GTZ Health Sector Programme in Kenya

Simon Stumpf, the Kenya and Somalia desk officer of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), contends that important steps regarding the future direction of  development cooperation in Kenya has been made. MORE »

As the world celebrates the International Women’s Day, we at GTZ Health Sector Programme celebrate a brave, relentless and selfless woman and human rights defender, Ms. Ann Njogu. Ms. Njogu is a key partner and consultant of GTZ Health Sector Programme and offers advisory support in the areas of human rights, especially gender based violence and human rights based approach to programming. MORE »

Successful Knowledge Management (KM) is vital for a large organization like the GTZ Health Sector Program (HSP). The program is maintaining a number of KM tools that are seeking to capture, organize, and share knowledge.  MORE »

Kenyan and German governments have agreed to continue with the cooperation with a focus on Health Sector Reforms, Health Financing/Social Protection and Sexual and Reproductive Health including Family Planning, HIV/AIDS and Gender Based Violence which includes Female Genital Mutilation. MORE »

The GTZ Health Sector Programme participated in a meeting to explore areas of collaboration with the National Commission on Gender and Development in the area of information and Communication Technologies (ICT). MORE »

As a key stakeholder in the Kenyan health sector and one of the two deputy chairs of the Development Partners in Health Kenya (DPHK), the German Development Cooperation (through GTZ Health Sector Programme) participated in the review of Annual operational Plan 4 (AOP 4) that took place on March, 3, 2010. MORE »

As the sub-sector lead among the development partners on public- private partnerships, the German Development Cooperation (through GTZ Health Sector Programme) participated in the first meeting of the Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee (ICC) Public-Private Partnership (PPP)  that was held on Wednesday 3rd March 2010. MORE »

The GTZ Kenya Health Sector Programme hosted the GTZ Health Sector Network Meeting on Health and Social Protection from 20th Feb – 26th Feb 2010 at the Serena Beach Hotel in Mombasa.  MORE »

Budget Sector Hearings for 2010/2011- 2012/2013 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) have been taking place (17th February to 26th February 2010). MORE »

Dr. Tobias Kalenscher, University of Amsterdam, will on 27th February 2010 deliver a public lecture on ‘My Brother’s Keeper? Understanding Attitudes towards Solidarity Based Health Care Systems from a Decision-making Perspective’. MORE »

As a key actor in sexual and reproductive health, on Friday 19^th February 2010, GTZ Health Programme participated in a launch of the guide book ‘We’re talking about sex’ for group leaders that was held by Trust for Indigenous Cultural and Health (TICAH) . MORE »

The German Development Cooperation participated in the Development Partners in Health Kenya DPHK held monthly meeting that was held on February 18, 2010. GDC/GTZ participated in the meeting as one of the deputy Chairs of the group. MORE »

The GTZ Health Sector programme brings to the attention of its staff and partners the forth coming short courses on international development cooperation that have been organised by SLE,  Humboldt-Universität, Berlin Germany. MORE »

On 13th February 2010, the Draft Health Financing Strategy was presented to the National Economic and Social Council, the highest public organ advising the Government on policies and strategies towards the realisation of Vision 2030 and the first Medium Term Strategy (MTP 2008- 2012). MORE »

The GTZ Health Sector Programme has been invited to a public lecture on Sexual Minority Rights that will be held on February 16, 2010 at Alliance Française from 4pm to 6pm. MORE »