We got 4 search results

• Uncategorised

  National Dialogue: Solution to Ending Health Workers Strikes in Kenya

  Author: Gilbert Wangalwa, Amref Health Africa

  The health sector in any country is the greatest pillar of wealth generation in a country. The life of citizens and by extension the economy depends largely on an effective and efficient health system. Low and middle-income countries like Kenya in which the health workforce goes on strike almost every year, should not expect to make any gains in the fight to reduce poverty. There is already a noticeable upsurge of poverty in the country, dealing a blow to the cou

  Read More
• Uncategorised

  Sh14 million Malava water project ready for use

  In Summary

  • The project has been financed by East African Breweries Limited and implemented by Amref Health Africa.

  • It comprises a borehole, a 50,000-litre elevated steel tank, a 6.4-kilometer distribution network, and three water kiosks.

  About 6,000 people in water-scarce villages of Malava in Kakamega have finally heaved a sigh of relief after the completion of a Sh14 millio

  Read More
• Uncategorised

  Moran Protecting His Community from Harmful Cultural Practices

  Whether they find their spouse through arranged marriage like their parents, or on their own, morans (warriors) in the Samburu community are intransigent about one criterion for their future bride: she needs to be “cut”. The cut, also known as Female Genital Mutilation and Cutting (FGM/C), is a highly prevalent cultural practice within the Samburu, a nomadic pastoralist group living in Northern Kenya, with prevalence rate more than four times higher than the national average (90%1 compared to 21%). These clans consider FGM/C a crucial rite of passage to womanhood and have

  Read More
• Personal Stories, Uncategorised

  Giving Premature Babies in Samburu County a Better Chance to Survive and Thrive

  “………..when you come to the hospital and the doctors tell you that you have to give birth five weeks before the date they had indicated, you have to think twice.”

  Elizabeth Lengur, 25, was attending her routine antenatal clinic for the second time, three months past her scheduled visit. The nurse informed her that they needed to deliver the baby immediately or both mother and child would lose their lives. Elizabeth later found out that the persistent headaches she had been suffering had been a sign of danger. She

  Read More