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The Special Issue March/April 2023 AFRI-DOC Magazine THE LIVING VICKEY World Kidney Day HEART MIRACLE “Kidney Health for All – Preparing for the unexpected, supporting the vulnerable!”. The Vibrant Boy Who Concurred heart holes Season’s Doc Bsp Dr Geofrey Maganda The Metropolitan Hospital Kenya Medical Association Leading the ght from the front The CANCER CENTER KENYATTA REFERAL MEDICAL MENTORSHIP INSPIRING MEDICAL PASSION SPORTS FOR HEALTH Your local health & Sports Clubs MEDICAL TOURISM EXPLORING AVAILABLE MEDICAL VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES - Global Impact Volunteers VAST MEDICAL SUPPLIES Vast Medical Group Is A Network Of Durable Medical Equipment (dme) Suppliers. We Offer Quality Equipment And Unmatched Customer Service

Metropolitan Hospital Mission was founded by a To offer quality, cost effective and affordable health care services. group of healthcare professionals in 1995. The Vision hospital was founded on the To be the leading hospital in Nairobi. belief that it is possible to offer quality, cost effective and Core Values affordable healthcare services. Innovation As such we have a very competitive fee structure when Innovation can be defined as something original and new that ‘breaks compared to other medical in to’ the market or into society. One usually associates to new institutions offering the same phenomena that are important in some way. range and quality services. Integrity The Hospital recently became part of the Evercare Group This is strict adherence reflected in honesty and complete harmony in which include Metropolitan what thinks, says, and does. Hospital, The Ladnan Hospital, Nairobi Women’s Hospital and Teamwork The Avenue Group of Hospitals. Teamwork means that people will cooperate using their different Evercare also includes Care individual skills and talents to provide constructive feedback despite Hospitals in India, Nigeria and facilities in Pakistan. Since 2013, the fact that individuals may have personal conflict among we have been on an expansion themselves. drive to raise the scope and standard of services. We are Quality supported by a team of 250 staff and more than 150 doctors and This involves meeting the needs and expectations of customers. Key visiting consultants. aspects of customers include: Good design Good functionality Reliable Consistency Durable Good after sale service Value for The hospital is located on its money own 3-acre site on Rabai Road Buruburu Phase III Estate. We Professionalism are easily Accessible to clients The definition of professionalism indicates that each person perform using both public and private means. their tasks with genuine interest and honesty. It refers to a person doing his/her job with sincerity, maintaining professional etiquette and ethics in the work place. Empathy This is the ability to mutually experience the thoughts, emotions and

World Kidney Day Being in good health is the greatest wealth and asset any living being Kenya Medical Association can get and it ought to be guarded Leading the Kidney ght from the front with great zeal and jealousy. Afridoc is a publication that seeks to contribute towards Season’s Doc the well being of Africans by creating a platform for dialogue, information and Bsp Dr Geofrey Maganda debate to inspire hope for a healthy present and ignite passion to cultivate a healthier The Metropolitan Hospital tomorrow. Kenya Medical Association By sharing African Successful Health Leading the ght from the front stories on children, Highlighting and celebrating to encourage medical The CANCER CENTER practitioners, Afridoc will be an intercontinental electronic Platform that KENYATTA REFERAL endeavors to create opportunities for information, economic empowerment MEDICAL MENTORSHIP medical tourism as well as becoming the voice of reason in the medical practice. INSPIRING MEDICAL PASSION AFRIDOC will also provide spiritual nourishment and hold community based medical camps , linking the community with various continental governments and actors. tHE AFRI-DOC, for Bold healthy dialogues. SPORTS FOR HEALTH Your local health & Sports Clubs MEDICAL TOURISM Afridoc Is A Health Publication Of Spark Talks Ent .published In Africa For Africa To Inspire Hope and EXPLORING AVAILABLE MEDICAL VOLUNTEER promote health of Africans. OPPORTUNITIES email [email protected] - Global Impact Volunteers 0710688559

Linda Mama is a basic healthcare package that targets expectant mothers who are otherwise unable to pay for healthcare services. Through this initiative, pregnant women and infants will have access to quality healthcare for six months after delivery at no charge. The Introduction of the Government aims to “Linda Mama provides a package of basic Free Maternity provide quality services at health services accessed by all in the Programme dubbed Primary Health Facilities targeted population on the basis of need Linda Mama has seen a PHFs(Level 2 and 3). “The and not ability to pay, positioning Kenya significant increase in the Government has made an on the pathway of UHC.” She said urging number of expectant investment of Ksh4.5B expectant mothers with no insurance mothers seeking towards basic maternity cover to enroll for Linda Mama to benefit maternal and neonatal and Lab equipment for the from the package. health services. This has PHFs. Family Planning and The Linda Mama Programme was aimed at contributed to a notable vaccines have also been addressing challenges of high maternal improvement in maternal allocated Ksh 800M and mortality an increase access to skilled and neonatal indicators 500M respectively”. The PS delivery services thereby improving thus a reduction in also informed that the maternal and child health. The maternal and infant Ministry has trained 5000 government has so far disbursed a deaths. Community Health cumulative sum of Ksh 11,651,431,063 for Volunteers for deployment the Programme Health Principal across the 47 counties. Secretary(PS) Susan There is also a planned Mochache has said that continuous rotation of over through the Universal 2500 medical interns in the Health Coverage (UHC) PHFs. Programme, the

