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Personal Stories
Jasmila’s Struggle with Fistula
In October 2017, Jasmila - 35, was excited to be expecting her first child. Having attended all her antenatal care visits, she was aware of her due date and went to the hospital when her labour started. Jasmila endured prolonged, painful and obstructed labour and had to be referred to a high-level facility for caesarian surgery. She woke up to be informed that the baby had died due to distress during labour. Her second tragedy came shortly after - she was to stay in the hospital for two weeks to heal from the surgery and hope the leaking urine would stop. It didn’t. An enthusiastic early chi
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Access to Toilets for Persons Living with Disability
Access to convenient and comfortable public toilet facilities remains a significant challenge for many people in Kenya who live with various forms of physical disability. In many communities, latrines are not designed and placed in a way that is easily accessible to this vulnerable group. Toilets are essential in Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM), including for girls living with disabilities. Lack of friendly and accessible Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) facilities poses a significant obstacle to girls living with disabilities. In Homa Bay County, finding assistive toilets in communi
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Menstrual Health Hygiene and Sexual, Gender-Based Violence
During the COVID-19 pandemic, cases of sexual and gender-based violence are reported to be on the increase in Migori and Homa Bay counties in Kenya. To address the problem, Amref Health Africa in Kenya, through the Canada Africa Initiative to Address Maternal, Newborn and Child Mortality (CAIA MNCM) COVID 19 Response Project, is working with the county governments and community health workers to run advocacy campaigns, and create awareness on SGBV, its impacts, challenges and possible solutions. Ensuring teenage girls have access to menstrual hygiene products plays an important role in prev
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Community Health Worker Demystifies the COVID-19 Vaccines
As COVID-19 continues to spread, Community Health Workers (CHWs) in Kenya are playing a pivotal role in educating communities on disease prevention and monitoring contacts and those under home-based Care. The rollout of COVID-19 vaccines presents another task for CHWs. They have doubled their efforts to fight myths and misconceptions that spread like wildfire in communities. The communities have been exposed to false, inaccurate, or misleading information about the vaccines, hence, leading to slow uptake. In the southern part of Nyanza, along the shores of Lake Victoria – Africa's la
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The Fight Against Gender-Based Violence: A Male Agent of Change in Kenya
Contemplative and eloquent, Justus Hassan, 36, is a father of three from Wang’chieng village, Migori County in Kenya who has volunteered to fight sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) alongside preventable diseases in his community. He is enthusiastic about his ability to help survivors of SGBV as it gives him great satisfaction. Justus reports cases of sexual assault and other forms of gender-based violence and ensures the survivors get medical treatment and follow-up care. He also takes up the legal processes as part of support to the survivors in their quest to justice, which disprop
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Fear of being diagnosed with Covid-19 delays access to TB treatment
A 26-year-old mother of one, Mrs Grace Nzili, endured coughing and night sweat for months but could not dare go to the hospital because she feared she would be tested for Covid-19, and if found positive quarantined for several weeks, leaving her one-year-old daughter alone. Grace, who ran a fruits and vegetable kiosk in her neighbourhood, became too ill and had to close her business, hence loss of income to the family. Her husband would buy her medicine from chemists but the cough
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Community volunteers help gold digger to overcome TB
After losing his job at a factory in Nairobi, Danson Imbale, 53, returned to try his luck at mining gold near his rural home in Kakamega County. Although he had been away for over 20 years, he quickly fitted in among the artisanal gold miners. While in the city, he had learnt carpentry and helped to build support structures for mines, spending hours in the deep, narrow underground shafts. With the proceeds from his work, he bought low-grade ore, which he panned at home for gold. The
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Showcasing how Youth and Self-care are Essential for the Achievement of UHC
Join the SCTG as we celebrate UHC Day to promote health for all. Throughout our 12 Days of UHC series, SCTG members and partners share insights and lessons from their organizations on how self-care is part of the solution to achieving our goal — build a safer and healthier future and health systems that serve and protect us all.
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Community Health Workers (CHWs) enhance health service delivery in Western Kenya
Through the Global Fund grant, Amref Health Africa in Kenya has been implementing community case management of malaria model in 10 counties in Western Kenya from 2012 to 2020. Eight of these (Bungoma, Busia, Kakamega, Vihiga, Kisumu, Siaya, Homabay, Migori) fall within the malaria lake endemic zone while two (Kisii and Nyamira) fall in the highlands epidemic-prone malaria zone. Following the WHO recommendations, most African countries scaled up Community Case Management of Malaria as an integral part of their health care delivery system, enhancing community access to health care by providin
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Champion Against FGM and Child Marriage: Let The Tongue Be
Martha, 39-years-old, lives in Marsabit County in Kenya near the Ethiopian border. She is part of the Borana tribe. Martha is an influential woman in her community; she is a matron at the local primary school, a spiritual leader, and leads a Women’s Group where women discuss their issues, mentor children in school about drug abuse, and participate in income-generating activities such as selling chickens and renting guest houses. Most importantly, Martha is a champion to end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and child marriage in her community. “I’m in a women’s group
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