The Pharmaceutical Sector Baseline Survey was commissioned by the Ministry of Health and conducted with financial and technical support from the World Health Organization, Department of Essential Medicines and Policy/Drug Action Programme (WHO EDM), the WHO Country Office in Kenya and Health Action International (HAI) Africa.

Special gratitude is extended to the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Director of Medical Services, Chief Pharmacist and Dr. Bibiana Njue, Deputy Chief Pharmacist for their support in the exercise. We also thank the Provincial Medical Officers from Coast, Nairobi, Nyanza, Eastern and Rift Valley Provinces, who ensured that the necessary information was obtained in spite of the difficult circumstances of data collection, as well as the support and cooperation of the staff at all of the facilities visited. We appreciate the excellent training and logistical organisation provided by Mr. Martin Auton WHO consultant, Dr. Charles Kandie, WHO/EDM national programme officer-Kenya, Ms. Beryl Leach, HAI Africa and Ms. Diane Whitney, WHO/EDM Geneva. Dr. Jennifer Orwa and Dr. Joseph Mukoko took the lead in analysing the data and compiling the draft report, and they would like to thank Charles Kandie, Beryl Leach, Martin Auton and Diane Whitney for their valuable inputs and editorial support in finalising it. Completion of the data entry, analysis and report writing would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of Ms. Lorna Mueni. And not least, the survey could not have been done without the interest and commitment of the survey team: