By Lorraine Anyango The setting up and operalization of the Marwa Kisumu Solidarity Health Cover has generated great lessons for the National roll-out of the Universal Health Cover (UHC). The same lessons are what the Katsina State Contributory Health Care Management Agency  (KTSCHMA) leaders flew miles from Nigeria to learn. Portability of patient records was one of the greatest lessons from Marwa, as a digital platform was established making it easy to get a patient’s history upon referral as the 49 Marwa facilities were linked.      Initially, facilities worked in Silos, and hence whenever a referral was done doctors put...

By Lorraine Anyango. The United Cities and Local Governments in Africa (UCLGA) did not just hold the Africities in Kisumu County, it’s now facilitating a partnership that will enhance access to quality health in the very region.    This partnership between the Regional Council of Rabat-Sale-Kenitra in Morocco has also been carried out in conjunction with the Association Les Rangs d’Honneur. The partnership brings together Moroccan volunteer doctors carrying out health assistance missions to partner communities in other African countries. This program forms part of the projects launched by the African Fund for International Decentralized Cooperation (FACDI) of the Directorate General...

By Jeremiah Ongili and Beryl Okendo  Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral (JOOTRH) marked the world patients safely day sensitizing its staff on medication without harm. The event supported by the ministry of health also delved into ways of handling patients safely. During the event, the Nursing Director Mrs. Teresa Okwiri, acknowledged that medical practitioners are humans who can errors. “At least 20 patients suffer from wrong prescriptions, let’s strive to always be careful when prescribing or administering medication to patients.” She urged colleagues.  She emphasized the importance of drugs having clear labels from manufacturers and even in hospitals. “Pharmacists...