The Kiambu County and the OPTIONS Consortium, hosted by LVCT Health and Kiambu County Health Management Team conducted a three-day Learning Collaborative with health policy makers, program implementers and community-based organizations to share experiences and resources on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) – a daily HIV prevention drug for individuals experiencing ongoing HIV risk. The Learning Collaborative […]
In March 2019, curtains came down on the Towards Universal Comprehensive Health Care (TOUCH) Plus project, whose main aims were twofold: To integrate HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) persons in 27 public health facilities in Kenya. To reduce harmful social outcomes, resulting from stigma and discrimination, […]
In March 2019, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) teamed up with the Population Council to facilitate the first regional workshop of the Africa Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Network. Held in Nairobi, the workshop brought together East Africa based UNHCR protection officers & UNHCR implementing partners with trainers from LVCT Health and three […]
Kenneth Kugunda 24, is an industrious egg merchant who sells 20 to 30 trays every day. In a country with high unemployment, this self-initiative is admirable. Just a year and a half ago Kenneth was in the grips of a harrowing addiction to heroin. Kenneth Kugunda, proudly at his business in Ruaka, Kiambu county A […]
Children deserve to grow up in an environment of safety, acceptance, and warmth. However, according to research by WHO, each year 1 billion children experience some form of violence; physical, sexual or psychological. In Kenya, the daily newspapers churn out many stories of children being defiled at school, at home, on their way to the […]
“When I see my former classmates whom I used to defeat in class driving vehicles and living large, I regret why I started using drugs and dropped off school.” Says Michael who is a recovering drug addict. 34 year old Michael Muiruri is among the 255 recovering drug addicts enrolled in the LVCT Health led […]
Article title: The missing piece: quality in community health programmes Journal title: The Lancet Global Health Corresponding author: Dr. Vicki Doyle First author: Dr. Lilian Otiso Final version published online: 14-FEB-2019 Full bibliographic details: The Lancet Global Health 7 (2019) p. e306 DOI information: 10.1016/S2214-109X(18)30538-2 Follow link below to access the article: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(18)30538-2/fulltext
On Friday, 8th February, LVCT Health participated in the groundbreaking ceremony of the first specialty clinic for recovering drug addicts also known as a Medically Assisted Therapy (MAT) Clinic at the Karuri Level 4 Hospital in Kiambu County. The event was graced by the Kiambu county governor Hon. Ferdinard Waititu who pledged to support the […]
On Friday, February 15, 8:30-10:00am EST, the World Health Organization (WHO), USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program (MCSP) and CORE Group will host a webinar to disseminate the new WHO community health workers (CHW) guideline that was launched on October 26, 2018 at the Global Conference on Primary Health Care in Astana commemorating 40 years after Alma-Ata. In 1978, […]
More than half of the world’s people live in cities. One in three city dwellers in low- and middle-income countries live in informal settlements (sometimes known as slums) and face the challenges of ill-health, inequity and insecurity. People living and working in informal settlements face a range of physical and mental health risks and they […]
