WFH Path to Access to Care and Treatment (PACT) Program is a 5-year initiative, ending in 2025 designed to improve outreach and diagnosis and increase access to sustainable care for people with inherited bleeding disorders. PACT program aims to identify new people with inherited bleeding disorder, improve access to care through the training and education of patient leaders and healthcare providers on outreach, diagnosis, the management of bleeding disorders, and evidence-based advocacy and increase government support to establish or expand existing national bleeding disorders care programs.
Community Health Promoters (CHPs) are invaluable assets in efforts to promote health and well-being at the community level. Their unique combination of local knowledge, trust, and cultural competence enables them to effectively engage with communities, address health disparities, and drive positive health outcomes for all.
Kenya Haemophilia Association (KHA) has partnered with WFH through PACT Program to improve outreach and identify new haemophilia cases in the communities by collaborating with counties Community Health Assistants (CHAs) or Community Health Units (CHUs). This is enhanced by carrying out sensitization training on haemophilia and other bleeding disorders to the CHAs and CHUs who are then expected to cascade the knowledge to their respective Community Health Promoters (CHPs). CHPs make home visits in their allocated households, they deliver health promotion messages and create awareness of diseases among other responsibilities thus create connections between vulnerable populations and the health care system.
The CHPs can easily identify inherited bleeding disorders through the help of KHA Mobile Application Software enabled with scored questions. KHA Mobile Application Software has been approved and authorized from the office of data protection commissioner ODPC to collect data of suspected bleeders in the community.
In addition, PACT program has facilitated Continuing Medical Education (CMEs) to the Obstetrics and gynaecology specialist, Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) specialists, Dentists and Orthopaedics surgeons in the 14 Haemophilia Treatment Centres (HTC).
