By Faith Lawino and Beryl Okendo. Euphoria. The feel high effect. This is a state of intense happiness and excitement that usually lasts only for a short time. “Feel high, feel good”, who doesn’t want to feel good anyway. Call it a millisecond of happiness but it makes you forget your daily troubles and struggles. This is what is caused by drug addiction. Dependency. Drug addiction, also called substance use disorder, is a disease that affects a person’s brain and behavior and leads to an inability to control the use of a legal or illegal drug or medicine. These drugs include...
PARTNERING FOR ACCESSIBLE HEALTHCARE.
By Beryl Okendo and Faith Lawino. The Centre for Disease Control (CDC); CDC Atlanta, CDC Western, and CDC Nairobi, visited Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital. The team, accompanied by the Center for International, Health, Education, and Biosecurity( CIHEB) and Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) held a meeting that was geared towards deliberating on matters about the ongoing Operation Triple Zero (OTZ), the state of COVID 19 vaccination campaigns/ administration and to evaluate the state of childcare and pediatric health within the Obama Children Hospital. The evaluative meeting was centered on learning how the ongoing OTZ program...
Simulation Enhancing Skills.
By Lorraine Anyango and By Beryl Okendo. Simulation-based- training has successful outcomes in many ways, including confidence boost, enhancement of communication and treatment skills, instilling a mindset that makes preparedness the cornerstone of patient safety, management of stress as well as teamwork skills. Both pre-service and in-service health workers across various cadres including nurses, clinical officers, anesthetists, medical officers as well as consultants in various specialties are beneficiaries of the simulation Center for Experiential Learning, at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital. (JOOTRH). Simulation is the production of a computer-based model of something, especially to learn while Simulation-based education...
WARRIORS ALSO NEED STRENGTH.
A problem shared is a problem half-solved. For people living with sickle cell disease, a problem shared is a heart healed and a burden lifted. Even though no one but themselves can comprehend the extent of pain that they go through during crises, these warriors resort to portraying bravery and facing their lives with a zeal whose urgency is only known to them. Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, in partnership with Tumaini Sickle cell Foundation and other stakeholders, has developed a psychosocial support group for people with Sickle cell disease. The support groups’ mission is not only geared...
Increasing Kisumu County’s Fiscal Space
By Loraine Anyango Kisumu’s county, the health budget is far constrained. Things could be different The department has a budget of 3.6 billion, and of this 2.9 billion goes towards Human Resources. The department their fore must rise to many challenges, especially facilities like Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral (JOOTRH) lack resources to be able to offer the required quality services. Core challenges at JOOTRH include sufficient staffing, for example, the facility urgently needs about 235 more nurses to increase the nurses’ ward allocation from 13 to at least 25 nurses on average to ensure reasonable nursing care for...