Bringing Bone Marrow Transplants Home.

By Lorraine Anyango The reality of having the First Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Center in Africa is just 14 months away. The center, named ‘Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) Hematology Center’ will be housed within the Victoria Hospital annex in Milimani area in Kisumu City.  To make this dream a reality Fortis
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Reducing Infants Deaths in Hospitals.

By Lorraine Anyango. Almost every practicing pediatrician has encountered the tragic enigma of children dying within 24 hours after admission, especially when it is the sudden and unexpected death of a previously healthy infant. To curb this child mortality among emergency pediatric admissions within the first 24 hours, clinical officers and nurses in Kisumu County
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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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Prevention and Treatment of New Sickle cell Disease Occurrence.       

     by Lorraine Anyango Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOORTH) is pushing for a comprehensive approach to eradicate sickle cell disease including compulsory couple testing for sickle cell trait before marriage. The facility which manages the highest number of sickle cell cases in Kenya has picked a business unusual approach that will see
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Aggressive breast cancer tumor successfully removed at JOOTRH.

By Lorraine Anyango For Six’s months she not only dealt with deep excruciating pain that had become her norm, but she also bore the emotional pain of rejection as people around her took off from her due to a persistent foul smell emanating from her.    However as the new year began, 25-year-old Nancy Awour Okeyo
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Covid-19 vaccines receivers at JOOTRH exhibits hope.

By Lorraine Anyango and Faith Lawino Owour At Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, the covid 19 vaccine queue is progressive with residents ready for the jab. “It is a thumbs up.” Gilbert Ouko, an IT expert, is up and down registering participants for the Covid-19 vaccine. Ouko too has been vaccinated and urges
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Partnership for increased access to pharmaceuticals

By Lorraine Anyango The County Government of Kisumu is forming partnerships with Novartis to strengthen access to pharmaceuticals and health care delivery. This envisioned partnership will not only reduce Kisumu’s County dependency on KEMSA supplied pharmaceuticals, but also ensure that specific drugs are accessed at half price. The drugs that will be accessed at half
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