Evaluation of Danish Health Sector Support to Kenya 2004-2024
Denmark has supported the health sector in Kenya for over 40 years with a broad range of interventions. Since the first phase of Health Sector Programme Support in 2004, the support has comprised a closer involvement with government at different levels, lately with an important link to the devolution process in Kenya.
Over the years, more than 140 million USD has been allocated for the support, including support for a devolved health sector. Thus, evaluating the last approximately 20 years of Danish support to the health sector in Kenya evaluation is an opportunity to assess and learn from one of the remaining large social sector engagements in the Danish development cooperation portfolio and assess implications of the approach to partnership and dialogue. The overall purpose is to document and assess the contribution of the Danish support to the health sector in Kenya over the last 20 years, both with regards to results to which Denmark has contributed and the value added of the Danish approach and partnerships. Based on this, the evaluation shall distil relevant lessons and recommendations for future health sector support as well as more broadly for working with partnerships and local ownership.