Bridging gaps in mental health care access.

By Lorraine Ayango                                  October 10th 2021 The world mental health day was commemorated with calls to address disparity in access to mental health care. This year’s theme being ‘Mental health in an unequal world’, provided a platform not only to have conversations around unequal access to mental healthcare but also look for solutions. The impact
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World mental health day to be marked in Kisumu.

by Lorraine Anyango. The cabinet secretary .Honorable Mutahi Kagwe will on 9th October 2021 preside over the commemoration of world mental health day at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) in Kisumu. During the event he will also commission the construction of the comprehensive cancer center as well as officially open the covid-19
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Resolutions to the Environmental Challenges within Kisumu County

Kisumu County Environment Committee members today held a meeting in the boardroom at the Prosperity House to discuss and outline lasting solutions towards decommissioned quarries, and pollution that have posed environmental threat in the county. The abandoned quarries have been identified as risky to the community; causing death, inhabiting mosquitoes  that threaten human health and
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First Meeting of the Task Force Committee on Development of Concept Paper on Strategies of Improving Water Production in Kisumu County

The seven-member task force committee nominated in September this year, charged with the responsibility of developing a concept paper on strategies of improving water production within the county, today convened their first meeting at the Sunset Hotel in Kisumu. The deliberations of the meeting focused on their key deliverable which is developing a concept paper
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Capacity Strengthening Workshop on Financial Inclusion and Digital Literacy for Youths in Kisumu County

Thirty youth representatives from various groups across Kisumu sub counties attended a 5 day workshop on Financial Inclusion and Digital Literacy to enable them access affordable financial products from Equity Bank courtesy of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in collaboration with the County Government of Kisumu at the Acacia Premier Hotel.  Equity Group Foundation, the
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Bold Steps to Enhance Community Climate Change Adaptive Capacity in Kisumu

By Matilda Atieno and Millicent Owuoth The county government is currently scaling up efforts to achieve improved climate change adaptive capacity through the Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Change Action Plan (SEA CAP) program in October November and December across Kisumu. The program under the partnership with Expertise France seeks to engage the community on
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French Development Agency Mission in Kisumu

By Nancy Juma A delegation from the French Development Agency (AFD) and the European Investments Bank (IEB) are in the County to fast-track implementation of various water extension services. Led by AFD Country Director Bertrand Willocquet and the IEB Regional Head Paolo Lombardo, the Mission had successful engagements with the County Leadership at a meeting chaired by the
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JOOTRH en-route to digital future.

By Lorraine Anyango   Jaramoi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) is tapping the enormous potential of modern information and communications technologies to enhancing timely and quality service. This technological transformation is undeniable, its massive impact also ensures staff accountability considering the developing transition of JOOTRH to a level 6A hospital. “Currently we are
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Kisumu Recognizes the Importance of Family Planning in This Year’s World Contraceptive Day

By Matilda Atieno The County Government together with its partners today marked the annual world conceptive day to sensitize the community on the importance of birth control and family planning programs provided by health facilities in Kisumu. This year’s event themed leaving no one behind: expanding sustainable access to contraceptives in the COVID-19 pandemic and
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