By Beril Alaka Today Jaramogo Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital hosted STAFFDEL visit. The visiting team included US Congressional Staffers, as well as staff from hhsgov, CDC, University of Maryland, Baltimore Kenya, and  Cihed Kenya. The visiting delegation was taken through a brief history of the hospital, Covid 19 screening and vaccination at the hospital, as well as the Operation Triple Zero programming for adolescents and young people in Kisumu. During the visit, there were conversations on the Covid 19 pandemic and how people with underlying conditions were more affected and were at a greater risk of contracting. HIV/Aids...

By Lorraine Anyango Kisumu, Kakamega, and Kitui become the first counties to have a County Agri-Nutrition Implementation Strategy (CANIS). The CANIS will be used to offer guidance on strategic interventions for decision-makers in the counties for implementation of the nutrition-sensitive Agriculture. The main purpose of the strategy is to contribute towards the sustained reduction of high malnutrition levels through coordinated Agri- Nutrition actions. These actions are to be carried out by state and non-state actors to empower communities to produce and consume adequate safe and nutritious foods in the three counties by focusing on the whole value chain that is...

By Lorraine Anyango. Nutrition advocacy carried out by some 45 newly trained champions intending to have a malnutrition-free Kisumu, has started to bear fruits within the County. The nutrition champion’s work is becoming even more important as members of the public are getting involved in nutrition matters within their communities as the targeted groups are gaining hearing and putting into practice what they are being advised on. The nutrition champions trained through the USAID-funded Advancing Nutrition program assembled for a certificate award ceremony, but even more important are the narratives upon narratives of the nutrition-sensitive work being undertaken in the...