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  • Epidemiology
  • Health Policy

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  • The COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges to global health systems.
  • Kenya, like many nations, required a structured approach to manage the public health crisis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To document and analyze Kenya's country-level response to the COVID-19 pandemic from February 2020 to May 2021.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of implemented strategies using a participatory monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework.
  • To identify facilitators and impediments to the pandemic response for future public health crisis management.

Main Methods:

  • A case study approach detailing response strategies across five stages: engagement, assessment, planning, action/implementation, and evaluation.
  • Implementation of a participatory monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for Africa.
  • Analysis of emerging data on response activities and COVID-19 incidence to inform sensemaking.

Main Results:

  • Detailed account of Kenya's COVID-19 response strategies and their progression through the defined stages.
  • Insights derived from collaborative sensemaking of M&E data, highlighting factors that aided and hindered the response.
  • Identification of specific challenges and successes in managing the pandemic within the Kenyan context.

Conclusions:

  • Kenya's experience offers valuable lessons for managing public health emergencies.
  • The participatory M&E approach provided crucial insights into response effectiveness.
  • Practical implications are discussed to guide future national-level responses to rapidly evolving health crises.