CHS Board Visit to SHINDA Project Sites (Siaya County)
Members of the CHS Board led by Board Chair Dr Richard Ayah made a two-day visit to Siaya County where CHS is supporting HIV prevention, care and treatment through the…
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National Launch of PrEP and HIV Self-Testing Guidelines
Kenya’s Ministry of Health through the National AIDS and STI Control Programme (NASCOP) has officially launched guidelines on the use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and HIV self-testing. This launch makes…
US Ambassador Graces HEI Graduation at Makueni County Referral Hospital
Yesterday, the US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec, visited the CHS-supported Makueni County Referral Hospital and participated in a graduation ceremony of 32 HIV-Exposed Infants (HEI). These are infants born…
Kenya Tuberculosis Prevalence Survey Findings Released on World TB Day 2017
On March 24, the Ministry of Health supported by various health partners officially disseminated findings of the recently concluded, first post-independence National TB Prevalence Survey. The first TB prevalence survey…
Pre-World Tuberculosis (TB) School Health Activity at Kiambu Township Primary
In the build up to World Tuberculosis Day 2017 celebrated annually on March 24, TB Alliance supported a pre-World TB Day Activity at Kiambu Township Primary School in Kiambu County.…
Success Story – Active Case Finding in Urban Villages
In 2015, children comprised of 6,968 out of the total TB 81, 518 TB cases in Kenya and the TB prevalence survey shows that the burden of TB is even…
CDC Site Improvement Monitoring (SIMS) in Machakos, Makueni, Kitui and Nyeri Counties
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), together with CHS and health facility staff, carried out supportive supervision in Machakos, Makueni, Kitui and Nyeri Counties, from 6th to 10th February 2017.…
One on One with Dr Kamene Kimenye – Mariita on Project ECHO in Kenya
A screenshot from an ongoing ECHO session 1. What is ECHO? Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes is a collaborative model of medical education and care management that empowers…