Abstract: The performance of the public health sector in Kenya has been a major concern to the Kenyan people. Good health is a prerequisite for enhanced economic growth and poverty reduction and a precursor to the realization of Kenya Vision 2030’s social pillar goal. The country is confronting numerous gaps in health outcomes like high infant mortality rate caused by neonatal problems. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine the influence of supply planning practice on the performance of the unit of vaccines and immunizations in the Ministry of Health, Kenya. The study adopted mixed research design using both quantitative and qualitative approaches. The target population of the study was 244 from the Unit of Vaccine and Immunizations (UVIS) headquarter, KEMSA depot and warehouse staff, Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu, and Busia counties. The study used random sampling to pick a sample size of 74 respondents. Data was collected using questionnaire. Descriptive statistics was used aided by Statistical Packages for Social Sciences version 24 to compute percentages of respondents’ answers. Inferential statistics multiple regression and correlation analysis was applied to examine the relationship between the research variables. The study established that there is strong positive correlation between supply planning and the performance of the unit of vaccines and immunizations. Therefore, supply planning practices such as optimum inventory procurement, determination of health requirements of health facilities at every node, aggregate determination requirements and joint coordination with suppliers if adopted by the unit of vaccines and immunizations will increase the performance positively.
Keywords: Unit of Vaccines, Immunizations (UVIS) headquarter, KEMSA depot.
Title: Influence of Supply Planning Practice on the Performance of the Unit of Vaccines and Immunizations in the Ministry Health, Kenya
Author: Samuel Okanda, G. S. Namusonge, Esther Waiganjo
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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