In many low- and middle-income countries, lack of capacities and political influence have been identified as challenges facing planning, budgeting, and priority setting in the health sector. Those challenges affect priority setting, planning, and budgeting affect resource allocation at micro and macro levels of government.
Kenya has a devolved system of health and government that came into place in 2013 following the launch of the new constitution in 2010. However, recently, the health sector in Kenya still has towards alignment between planning and budgeting. The institutional separation between planning and budgeting processes, poor leadership, unreliable data, and poor stakeholder participation were identified as the main factors leading to the lack of alignment between planning and budgeting, particularly for immunization.
The main objective of this study is to understand the process of planning and budgeting at the county level and how this currently affects the immunization program in Kenya. Specifically, the study will seek to identify the existing bottlenecks in the counties to inform on measures to strengthen immunization financing. In addition, the study would seek to establish the existing mechanisms of tracking immunization resources at the county level.
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