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The Journey to Shinda Tena: A Review of the Shinda Project Implementation in Siaya County

4 years ago

March 17, 2022: CHS held the “Journey to Shinda Tena” event in Siaya county to share highlights of lessons learned and achievements implementing Shinda Project as well as share plans…

Engaging Private Health Facilities in Finding Missing TB Cases: Ganjoni Hospital

News, Personal Stories

4 years ago

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…

Why Drug and Alcohol Abuse Puts you at High Risk of Suffering from Tuberculosis (TB)

News

4 years ago

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

News

5 years ago

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

News

5 years ago

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

News, Papers

5 years ago

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

News

5 years ago

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

News

5 years ago

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

News, Papers

5 years ago

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)…