Sponsors and partners

Five year project co-funded by the European Union

From 2015 – 2020 4Kenya partnered with the Ministry of Health Kwale County in  a 5-year EU project called “Supporting Kwale County Government through the provision of Integrated Medicine” and achieved the following:

COMMUNITY HEALTH STRATEGY

• Implementing and supporting 24 Community Health Units in 3 Sub counties
• Provision of bikes, smart phones, wifi hotspots for 240 Community Health Volunteers
• Supplying MOH tools 513-514 and supporting health data collection in all Community Units
• Training programmes in Integrated Medicine, Permaculture and health awarenes

HEALTH DATA COLLECTION

• Introduction  of an innovative health data system (DHIS2) at community level
• Trainings given for Community Volunteers, PHOs/CHA’s, HROs in health data collection and analysis
• Supplying phones and tools for effective health data collection

COMMUNITY LED TOTAL SANITATION  (CLTS)

• Supporting Open Defecation Free (ODF) status for 24  villages  in the county

EDUCATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING IN KWALE  COUNTY

• Graduated 360 students in Community Health/HIV Aids management, 45 in Certificate and Diploma Nutrition and Dietetics and 20 students in Homeopathic Medicine
• Trained 150 health care  personnel in an introduction to Integrated Medicine
• Offering courses in Community Health, Nutrition, Community Development and Social Work and Counselling Psychology

RESEARCH  IN  INTEGRATED MEDICINE

• Carried out a number of researches in various approaches and attitudes to healthcare in Kwale County

OUTREACH MEDICAL CLINICS

• Supported 4 Community based clinics and 18 mobile clinics in  3  sub-counties
• Supported access to  healthcare in many communities