Piloting The Nation Into Health, Productivity And Global Competitiveness Dr. Nakhumicha S. Wafula CS Health Ministry -Repulic of KEnya Dr. Nakhumicha S. Wafula Ethics Integrity Bound by the mission to build a Accountability progressive, responsive and sustainable health Partnership and collaboration will be adhered care system for accelerated attainment of the to her tenure . highest standard of health to all Kenyans, The new pilot at the Helm of the health ministry has one goal ahead , to Attain equitable, affordable, accessible and quality health care for all. Since taking her oath of office she committed herself to the clearly stipulated mandate in the line of Health policy,Health regulation, National referral Health facilities,Capacity building and Technical assistance to Counties. The whole nation and the world over is looking upon the guidance from her office with high expectation to see if the cor values of Professionalism “I know change of regime is normally not so easy, Dr. Nakhumicha S. Wafula Receives Documents from Her but such kind of processes make it seamless and it Predecessor Sen Mutahi Kagwe n the handing over ceremony makes people comfortable as they come in and those who are going out also exit comfortably. I look forward to carrying on with the good things that you have done, putting more blocks on the foundation that you have laid and carrying on in the best way possible.”CS Dr S.Wafula

THE LIVING VICKEY HEART MIRACLE The Vibrant Boy Who Concurred heat holes “Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.” – ..



ILI MTU AKUAMKIE LAZIMA UMWAMSHE! World Kidney DayWAKATI WA KUKAA DHAIFU DHAIFU UMEISHA ! The significant impact ability to access proper REV DAVIS KISOTU of disastrous events, diagnostic services, vulnerable in the TpoHpEulaLtiIoOnNdue to be they local treatments and care is their ongWoAinRg RreIOquRireOmFenNtsARfoOr K (earthquake, floods, war, greatly jeopardized. consistently coorRdiGnaCtedNcAaRreO–Kcare, extreme weather) or global (the COVID-19 Non-communicable which is often lifelong, and involving pandemic), affects the diseases (NCDs), which complex ongoing treatment. functioning and living include cardiovascular conditions of the diseases, diabetes, In recent years, the COVID-19 community as a whole, by cancer, hypertension, pandemic has provided a clear definition resulting in one chronic lung diseases, example of the challenges faced by or more of the following and chronic kidney health care systems in providing consequences: human, diseases (CKD), are essential health services to patients material, economic and known to be the leading with NCDs. The impact of COVID-19 on environmental losses and causes of death and the health system has placed an added impacts.[1] Those affected disabilities worldwide, strain on this vulnerable population, by chronic disease, of significantly so in low- who have had to deal with the risk of which kidney patients and middle-income becoming infected while visiting represent more than 850 countries. In the event of health facilities, or indeed the million people worldwide, emergencies, this cohort suspension or cancellation of non- are particularly affected by of the community is COVID-19 care due to health service these disruptions, as the among the most capacity limits and lockdown policies. Health services have struggled to

provide access to the ongoing incidence of new NCD cases needing diagnoses, management, and care. With no actual cure or treatment to prevent progression of CKD, the under-detected and unhindered progression of CKD to kidney failure will most certainly increase the global need for life- saving costly treatments of dialysis and transplantation. Finally, the COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated an already insufficient global political health commitment on NCDs. NCDs are too often incorrectly perceived as due to poor lifestyle choices, with policy deficits compounded by allocation of insufficient public health funds that focus on management rather than prevention, and of only a few of the recognised NCDs – cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and chronic respiratory disease. Yet, it is estimated that 55% of the global NCD burden is attributed to diseases outside of this group, such as kidney disease. Furthermore, the burden of these four more favoured NCDs is amplified in the presence of kidney disease, frequently co-existing. Public health policy that better reflects the opportunities in preventative strategies and the importance of both the magnitude and synergistic aspects of kidney disease as part of the NCD burden are urgently needed. Therefore, preparation for unexpected events is incredibly important for kidney patients. Policymakers need to adopt integrated health strategies that prioritize prevention, early detection, and management of NCDs, including kidney disease. Health care services should provide equitable and proper access to care for chronic patients in times of emergency. Governments should include emergency preparedness plans in the management and detection of NCDs and favor the prevention of these conditions. Patients should plan for emergencies by preparing an emergency kit that includes food, water, medical supplies, and medical records

In 2021, we launched our three-year campaign theme: Be Proud of Your Mouth. We want people to value and take care of their oral health and to make the right decisions to protect it. In year one, we focused on how oral health affects our overall health. In 2022, we wanted to inspire action by highlighting how a healthy mouth is important for our happiness and well-being. In 2023, we will focus on the importance of caring for your mouth at every stage of life.

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