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 […]
As part of activities to mark this year’s International Women’s day LVCT Health joined other key speakers in sharing their experience on the impact of COVID-19 to women. The Gendered Impact of COVID-19 is part of a program series that focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on the gender imbalances in leadership on the pandemic’s […]
At 18 years old and in her final year of secondary education, *Christine Apondo had to sit for her final exam while in the last semester of her pregnancy, an experience she regrets. She then moved in with her husband, who became promiscuous and even went ahead to marry a second wife. Despite having to […]
Female Genital Schistosomiasis (FGS) popularly known as Bilharzia is one of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) that has been eating into the gains that have been made in the health system. Statistics indicate that 261 million females of reproductive age are at a high risk of suffering the consequences of this parasitic infection. Studies show that […]
My Health My Choice (MHMC) is one of the Evidence-Based Interventions (EBI) under the DREAMS program that targets girls aged 15-17 years both in school and out of school setup. The course that is administered by two facilitators- a male and a female, has four sessions that build on each other progressively. The course should […]
The Family Matters Program! (FMP) is one of the evidence-based interventions under the DREAMS project – an ambitious public-private partnership to reduce rates of HIV among adolescent girls and young women. LVCT Health started implementing DREAMS- in 2017 targeting vulnerable adolescent girls and young women within informal settlements in Nairobi, Kiambu, Migori and Homabay counties. […]
Counties bordering Lake Victoria have the highest adult HIV prevalence in Kenya. Within the region, fisherfolk (FF) who catch, sell, or process fish and their spouses are considered a priority population in HIV transmission. The many intertwined and complex constants that characterize this population have proven a hard nut to crack in the quest to eradicate […]
In the noisy and dusty goldmines of Masara in Suna West Sub-County, Migori County, our team of health care providers make their way to a local liquor (chang’aa) den infested with middle-aged and teenage men reveling in broad daylight oblivious of the dangers they pose themselves to given that Covid-19 still poses a threat to […]
LVCT Health has launched a new and engaging website targeting young people in Kenya. The www.one2onekenya.org website presents answers to questions young people have about sex, love, and relationships, in a sex-positive, pleasure-based, and comprehensive way. The colourful launch of the website was conducted virtually and in attendance were young people from across the country, the […]
LVCT Health was last week named as co-recipient, alongside Dr. Mike Ryan of WHO, of Trócaire’s Romero Award. Here, LVCT Health Executive Director, Dr. Lilian Otiso, explains how the organisation responded to Covid-19 by protecting vulnerable young women. LVCT Health has been around for over 20 years, focussing on those that are vulnerable and marginalised. […]
