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The number and categories of usable medicines are steadily rising but the financial resources available for health services remain limited. This means that the rational management of medicines is becoming increasingly important in public health care in order to have optimal use of the allocated budget and offer health services with the best quality. The [...]
The Biafra Medical Clinic staff celebrated this year’s International Women’s Day by educating women living in areas of Eastleigh and Kamukunji in Nairobi on Gender Based Violence (GBV), the Sexual Offences Act (SOA), family planning and life skills. More than 130 GBV survivors, single and teen members attended the education program at the resource centre [...]
Increasing frequency of incineration to curb backlog, and changes in the structure of the management of the Nairobi Women’s Hospital incinerator are among recommendations made after an evaluation of the project by a German mission. International consultants from Germany, Etlog Health GmBH were in the country from February 14-24 2012, to conduct a technical evaluation [...]
The GIZ Health Sector Programme held its annual operational planning workshop on February 23-24 2012 at a Nairobi hotel. The workshop also doubled up as a platform for colleagues to share experiences on integration after the merger of three German organizations: Deutscher Entwicklungsdienst (DED), Deutscher Gesellschaft für Technischer Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH and Internationale Weiterbildung und [...]
The Kenyan Government has the responsibility of providing quality health services to all citizens as enshrined in the Constitution. However, this human right is not guaranteed for the majority of Kenyans as many slum dwellers and citizens of poor urban and remote areas do not have access to sufficient and affordable basic health care. It [...]
Lack of sustainability of school health programmes is a key challenge in implementing the National School Health Policy and Guidelines launched in 2009. A stakeholders meeting held in early February resolved to deal with this challenge by working within a proposed Comprehensive School Health Sustainability Charter in Kenya. The charter commits all stakeholders within the [...]