Acknowledging the importance of equitable access to quality and comprehensive care for people with or at risk of NCDs Prof Anyang’ Nyong’o the Minister for Medical Services concluded the three day forum (24-26August 2011) with a promise that the Government of Kenya will focus its attention on NCDs.

The Global threat of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) also referred to life-style diseases is becoming real for Kenya after the Prime Minister called for mainstreaming of NCD into the national strategic plans. Speaking during the launch of the first National Forum on Non-Communicable Diseases in Nairobi on August 23, 2011, the Prime Minister also urged Kenyans [...]

The need for more public participation in implementing the Constitution within the health sector, particularly in decentralization of resources, has been identified as one of the gaps in two key documents in the sector, the Draft Position Paper and the National Health Policy Framework. The two ministries of health released the draft documents to health [...]

The need to come up with sustainable models of financing GBV medical and legal services was touted as a key recommendation of a study validation workshop on GBV. The study commissioned by the GIZ Good Governance Programme also recommended the need to push the Ministry of Medical Services to ensure gazettment of the Post Rape Care Form which [...]

This book published in 2009 draws together essays from South African psychology, medical and social science scholars as well as the Sexual and Gender minority Rights activists. It traces the history of same-sex sexuality and HIV in South Africa but also places it within the broader global discourse of same-sex sexuality and HIV. Contributors however [...]

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights holds that every person has the right to health, including healthcare. This is enshrined into the World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution which states that, “The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being…”Governments in various parts of the world [...]

While Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation Dirk Niebel visited the drought-affected areas in Kenya and Daadab, a press-delegation went to Eastleigh in Nairobi to gather more information on Germany’s interventions in Kenya.

Lack of “accessibility” either due to costs, asymmetric information or simply physical accessibility of health care facilities has been identified as the major constraint in the Kenyan Health System, National Health Sector Strategic Plan (2008 -2012). The Plan was right to define this as the key impediment to improvement in its health system. This is evident [...]

The German Development Cooperation has reaffirmed it’s financial commitment to fighting drought in Kenya.The German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Dirk Niebel met President Mwai Kibaki on 15th August announcing Germany’s pledge of over Ksh. 15 Billion to fight drought in the affected region (Horn of Africa). Kenya will receive Ksh. 7 Billion out of the grant [...]

A report on palliative care in the country released by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) last year titled Needless Pain: Government Failure to Provide Palliative Care for Children in Kenya  indicates that Kenyan children in acute and chronic pain suffer needlessly because of government policies that restrict access to inexpensive pain medicines – like morphine, a [...]