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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Nutrition Investment Evidence. 

By Lorraine Anyango. Kisumu county now has evidence to advocate for increased resource allocation for nutrition interventions. This evidence proves that for every one shilling the county invests in nutrition, it will get six shillings in return. Kisumu is the first county in Kenya to have a nutrition investment case developed to inform decisions on
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Kisumu’s ACSM Strategy.

Kisumu’s ACSM The goal to achieve a free malnutrition county by 2025 must be supported by well thought strategies. The Kenya Nutrition Advocacy, Communication, and Social Mobilization (ACSM) Strategy 2016-2020 achieved some results, the current one, 2022- 2027, seeks to address gaps of the former. To get a grip on this goal, Kisumu County is
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SOLVING REFERAL PROBLEMS.

Lorraine Anyango.  Conversations on the strengthening of Referral facilities to function optimally took center stage during a visit by the Chief Innovation Officer from the US State Department / PEPFAR, Blended Financing, and Sustainable Investing, to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH). During the visit issues of availability of data explaining specific reasons
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NUTRITION-SENSITIVE CURRICULUM.

By Lorraine Anyango Even though for a while, only the Kenya School of Agriculture (KSA) in Thika and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology have been among the few institutions of higher learning with an updated Nutrition sensitive curriculum, the narrative is slowly changing with Maseno University being next in line to align its
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