Health

The right to health is a fundamental human right and is one of the essential conditions for exercising other human rights. However, not everyone can fully enjoy the right to health. Many people including pregnant and children still cannot access crucial health services, which leads to high maternal mortality, child death and various infectious diseases.

We recognize that ensuring people’s right to health is more than important. Therefore, we work to ensure that people have access to basic health services. In addition, we improve the access to drinking water and hygiene facilities to provide safe and sufficient drinking water.

Our Focus

Ensuring universal access to basic healthcare

With policy advocacy and capacity development of health service providers, we work to enable the provision of quality health services meeting the basic needs for everyone. Furthermore, we support the establishment of community-based health assistance to overcome the financial barriers to basic health services.

Enabling access to quality Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) services

We promote community awareness on maternal & child health services and the capacity development of service providers for maternal and infant needs. In addition, we promote the practice of healthy sexual & reproductive practices through awareness development.

Supporting people’s access to safe water and sanitation

We work together with communities to ensure sufficient supplies of safe water for everyone. We promote people’s awareness of good hygiene and sanitary practices.

Maternal and Newborn Health(MNH) training

The Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) team is conducting a two-day (17th and 18th October 2024) workshop at Enchula Resort, focusing on Maternal and Perinatal Deaths Surveillance and Response (MPDSR). This critical training aims to address the underlying causes of maternal and neonatal deaths.

Key Objectives:

Elucidate causes of maternal and neonatal mortality
Emphasize the importance of facility-level maternal audit.
Train participants as Trainers of Trainers (ToTs) for sustainable knowledge dissemination

The workshop highlights primary contributors to the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR), including Post-partum Hemorrhage, Sepsis, Obstructed Labour, and Eclampsia.

This initiative marks a significant step forward in improving maternal and neonatal health outcomes in Kajiado County, potentially saving countless lives through enhanced healthcare practices and knowledge dissemination.