JOOTRH Cervical Cancer Steadfast Fight.

By Faith Lawino and Beryl Okendo.   A visit to the cervical cancer screening room would be the best decision of a lifetime. This is one thing Eucabeth Orodo wished she did earlier.  Elizabeth (not her real name), believed that it was her menses all over again. She grimly remembers her last period which she had
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Simulation Enhancing Skills.

By Lorraine Anyango and By Beryl Okendo. Simulation-based- training has successful outcomes in many ways, including confidence boost, enhancement of communication and treatment skills, instilling a mindset that makes preparedness the cornerstone of patient safety, management of stress as well as teamwork skills.  Both pre-service and in-service health workers across various cadres including nurses, clinical
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Communicators Enjoined to Fight Malnutrition.

By Lorraine Anyango and Faith Lawino The county government of Kisumu and the USAID ‘Advancing Nutrition’ project invited the local media to be part of the fight to end malnutrition. The joinder included journalists from several media stations, Communication persons, social media activists, bloggers, digital content creators, print journalists, and policymakers. The invite got the
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Merged Data Guiding Nutrition Interventions.

By Lorraine Anyango Kisumu County is employing a new strategy in reaching out to vulnerable communities by using the ‘Entire Household’ approach in a bid not to leave anyone behind. This focus will see to it that nutrition interventions are household engineered. Conversation on the consumption of consolidated data to guide the allocation of resources
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Vitamin A supplementation Acceleration

By Lorraine Anyango Vitamin A supplementation and deworming for boys and girls aged 6-59 months will be accelerated in Kisumu County, thanks to an MOU signed between Hellen Keller International and the department of health and Sanitation. Through the MOU, Kisumu County gets to benefit from interventions including the capacity building of 65 health workers
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Increasing Kisumu’s County Fiscal Space

By Loraine Anyango Kisumu’s county, the health budget is far constrained. Things could be different The department has a budget of 3.6 billion, and of this 2.9 billion goes towards Human Resources. The department their fore must rise to many challenges, especially facilities like Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral (JOOTRH) lack resources to be
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Locally Resourced Malnutrition Response Perspectives.

by Lorraine Anyango Nutrition awareness shaped by sensitization done to nutrition champions is inspiring the use of locally available resource responses. This is evidenced again and again by varied methods being employed by champions in their advocacy obligation. For matters to improve, perspectives of waiting for resources must be deconstructed, and nutrition advocacy mainstreamed in
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Enhancing Production of African Leafy Vegetables.

The cultivation of African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs) in Kisumu County is increasing by the day, giving rise to new investment opportunities in appropriate preservation techniques, seed banks, and laboratory analysis of the nutrient content of AIVs. Other investment opportunities include the installation of cold rooms, varied methods of cooking, training of Agri-Nutrition trainers and lead
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Engage Businesses to Promote Nutrition.

The county government of Kisumu has invested in promoting nutrition. It’s not only the government that is responsible for eradicating malnutrition, by contrast, but businesses also focused on nutrition initiatives serve an oligarchic interest.    To convincingly preach good nutrition, nutrition-focused businesses must be seen to be striving to eradicate malnutrition. This last week, the
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