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Voices from the Community as they embrace the Alternative Rite of Passage in place of FGM
Esonorua Village, Kajiado County is a community that practises Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). The practise is performed on girls between the ages of nine and 15 years who are afterwards married off. According to UNICEF Kenya, the practice of FGM has been declining over the years, with a fast decline among girls aged 15 to 19. This is also seen through the 2014 Kenya Demographic Health Survey (KDHS), where the overall prevalence of FGM in Kenya has decreased from 38 percent in 1998 to 32 percent in 2003 and to 27 percent in 2008 among w
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Green Water Excites Villagers in Lenkisim
In Lenkisim Village, Kajiado South, the community is excited by a borehole that produces green water since the water is a natural resource that comes from underneath the ground in the same way that plants grow. Drought is frequent in Kajiado County. This is a time when most seasonal riverbeds dry up, forcing the community to rely on water from highly contaminated sources such as dry river beds, water pans (locally known as silanga), unprotected open wells, and boreholes to which women have to walk more than 10 kilometres to access. To make matters worse, the community does not have an ad
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Co-chair Speech for the Multi-stakeholder Hearing in New York
Excellencies, President of the General Assembly, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Deputy Director-General of WHO, UHC2030 partners, friends, It is an honor to be here today not only on behalf of UHC2030 but on behalf of every voice of half our world’s population that dream of a day when they won’t have to worry about when, where and how to access healthcare. Today as we gather, they are also listening to us. Their dreams turning into hope knowing well the starting point on the journey to Universal Health Coverage is not a technical one but a social and
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Children as Agents of Change in the Fight against Malaria
The continued spread of malaria has been attributed to, among other issues, information gaps among local communities, and specifically information on its cause and prevention. To equip communities with the right information, Amref Health Africa in Kenya in partnership with the National Malaria Control Program developed a school health program leveraging on the potential of children as agents of change within their families and the community without interfering with their academics. By sharing information on malaria taught in school with their families, questioning existing practices at home, a
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Community Interventions to End Malaria
Millicent Ambani is a Nurse at Mumias Modern Health Centre. She is the deputy in charge of the health facility and one of her roles is to release rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) to the Community Health Extension Workers (CHEWS) to distribute them to the Community Health Volunteers (CHVS) based in the community. CHVs are tasked with addressing uncomplicated malaria cases in the community as well as educating fellow community members on best practices to prevent, control and treat malaria. Using the Community Case Management of Malaria approach implemented through the Global Fund Malaria projec
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Milestones Courtesy of Partnership between Amref and the Community
David Nakaya is a Community Health Volunteer from Ekaita sub- location, Ekaita Community Unit in Emuhya Sub County, Vihiga County. Ekaita Community Unit (CU) has a total of ten CHVs who were recruited in a chief’s baraza by community members and David is one of the ten CHV members successfully selected by the community members in 2012. He doubles up as a farmer and a preacher, roles he attributes to his success in his duties as a CHV as he is publicly known and thus stands a better chance to influence the community. He appreciates the good working relation with Amref Health Africa an
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Amref impacting the health of communities through Community Health Volunteers
Kenya and most developing nations face a dire shortage of human resources for health, a situation that is worsened by the overwhelming demands of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Community health volunteers (CHVs) play a role in creating demand for health care services, disease prevention, treatment and care. Amref Health Africa in Kenya with funding from Global Fund is implementing a pilot project for integrating HIV, TB and malaria through Community Health System Strengthening (CSS) in Emuhaya sub-county. Emuhaya is one of five Sub Counties in Vihiga County with a population of about 1
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Amref Health Africa Calls for Legal Reforms to Deliver on Universal Health Coverage
Amref Health Africa in Kenya has called for legal reform and enactment of legislation to support the realisation of universal health coverage (UHC). The priority areas include operationalising the Kenya Health Financing Strategy, domestication of County Public Participation Acts, enactment of County Facility Improvement Fund Bills and enactment and recognition of Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) as facilitated by the Community Health Service Bill. Speaking at the 4th Annual Legislative Summit held in Kisumu County, Amref Health Africa in Kenya’s Country Director Dr Meshack
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