Reducing Infants Deaths in Hospitals.

By Lorraine Anyango. Almost every practicing pediatrician has encountered the tragic enigma of children dying within 24 hours after admission, especially when it is the sudden and unexpected death of a previously healthy infant. To curb this child mortality among emergency pediatric admissions within the first 24 hours, clinical officers and nurses in Kisumu County
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Gasless Laparoscopic Infrastructure at JOOTRH.

by Lorraine Anyango Painless surgery, no painkillers needed, minimal access surgery where surgery is done without cutting open the patient, minimal wound morbidity, and a shorter stay in hospital after the surgery is done, even better less cost. This is what Gasless laparoscopic surgery NOW AVAILABLE at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH)
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The MRI That Comes to You.

by Lorraine Anyango. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTH) received a portable magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanner. The first one of its kind in this region and it will offer outstanding performances and convenience to both patients and medical professionals. The hyperfine MRI technology will not only improve timeliness and access to neuroimaging for
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Childrens’ Voices on Nutrition.

By Lorraine Anyango. For the very first time, a theme on nutrition was the driver of the 2023 Kisumu County Early Childhood Development (ECD) creative activities festival intending to effect behavior change and eradicate malnutrition. Children under the age of five enthusiastically took to the stage at Mama Grace Onyango Social Hall, confidently showcasing their
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Kisumus MSN to perpetuate Nutrition Gains.

By Lorraine Anyango Pomp, style, and a comprehensive exhibition of nutrition interventions carried out in the last two years marked the close of the USAID Advancing Nutrition project in Kisumu County. The project which had four objectives of increased advocacy, resource mobilization, planning, and coordination, was implemented through a Multi-Sectoral Nutrition (MSN) coordination platform that
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Recruit and Resource more Nutrition Champions

By Lorraine Anyango Kisumu County needs more trained and resourced nutrition champion volunteers in each ward to adequately advocate for interventions to end malnutrition in the region. Currently, the county has only 44 trained and certified nutrition champions with the lead being Mama County, Dorothy Nyong’o, all equipped with advocacy and communication skills to enable
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Counties unit for Sickle cell and Hemopilia solutions.

by Lorraine Anyango . Kisumu County is reaching out to all and Sundry to be part of the upcoming International Sickle Cell and Hemophilia conference that will be held during the sickle cell awareness month from September 12th through to 16th 2023. Already on board are Migori, Kisii, Homabay, Vihiga, Kakamega, Nyamira and Siaya counties
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GREENING KISUMU.

By Lorraine Anyango Pomp and flamboyance marked Kisumu’s 2nd car-free day, with the theme Clean Air Promotes Good Health. Children and adult cyclists including women cyclists thronged the KCB round About ready to color the streets with their bicycle, a way of keeping healthy. The streets were free of vehicles and occupied with people walking.
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BIA – For Enhanced Management of Non-Communicable Diseases.

By Loraine Anyango. Precision gaps in the management of risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have been a major challenge. Currently advise from nutritionists for weight loss has not been evidence based. Kisumu County has acquired Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis (BIA) machines to provide for informing personalized advice based on analysis of body composition. BIA, at
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