Health services require quality as a foundation. For this reason, the Quality Healthcare Kenyan awards (QHKA) seeks to honour excellence and innovation in the health sector for quality patient-centered care.

QHKA was conceptualized in July 2017 by a Health Systems Manager and a General Practitioner; and later registered as a trademark of ZBS Ltd in March 2018.

The first of its kind in Africa, QHKA has taken on the mantle and seeks to change the narrative and showcase impact of the positive contributions in the Kenyan health sector for scalability and sustainability.

The initiative takes a health systems strengthening approach to improve standards of health service delivery among health professionals by recognising outstanding performance, promoting a culture of continuous Quality Improvement, advocating for strong partnerships between health providers and users, fostering innovation and the use of information technology, sharing of best practices, uniting the public and private sectors towards a common goal and creating a platform for collaboration.