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Developing the culture of Malaria Commodities redistribution as the best practice across 5 sub-counties in Busia County results to higher testing rates within the CHUs

The difference between success and failure is a great team. Malaria commodities namely ALs and mRDTs were out of stock in Busia County for quite some time, this negatively affected Community Case Management of malaria supported by well-trained CHVs. Samia being the most affected since February when KEMSA supplied malaria commodities to health facilities within […]

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Social Media Impact On The Tuberculosis Program Work.

Tuberculosis is the 4th leading cause of death in Kenya, placing the nation on the list of Top 30 high burden countries with a prevalence rate of 558/100,000.  While awareness of tuberculosis is claimed to be high, risk perception remains low: that is, people may know that there is a disease called tuberculosis, but they […]

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Strengthening Hivst Linkage To Care Support System

HIV Self-testing is one of the most convenient and efficient way for any person to know his/her HIV status and make a life informed decision. More importantly, men who are unable to access the conventional facility based HIV testing may now fail to have excuse as the availability of free HIV self-testing kits in their […]

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Men Also Suffer Gender Based Violence: The Case of M.D.T.

Background M.D.T. is a 32-year-old Male, married for 6 years and has 2 children aged 6 and 3 years respectively. He lives with his family in (Soweto) area of Kibra. He was brought to GVRC Hurlingham on 2/1/2021 by a Community Health Volunteer (CHV) having sustained physical assault from his wife. MDT was first rescued […]

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Journey to Justice: The Case of Penda

Background In December 2019, Penda (not her real name) 16-year-old was sexually violated by their 21-year-old neighbour while her mother was away at work. Penda was mentally confused and did not know what to do or whom to tell her story. Penda explained to her mother the following day what had happened, but no action […]

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Community Case Management Of Malaria During Health Workers Strike

Agenga Dispensary is located in Agenga Nanguba ward, in Samia sub county, Busia county. The dispensary supports Agenga and Sigalame Community units. The dispensary has a catchment population of 7224 persons with estimated 912 under 5years children with an estimated 1445 households. In the year 2020 885 children under 5 years in the dispensary confirmed […]

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