{"id":12505,"date":"2025-04-17T16:58:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/?p=12505"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:58:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:58:39","slug":"financial-skills-for-health-thrills-uasin-gishus-game-changing-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/financial-skills-for-health-thrills-uasin-gishus-game-changing-initiative","title":{"rendered":"FINANCIAL SKILLS FOR HEALTH THRILLS: UASIN GISHU&#8217;S GAME-CHANGING INITIATIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In a bold step toward strengthening healthcare delivery, the County Government of Uasin Gishu has launched an intensive training program targeting facility in-charges from level two health facilities to bolster financial management and accountability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative, a cornerstone of the county\u2019s healthcare reform agenda, aims to equip health facility heads with vital skills in planning, budgeting, procurement, and revenue management. The training also aligns facility operations with recent legislative developments, including the Facilities Improvement Financing Act 2023 and the Social Health Insurance Act 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"12510\" src=\"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250417-WA0255-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250417-WA0255-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250417-WA0255-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-20250417-WA0255-768x512.jpg 768w, 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The program also includes practical modules on the new social health insurance rollout, preparing facility in-charges to navigate the upcoming changes seamlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This move is expected to significantly reduce financial bottlenecks, enhance transparency, and ultimately improve service delivery across the county\u2019s primary healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this proactive approach, Uasin Gishu is setting a new standard in county-level health governance where efficiency, transparency, and improved patient outcomes go hand in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The training is held in partnership with the Council of Governors and AMREF.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bold step toward strengthening healthcare delivery, the County Government of Uasin Gishu has launched an intensive training program targeting facility in-charges from level two health facilities to bolster [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[235,7,50],"tags":[11,129,1135,12],"class_list":["post-12505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-235","category-government","category-governors-office","tag-development","tag-efficient-service","tag-financial-management","tag-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12505"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12519,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12505\/revisions\/12519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uasingishu.go.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}