Engaging Private Health Facilities in Finding Missing TB Cases: Ganjoni Hospital
Two years ago, Ganjoni Hospital, a busy private health facility in Mombasa County, was not offering TB services. This was a result of, among other things, lack of a TB…
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Why Drug and Alcohol Abuse Puts you at High Risk of Suffering from Tuberculosis (TB)
People who abuse drugs or alcohol have a greater risk of contracting Tuberculosis (TB). The use of drugs and excessive consumption of alcohol damages a person’s organs and weaken their…
Reaching at Most Risk Populations with TB Services: CHS & NACADA Collaboration
On November 29, 2021, Centre for Health Solutions – Kenya (CHS) and National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance…
Utilising a Community Health Toolkit (powered app) to enable HIV Testing in Kenya: The Case of AfyaStat
In March 2020, when COVID-19 had not fully established itself in Kenya, an opportunity emerged for Medic and Palladium Kenya to co-develop an integrated COVID-19 surveillance system with the Ministry…
Temporal Trends in Pre-ART Patient Characteristics and Outcomes Before the Test and Treat Era in Central Kenya
Retention of patients who did not initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been persistently low compared to those who initiated ART. Understanding the temporal trends in clinical outcomes prior to ART…
Solar Power Support for Health Facilities in Siaya County
Earlier today, Siaya County Governor H.E Cornel Rasanga, CHS Board Chair Dr Richard Ayah, CHS CEO Dr Paul Wekesa and senior county officials presided over the official unveiling of solar…
Overcoming HIV Stigma: Vivian’s Story
Since her childhood, 23-year-old Vivian Awuor, a resident of Alego in Siaya County, had constantly been in and out of hospital. Her mother died in 2006, and in the same…
If not TB, What could it be? Planning for non-TB Abnormalities during Chest X-ray TB Screening Activities
Historically, miniature radiography for mass Tuberculosis (TB) screening activities was widely utilised in high-income countries throughout the 20th century. In lower-and middle income countries (LMIC), like Kenya, chest X-ray (CXR)…
Capacity Building Health Workers to Find and Treat TB Cases: Silpher Okore’s Story
57 year old Silpher Okore, the TB nursing officer at Siaya County Referral Hospital has been a practicing nurse for the last 20 years. This has been mostly in the…