The fight against Covid-19 in Migori County has received a major boost after the Migori County Referral Hospital received a donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM). The consignment consisting of 320 boxes of surgical face masks, 166 boxes of latex examination gloves, 160 boxes of sterile surgical […]

LVCT-Health donated different COVID-19 personal protective equipment to the Kigumo Sub-County Health Centre. in Muranga county. The donations were made possible courtesy of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) in a campaign dubbed “Bump it forward”. The campaign is supported by UK citizens and aims to protect health frontline workers in African countries as they continue to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The consignment consisted of surgical face masks, hand sanitizer, […]

LVCT HEALTH RESPONSE TO THE OPEN DEMOCRACY ARTICLE

My name is Jeconiah Ochollah, born and raised in Korogocho informal settlement in Nairobi. In 2014, then 17 years old, I was enrolled in the One Child at a Time programme by LVCT Health.The programme sought to reduce vulnerability to sexual exploitation and prevent HIV infection in adolescent girls and boys. Later, it was replaced […]

LVCT Health clinics were amongst the winners at this year’s Health Service Delivery Awards(HSDA) at Nairobi county. The health facilities were selected after undergoing the Kenya Quality Model for Health (KQMH) self-assessments, and the Nairobi county CHMT undertook an independent assessment to determine the winners for this year’s awards. The awards were organised by the […]

Reza Moraa is a 23-year-old teenage mother who became a parent while in secondary school. Her parents could not afford to pay her school fees and as common in most rural areas she was soon married off at a young age. Having gone through difficult childhood, she wanted to provide for her child the basic […]

A team from LVCT Health will feature at this year’s 6th Maisha HIV and AIDS Conference scheduled to take place in Nairobi Kenya from the 14th-16th of June 2021. The conference will be a hybrid of both in-person and virtual platforms in light of the prevailing conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. LVCT Health will feature […]

Human rights violations targeting people for their sexual orientation, gender identity, expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) are on the rise in Kenya. These communities face stigma, discrimination, violence, lack of protection by law enforcement and government officials, and limited access to services. In addition, the criminalisation of consensual same-sex relationships between adults increases the risks faced by affected […]

Experiencing the life of Gender-based violence and abuse has never been anyone’s dream, especially when one is looking forward to getting married. During this COVID-19 pandemic, many women have reported experiencing Gender-based violence from their partners. One of the reasons for such cases has been reported to be stress and strain due to job losses […]

Nelly Muturi from LVCT Health reflects on what she has learned from conducting a Photovoice project with marginalised community members in the informal settlements of Nairobi. While I have been working with marginalized people from urban informal settlements for some time, my experience from the Photovoice phase of the ARISE study has been unique. It […]