sub-county, there are 32 health facilities. This makes up 36% of the health facilities in Tana River County and 0.22of the total number in the country.

Galole houses the following 4 Wards: Kinakomba, Mikinduni, Chewani & Wayu.

In Garsen sub-county, there are 35 health facilities. This makes up 40% of the health facilities in Tana River County and 0.25% of the total number in the country.

Voi houses the following 6 Wards: Kipini East, Garsen South, Kipini West, Garsen Central, Garsen West & Garsen North.

In conclusion,

• There are a total of 15 wards in the 3 sub-counties of Tana River County. Garsen has the highest (6) number of wards while Galole has the lowest (4).
• Garsen has the highest number (35) of health facilities (40% of Tana River County & 0.25% of Kenya).
• Garsen has the highest number of Faith-Based Health Facilities. (Total of 5 out of 10)
• Garsen has the highest number of Ministry of Health Facilities (Public). (Total of 23 out of 57)
• Garsen is the only sub-county with an NGO Health Facilities. (1 out of 1)
• Galole has the highest number of Private Health Facilities. (Total of 12 out of 20)

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