We are proud to highlight our key partner in the development, roll out, and governance of InfoAFYA, the Kenya NGOs Alliance Against Malaria (KeNAAM).

About KeNAAM

KeNAAM is a network of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) providing Malaria and related health services in Kenya. The vision of KeNAAM is Malaria-free Kenya.

KeNAAM Offices are based in Nairobi, Kenya with active reach in the forty-seven (47) counties in Kenya. KeNAAM has partnered with like-minded organizations in Uganda, Tanzania, Somalia, Congo, Brazzaville and Bangladesh in the last 3 years.

KeNAAM is committed to scaling up effective malaria interventions and addressing related diseases and conditions among vulnerable communities in Kenya. The foundation of KeNAAM is driven by the realization that at that time, in 2001, no single institution in the country could singly reverse the devastating trends of Malaria hence the need to pool resources together to complement the Ministry of Health in tackling the disease.

Current membership for KeNAAM is over 100 organizations comprising Community-Based Organizations, Faith-Based Organizations, Non-Governmental Organizations, and International Organizations. 

Since 2001, KeNAAM has been able to contribute to health and influence the implementation of public health systems and policies through the direct services provided to target communities by its members.  KeNAAM has a unique ability to interact with communities, react to community needs/issues and engage with affected and vulnerable groups. 

KeNAAM’s strength in the community systems strengthening initiatives aims at achieving improved outcomes for interventions to deal with major health challenges such as malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and other health system issues.

KeNAAM emphasizes strengthening community-based and community-led systems for prevention, treatment, care, and support; advocacy; and development of an enabling and responsive environment for communities.

KeNAAM’s experience is critical in the success of InfoAFYA due to the following factors:

• KeNAAM work to support the Ministry of Health complementing the Division of National Malaria Program (DNMP) in the development, review and implementation of policies, guidelines, and standard of malaria in Kenya.
• KeNAAM Experience in identifying malaria key vulnerable population using tools such as Malaria Matchbox assessment which provide guidance on key risk factors and barriers impeding equitable malaria programs in Kenya, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Uganda, and Somalia.
• Key partner in the review, development, and implementation of the Kenya’s Malaria Communication Strategy plan
• KeNAAM is a member of Kenya’s Committee of Expert on Social Behavior Change, thus has relationships to support seamless implementation of InfoAFYA™ solution.
• Previous experience designing and production of Malaria Social Behavior Change Communication materials for Ministry of Health, Merlin, KEMRI and projects such as FANIKISHA Institutional Strengthening Project and Kenya’s World Malaria Day Content over the years.
• KeNAAM has been contracted by the Global Fund’s Community Rights and Gender Department to support provision of Technical Assistance to countries & National Malaria programs which mostly involve demand creation for malaria services by communities and CSOs.
• KeNAAM experience working with Persons with Disabilities by providing health content in formats that are PWD friendly, which are malaria vulnerable group identified during the matchbox assessment among other vulnerable population.
• KeNAAM work in mapping CSOs in Kenya working with the Key Vulnerable Populations
• KeNAAM’s work in supporting the delivery of the Malaria SBC Campaign for Key Vulnerable Populations, aiming to reaching over 12 million Kenyans by 2026.

In the recent past, DPE co-participated with KeNAAM in innovation support programs such as AMREF’s Innovation Now program, where the focus was on disability inclusive and assistive technology solutions, as well as the Global International Create Challenge (ICC) healthcare solutions by Idiap, a leading AI research center based in Martigny, Switzerland.

KeNAAM has been instrumental in supporting the research, development, and adoption of InfoAFYA™ digital services. Collaboratively, InfoAFYA’s team comprises of digital health specialists, social scientists, data engineers, product designers, software developers and community development teams made up of both DPE and KeNAAM talent.

We are extremely happy to continue our partnership with KeNAAM as InfoAFYA™ now enters a critical adoption phase