Enhancing Neurodevelopment.

What is the correlation between maternal anemia and neurodevelopment? This is the question that a new study at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) seeks to answer in the next couple of years. The study funded by the Bill Gates Foundation is founded on the fact that maternal anemia in early pregnancy increases
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FIF Progress

By Loraine Anyango. The Department of Medical Services, Public Health, and Sanitation has a huge responsibility to provide accessible, affordable, and quality health care to the residents of Kisumu, it must generate revenue in its journey towards self-reliance, to ensure that its resources stay viable, and facility in charges and medical superintend from the seven
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Call for Abstracts.

by Lorraine Anyango. Kisumu County is taking a lead in the fight against sickle cell. It is organizing an international conference that will bring together stakeholders, including sickle warriors and their families, doctors, government leaders, policymakers, and investors in health across the globe among others. The conference will be convened in Kisumu City from the 12th
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Fighting Communicable Diseases.

Kisumu County has received protective equipment’s, pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceuticals worth 12.5 Million in the face of the current Cholera outbreak. The items donated by Equity Bank Foundation have also intensified the fight against Covid-19 pandemic and other communicable diseases. Over the last two years, Kisumu received donations worth Kshs.30M from the foundation to support Covid-19
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Re-packaging Nutrition Interventions in the Lecture Halls. 

By Lorraine Anyango. Numerous nutrition training solves only a growing share of about 20 percent of the challenges in nutrition. More training focusing on food and nutrition security challenges would help, and curriculums must be reviewed. There is a need to train nutritionists, with a multi-sectoral view to solve 80 percent of the nutrition challenges
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Engaging Together as Nutrition Businesses.

By Lorraine Anyango. A follow-up meeting by Kisumu County Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN) embarked on increasing membership to the network. The SBN aims to engage and mobilize businesses at a global and national level to act and invest responsibly and innovate in responsible and sustainable action in emerging markets to improve the consumption
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Engaging Legally.

By Lorraine Anyango. About 40 businesses engaged in nutrition in Kisumu started the processes of registering as members of the Kisumu County Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network. (SBN). This was during a follow-up meeting after SUN was established in Kisumu a few months ago. SBN aims to reduce malnutrition in all its forms –
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KWEE FAREWELL PARLOR

By Lorraine Anyango. Welcome to Kwee Farewell Parlor, opening its doors for the first time to offer executive morgue services in the western Kenya region. Kwee joins the likes of Lee Funeral Home and Montezuma to offer services that have not been available in the region before. Kwee will be offering professional, reliable, and customized
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How to End Non-Communicable Diseases.

By Lorraine Anyango. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) menace, must change fundamentally. Non-communicable diseases account for 30 to 50 percent of bed occupancy in hospitals in Kenya. This trend is perpetuated by obesity, being overweight, physical inactivity, and sedentary behavior. These diseases are principally cardiovascular, diabetes, cancers, and chronic respiratory conditions. According to Kenya’s stepwise survey, for
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