The difference between success and failure is a great team. Malaria commodities namely ALs and mRDTs were out of stock in Busia County for quite some time, this negatively affected Community Case Management of malaria supported by well-trained CHVs. Samia being the most affected since February when KEMSA supplied malaria commodities to health facilities within […]
Tuberculosis is the 4th leading cause of death in Kenya, placing the nation on the list of Top 30 high burden countries with a prevalence rate of 558/100,000. While awareness of tuberculosis is claimed to be high, risk perception remains low: that is, people may know that there is a disease called tuberculosis, but they […]
Introduction/Background of the client P.T.E. is a 30-year-old female and a mother of one child. She presented at GVRC on 28/01/2021 with history of physical assault by her husband secondary to domestic issues. P.T.E. further told the counsellor that she is a orphan and a survivor of an abusive childhood. She reported that she was […]
HIV Self-testing is one of the most convenient and efficient way for any person to know his/her HIV status and make a life informed decision. More importantly, men who are unable to access the conventional facility based HIV testing may now fail to have excuse as the availability of free HIV self-testing kits in their […]
Background M.D.T. is a 32-year-old Male, married for 6 years and has 2 children aged 6 and 3 years respectively. He lives with his family in (Soweto) area of Kibra. He was brought to GVRC Hurlingham on 2/1/2021 by a Community Health Volunteer (CHV) having sustained physical assault from his wife. MDT was first rescued […]
Background In December 2019, Penda (not her real name) 16-year-old was sexually violated by their 21-year-old neighbour while her mother was away at work. Penda was mentally confused and did not know what to do or whom to tell her story. Penda explained to her mother the following day what had happened, but no action […]
Agenga Dispensary is located in Agenga Nanguba ward, in Samia sub county, Busia county. The dispensary supports Agenga and Sigalame Community units. The dispensary has a catchment population of 7224 persons with estimated 912 under 5years children with an estimated 1445 households. In the year 2020 885 children under 5 years in the dispensary confirmed […]
The eruption of covid-19 has brought out the importance of being keen on health in terms of prevention measures. Basic hygiene concept were just ignored or implemented when marking specific national and international day. As human, we tend to ignore or overlook matters. Before corona virus landed In Kenya we perceive maybe it won’t reach […]
The journey to Olmekenyu health center in Narok South sub county, Narok County is one bumpy and treacherous, with muddy roads in a mountainous region, bordering the Mau forest. This is one of the high yield public health facilities that the DESIP program is working with. We arrive with Cheptoo whom we picked along the […]
Background Information Mama K had endured abuse from her husband for 4 years, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, things worsened. Though emotionally, physically, and spiritually broken, Mama K knew she had to find the strength to leave to protect her children from the trauma they were experiencing, but she did not have a way out. […]