Patient Centred Care
“We are a patient’s rights organisation based in Nairobi, Our vision is the realisation of quality healthcare for all Kenyans regardless of their socio-economic status. Our work is to agitate for change in the public health sector through a number of public private partnerships revolving around advocacy, capacity building and access.”
Silent No More
It all started with the silent no more campaign.
Where citizens took it upon themselves to speak out on behalf of the patient. It is still a very active part of what we do and anyone can take part. All you have to do is arm yourself with the Patient rights charter and speak out. Patients now have rights in Kenya!
See below for some History from our founder Alice Mwongera in an interview recorded in February 2011 with host Jeff Koinange.
As you look back we are going forward. Have a look around our website to see what we are up to and perhaps how you could get involved.
Partnerships
We are all better off working together! Over the years we have had a number of organisations come alongside us for various campaigns and projects. We thank you all for your part in the “mmf” story. If you would like to partner with us, whether yourself personally or your organisation we welcome your participation.
Join our facebook page or contact us direct.
Tigoni hand wash campaign with Griffin’s hospital team and Planetree
The theme for the hand wash campaign was
“JE UMENAWA MIKONO?
Meaning ” Have you washed your hands?
This was mooted to get care providers to wash or sanitise their hands after attending to one patient before moving to another.
Patient Centred Care training Kiambu County
The training was hosted at KMTC Kiambu by Rosalind Murugami , Assistant director of nursing for Kiambu county under the leadership of Dr. Toro, Director of Health Kiambu county.
Planetree Partnership with Tigoni Hospital
One of the activities which began in 2014 was to broker partnerships between public hospitals in Kenya and hospitals abroad. This creates a platform where our hospitals can receive technical support and also have the opportunity to exchange ideas in different areas of health care.
After many months of dialogue, Morris Moses Foundation, courtesy of Planetree and WHO, has been able to secure a partnership between Tigoni District Hospital and Griffins Hospital in Connecticut, USA. In the month of March, a team from Griffins Hospital and a representative from Planetree will be visiting Tigoni in order to understand the different challenges they face and the scope of what is needed to bridge the gaps.
Currently, Morris Moses is in talks with other hospitals and we hope to be able to sign more partnerships in 2015.
Launch Of Boresha Afya Star Awards
In 2014 we launched the very first Boresha Afya Star Awards, BASA.
Our focus was to recognise health care workers who stood out despite the different challenges they face. We gave the patients the opportunity to give us feedback and help us recognise anyone they felt went beyond the call of duty to make their experience in a hospital a better one.
Based on the information we got, we managed to acknowledge the efforts of a number of individuals in different counties.
Some of the counties represented include Nairobi, Narok, Marsabit and Kiambu.
Dr. Lusweti of Thika level 5, who was one of the most voted stars, was part of the team that accompanied Alice to the annual Planetree conference in Chicago where Alice was a speaker on rewarding excellence.
The team also had an opportunity to interact with medics from different parts of the world where Patient Centred care is being practised as well as visit a few hospitals that have been able to perfect Patient centred care.
This year we hope to be able to have even more medics attending the conference.
If you have a positive experience in any public health facility, please help by spreading the good news.
By awarding good service we hope to improve health care.
People who are nominated are recognised and can stand a chance to be ambassadors for patient centred care.
In 2014 we were able to send people to the US planetree conference to learn and become ambassadors in Kenya for Patient Centred Care.
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Join patient advocates from around the globe on PSD2019 in calling for our leaders to go beyond promises and implement action for acceleration of progress for safe patient-centred universal health coverage to build a healthier world for all!
Get involved by:
1. Mobilising your network ahead of Friday 6th December
Make sure your contacts know about Patient Solidarity Day. Send them a quick message on what the campaign is about. Highlight the theme and the commitments made as well why and how its important that they show their solidarity with patients around the world in holding our leaders accountable.
2 . Write to your president / prime minister/ urging them to ensure successful implementation of commitments made - use the letter template here https://iapo.cmail19.com/t/d-l-xdhutht-irulthkji-h/
This is a great opportunity to directly engage with leaders for the implementation of the commitments made for acceleration of progress for safe patient-centred universal health coverage. Leaders are more likely to respond if you personalise your letter so you might also like to include your own thoughts or experiences in delivery process of safe and patient-centred UHC (if you have any) and why you think this campaign is important.
Don’t forget to tell us who you have written to – email us at info@iapo.org.uk
3. Spread the word by posting PSD social media messages on Facebook and Twitter
Access the social media posts here and remember to use the hashtag #PSD2019 with your posts.
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook and join the buzz on social media using #PSD2019
4. Take part in our PSD2019 interview series
For PSD2019, we want to highlight our members and partners experiences in the delivery process of a safe and patient-centred universal health coverage. We want to know what kind of policies countries focusing their efforts on accelerating progress for a safe patient centred universal health coverage have put in place but also how you are contributing to achieving universal health coverage. If you are interested in taking part, let us know and we will explore this further with you.
5. Share your plans
Keep us informed about how you will support the Day so that we can add your activity to our global list of activities and your logo on our supporters wall on our website. If you are still looking for inspiration, there is still time. Visit our website where you'll find a range of ideas to help you mark the Day with us on Friday 6th December.
Help be the change!
Patient Solidarity Day
For #PSD2019,we invite you to review the two documents here: http://bit.ly/2r8nt9J http://bit.ly/2DFdKuo
