Dr. Yonette F. Thomas, a distinguished Board Member at LVCT Health and the founder and president of Urban Health 360, recently visited LVCT Health’s DREAMS Riabai site and Mukuru Slums Development Projects (MSDP) in Viwandani, Nairobi. Accompanied by Dr. Lilian Otiso, Executive Director, LVCT Health, and Dr. Catherine Njigua, Programs Director, LVCT Health, Dr. Yonette […]

In June 2024, LVCT Health conducted in-depth interviews with two disability organisations: Kisumu Action Disability Development Network (KADDNET) in Kisumu and the Gifted Community Centre (GCC) in Nairobi.   This effort marks a key phase in LVCT Health’s transition to support other organisations. The interviews aimed to gather insights into the experiences and successes of these […]

Five Liverpool-based community and health ‘change-makers’ will travel to Homa Bay County in Western Kenya from 30th September – 4th October. This learning exchange is facilitated by the Institute of Resilient Health Systems at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and LVCT Health, Kenya, and funded through the THET Global Health Workforce Programme. The ‘change-maker pairs’ […]

The HIV Service Delivery Integration Summit opened today in Mombasa County, with a call for enhanced HIV/AIDS response through enhanced collaboration and innovative strategies. Hosted by the Ministry of Health through NASCOP, the week-long summit aims to align Kenya’s current HIV response with the broader universal health coverage (UHC) agenda. The event focuses on sharing […]

Transboundary partners and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have co-developed seven principles that are fundamental to enabling equitable research partnerships. The careful co-development process through which the principles were developed has been published in a new paper in PLOS Global Public Health, co-authored by colleagues from both LVCT Health, a Kenyan healthcare NGO and LSTM. […]

Community health and public health leads from Kenya and Liverpool are taking part in an innovative mutual exchange programme to learn and be inspired by each other’s work. Six ‘change-maker’ pairs – working in strategic and frontline community health roles in Liverpool and in Homabay County in western Kenya are taking part in an exchange, […]

Nairobi,Kenya: Adolescent and young people’s mental health is an issue that has been front and centre lately. For many young individuals, this period can be both exhilarating and overwhelming, especially when compounded with adverse life events and societal pressures, which, if not checked, can lead to profound mental health challenges. Recognising the need to address […]