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

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

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

Clients’ quality of life is being improved, and neurosurgeons in Kisumu are also benefitting through the opportunity to access mentorship from highly specialized colleagues across the globe. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) as well, has benefitted from a consortium of equipment and tools used in neurosurgical operations. While the surgeons get to

By Lorraine Anyango. Every three months, the burden of Neurosurgical cases is reduced. The long list of those waiting for the services for months shortened as well. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) has consistently held Neurosurgical Camps in partnership with the Kisumu Neuroscience Initiative. Yesterday another five neurosurgeons flew miles to Kisumu

By Beryl Okendo. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) Medical Social work team spearheaded a family reunion for a patient who had been abandoned in the hospital for four months while undergoing treatment.    The patient, after being successfully managed and discharged, was left with nowhere to go due to neglect by family members.

By Nancy Juma Kisumu has joined the rest of the World  in commemorating World Neglected Tropical Diseases (WNTD) Day at Rabuor, Nyando Sub County. World NTD Day, is a global annual event marked every 30th of January and brings together public health officials and partners to raise awareness and to profile neglected tropical diseases to

by Faith Lawino. The drug methadone is a heavily guarded substance at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral (JOOTRH) wellness center. The department also known as MAT (Medically Assisted Therapy) center, is designed to serve Persons Who Inject Drugs (PWID), especially opioids. This combines the use of medication which is assisted by therapy as