Euphoria.

By Faith Lawino and Beryl Okendo Euphoria. The feel high effect. This is a state of intense happiness and excitement that usually lasts only for a short time. “Feel high, feel good”, who doesn’t want to feel good anyway. Call it a millisecond of happiness but it makes you forget your daily troubles and struggles.
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Appreciating Clinical Officers Interns.

by Lorraine Anyango. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) gives the most exposure any student will require for training. The more the Interns interact with patients, the more they gain experience and learn.       While appreciating over 60 clinical officers and Interns who had come to the end of their term at JOORH,
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PARTNERING FOR ACCESSIBLE HEALTHCARE.

By Beryl Okendo and Faith Lawino. The Centre for Disease Control (CDC); CDC Atlanta, CDC Western, and CDC Nairobi, visited Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital.  The team, accompanied by the Center for International, Health, Education, and Biosecurity( CIHEB) and Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) held a meeting that was geared towards
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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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The Promise of Digital Health in the Future of Kisumu

By Matilda Atieno ‘There is no doubt left that Kisumu County is ready and willing to be the hub of digital health innovations.’ This is the commitment at the end of the second day of the Digital Health in Africa Conference held at the Grace Onyango social center in Kisumu. The Chairman Grace Onyango Digital
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Kisumu Marks World Contraception Day 2022

By Matilda Atieno Residents of Rabuor in Kisumu County today joined the world in marking contraception day, with celebrations hosted at Rabuor Sub-County hospital in Nyando. World contraception day is aimed at raising awareness about the importance of contraception, how access to contraception is important, why being able to use contraception is part of an
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Need-based Training of health Service Providers On Family Health Program

By Matilda Atieno The County Department of health and sanitation is currently hosting a family health training set run through to Friday the 22nd at Kisumu Hotel. The 5 days training is aimed to equip the practitioners with the required knowledge on developing trends on family healthcare including family health nutrition, public health, family clinical
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Development of Nutrition Education Strategy and Materials Workshop through Kisumu Food System Lab

A multi-stakeholder forum comprising representatives from County departments of Health and Agriculture, CBOs and CSOs attended a two-day workshop from yesterday to discuss the planned interventions for Kisumu Food System Lab with a bias on nutrition education awareness within the informal settlements, convened by Alliance Biodiversity International and CIAT under the project Healthy Food Africa.
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