In a shocking turn of events, the heart-wrenching story of Baby Sagini took Kenya by storm, if not the world. The internet was a buzz of the inhumane act of the perpetrators who were close kin to the child survivor of this heinous act of violence. Speculations arose, linking the incident to a cult or […]

In this blog Susan Okioma and Anne Ngunjiri discuss their time spent in Uganda during World AMR Awareness Week, with the National AMR Sub-Committee, looking at Uganda’s National AMR Action Plan and integrating gender and equity into AMR programming. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most pressing global health challenges, threatening decades of medical […]

On Tuesday, December 10th, 2024, LVCT Health will host an important webinar titled “Doing Things Differently: Effective Linkage of Communities with Health Systems in PCNs to Achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC).” This event is part of preparations for this year’s Universal Health Coverage Day. The discussion will focus on how effective linkages between communities and […]

In the quest to bring groundbreaking HIV prevention products to the forefront, the CATALYST (Catalyzing Access to New Prevention Products to Stop HIV) study emerges as a beacon of innovation. Spanning Kenya, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Lesotho, and South Africa, this dynamic study is actively shaping the future of HIV prevention methods for women and girls in […]

Background to the school feeding programme in Kenya Kenya’s track record in implementing a school feeding programme for nearly 30 years is a testament to its evolution. Over the decades, the programme has been pivotal in providing meals for pre-primary and primary school children. The first documented school feeding programme was initiated in 1979 by […]

Berlin, Germany: On the 14th of October, Germany’s Development Minister, Svenja Schulze, launched a new initiative ‘From Neglect to Action: Invest in Women, Invest in Health’ together with Khumbize Chiponda, Malawian Minister of Health, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, and Dr Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the UN Population Fund, at the […]

Cape Town, South Africa: LVCT Health is excited to participate in this year’s bi-annual Forum of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI), taking place from October 22-25, 2024, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) in Cape Town, South Africa. The SVRI Forum is the largest global research conference focused on research related to […]

LVCT Health recently hosted six Liverpool change-maker pairs for an immersive shared learning experience in Homa Bay, Kenya. The week-long visit marked the continuation of a collaboration that began with an earlier exchange in Liverpool in May, where Kenyan health professionals gained insights on implementation of Primary Health Care Networks (PCN) model from their UK […]

In a groundbreaking initiative to advance health equity in Nairobi’s informal settlements, the Accountability and Responsiveness in Informal Settlements for Equity (ARISE) project, spearheaded by LVCT Health,  successfully concluded its multi-year research and intervention program, shedding light on the unique challeges faced by marginalized populations within these communities. During the close-out event, which brought together […]

Parasites in ponds and rivers cause female genital schistosomiasis – easily treated but rarely diagnosed. A health campaign in Kenya aims to change this. After a year of debilitating pain, Penina Kitsao discovered what was really wrong with her after a routine screening for something else.The farmer from Kilifi in eastern Kenya had contracted female genital […]