Addressing Health System’s Leadership Challenges through Different Problem-Solving Approaches

Abstract

Kenya continues to face significant challenges in providing basic health services for all despite the devolution of health system functions. Some of these challenges have been attributed to healthcare leaders that are ill-equipped to succeed in their roles. This calls for innovative health worker training that yields impact. The purpose of this study was to describe health system leadership challenges in 19 counties in Kenya and how the challenges have been addressed. The research design is longitudinal without a random assignment. Comparison of catalyst projects’ key health system performance indicators for baseline, endline, and post-training indicated positive results (p=0.0018 and 0.7655) respectively