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LVCT HEALTH COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS FACT SHEET

What is COVID – 19 https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-coronaviruses Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses which may cause illness in animals or humans. In humans, several coronaviruses are known to cause respiratory infections ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The most […]

Building partnerships for research

Partnerships grow when people spend time together, share experiences, listen to and learn from each other. This is what we, LVCT Health programme staff, research assistants and PhD fellow, experienced in a two-day training for the participatory PhD research project “Strengthening community health systems to address intimate partner violence and HIV intersection in Korogocho, Nairobi, […]

Cervical cancer awareness month

Cervical cancer is a major public health concern in Kenya. It is the second most common cancer in women but the leading cause of cancer deaths. Yet, it is a totally preventable, through vaccination against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) that causes it and through screening women for and treating pre-cancer lesions that lead to […]

Our contribution to International Conference on Population and Development Goals

The ICPD conference in 1994 in Cairo made very bold commitments towards improving sexual reproductive health and rights for all, addressing negative gender norms and realizing gender equality. The commitments put people of all diversities at the centre of development. We believe that achievement of sustainable development goals cannot happen without achieving ICPD goals. Twenty […]

Chagua PrEP, Chagua Life Road Show in Kiambu County

’Yes, I said it. I’m HIV positive. I was born with it I had no choice. You, my friends have a choice, Chagua PrEP’’ encouraged a peer educator from Mount Kenya University during a roadshow to create awareness and demand on PrEP in Kiambu County.  Youth contribute to a third of new HIV infections in […]

Sexual Harassment at the Workplace

Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination and a human rights violation. It is intentional, insensitive and is meant to make the victim more powerless and lower the victim’s dignity. This is because it involves power play whereby the perpetrator uses sexuality as a tool of power and domination. Sexual harassment at the workplace is […]

LVCT Health welcomes the appointment of Dr. Lilian Otiso as its new Executive Director

Nairobi, 29 November 2019 – LVCT Health welcomes the appointment of Dr. Lilian Otiso as its new Executive Director. Dr. Otiso has more than 14 years of experience in clinical, research and programming. The LVCT Health Board of Directors chair, Eng. Patrick Obath, appointed Dr. Otiso as the organization Executive Director and the Board’s secretary […]