CategoriesUncategorizedLVCT Health, in partnership with the Departments of Health for Kisii and Homa Bay Counties, held its first Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Best Practice Conferences in Kisii and Homa Bay Counties. The forums held in July and September offered a platform for sharing and cross-learning best practices in HIV prevention, care and treatment and mentorship […]
CategoriesUncategorizedHoma Bay County: Kenya officially launched the Kenya Plan to End AIDS in Children by 2027. The ambitious strategy follows a national dialogue and a 100-day children and adolescents living with HIV (CALHIV) rapid result initiative (RRI) that calls for urgent response to end the spread of HIV among children and reduce infant mortality […]
CategoriesUncategorizedOur team from USAID Stawisha Pwani joined the Department of Health Services – Mombasa County for their inaugural annual scientific health research conference under the theme: “Empowering Health Research in Mombasa County”. USAID Stawisha Pwani was a Diamond sponsor for the two-day event that brought together healthcare teams and practitioners across Kenya.Our project showcased many […]
CategoriesUncategorizedMuranga County: On 14 September 2023, we were thrilled to host the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Global HIV and TB (DGHT) Program Director Jennifer Galbraith for a Site Improvement through Monitoring System (SIMS) in Murang’á County. Accompanied by other CDC officials, Galbraith visited Kangema Sub-county Hospital and Muriranjas Sub-county Hospital […]
CategoriesUncategorizedU Mombasa County: We hosted a USAID Kenya and Washington team for a learning visit on the Key population programming within our USAID Stawisha Pwani project. The team visited health facilities and drop-in centres, interacting with service providers and some project beneficiaries. During the visit, the team were taken through some of the project’s best […]
CategoriesUncategorizedLVCT Health’s GBV Snr. Technical Advisor Michael Gaitho (In a red T-shirt) shares IEC materials with the Mombasa County Governor Nassir and Chief Justice Martha Koome during the commissioning of GBV Rescue Centre Mombasa County: We were privileged to join the Chief Justice of Kenya, Martha Koome, Mombasa County Governor H.E. Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir, and other […]
By Inviolata Njeri, Neele Wilten-Georgi and Lynda Keeru If you are looking to know whether and how your research project has been impactful, look no further. Ripple effect mapping derives its name from the concept of throwing a stone in a pool of water that gives rise to concentric waves emanating from the point at […]
CategoriesUncategorizedJacob Omondi reports on housing issues in Mathare slum, Kenya. Informal settlements can be dysfunctional due to lack of organization as well as neglect by the Government when it comes to channeling funding and resources towards housing development. Allocating resources to support housing should be given more attention in order to eliminate social and structural […]
CategoriesUncategorizedIn January 2022, Health Systems Global (HSG) and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (The Alliance), in close collaboration with Health Policy and Planning, invited applications from early-career women based in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) working on health policy and systems research (HPSR), looking to publish their research for the first time in a global peer-reviewed journal, but […]
CategoriesUncategorizedNyeri 27 July 2023: LVCT Health signed a partnership agreement with the County Government of Nyeri to strengthen HIV/TB prevention and treatment services in the county. The agreement will promote collaboration between the County Government of Nyeri, the Department of Health Services, Public Health and Sanitation, and LVCT Health in the areas of health system strengthening […]
