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  Universal Health Coverage and Adolescent-Responsive Health Systems for Adolescents Living with HIV

  By Maria Tororey, Paediatrics and Adolescents Officer, Amref Health Africa in Kenya Universal Health Coverage strategies aim to avail appropriate, effective and affordable interventions to improve adolescent health. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), to make progress toward universal health coverage, a number of transitions in service delivery, workforce capacity and financing will be needed. Adolescents living with HIV and AIDS (ALHIV) represent a vulnerable group as they not only experience issues that affect people living with HIV, but also those that affect adole

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  Views From Rwanda: Why African countries should improve welfare, capacity of Community Health Workers

  Community Health Workers in many African countries are increasingly complaining about their welfare.
  Their major concern is that they are being sidelined and undermined, and worst still, underpaid, reports GroundUp, a South African based news medium.

  “We do the same w

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  Breast milk is Best for Your Baby

  The World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from August 1-7 to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. Breastfeeding, says the World Health Organisation (WHO), is the best way to provide infants with the nutrients they need. WHO recommends exclusive breastfeeding starting within one hour after birth so that the child can get colostrum, the yellowish, sticky breast milk produced at the end of pregnancy, also called the baby’s ‘first vac

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  Improving the Quality of Health Services towards Universal Health Coverage

  Universal Health Coverage (UHC). That is presently THE buzzword across Kenya’s health system.

  While there has been much focus and discussion on the role of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) in providing financial protection for Kenyans so as to reduce out of pocket spending for health, a lot less is being said about the quality of health care services, and how this contributes towards the realisation of UHC.

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines quality health care as servi

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  Amref Health Africa Partners with WHO-AFRO to Train Malaria Microscopists

  The recent outbreak of malaria in more than five counties in Kenya has brought to light the reality that a great deal needs to be done to improve the quality of diagnosis, treatment and prevention of this deadly disease. According to the Kenya Malaria Indicator Survey 2015, malaria accounts for about 18% of outpatient consultations and 10% of hospital admissions and therefore remains a major public health problem in this country. Early diagnosis of malaria is crucial to guide proper

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