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.
We cannot afford to have people thinking that we are the subjects for misuse by whoever wants to discover a vaccine or a cure for anything.
Let them inject themselves with the said vaccine and stop disturbing Africans.
Africa has been through a lot already.
Western world instigated wars, colonization among others.
Let Africa rest now. We are tired 💤😴 of being robbed and misused.
We wish to reiterate that Africa is part of the Global community and trivialising Africans in the manner displayed by these tweets and broadcast is insensitive. We in the strongest terms condemn these utterances as unfortunate, illwilled, backward, barbaric and lacking in respect.
We would wish to advise that in as much we are looking for a cure, Africa would support such an initiative, but our DIGNITY as a people MUST be respected. Make no mistake, Human rights - Patients Rights will not be violated under our watch.
Africans are no longer slaves or lesser beings.
As a Patient Rights organization, we are glad that two patients have recovered fully from Corona virus COVID-19. This is a testament that through observing the guidelines laid out by the Ministry of Health, it is possible to reduce the risk of infecting others as well as recovering especially if you don't have any pre-existing conditions and you are young. We however note that there are cases of the aged who are also recovering. We congratulate the government of Kenya 🇰🇪 for the concerted efforts and the Ministry of Health for the round the clock work to arrest the disease.
However, we note with alot of concern that the recovered patients have been subject to Cyber bullying by a section of irresponsible bloggers and facebookers.
It was bold for the two patients to come out and speak of their recovery from COVID-19, but when they are subjected to Cyber bullying, it doesn't help their mental Health.
We therefore urge the said bloggers and facebookers to desist from invading the privacy of these pioneers and let them be.
Thank you.
Wash your hands
Maintain physical distance
Sanitize
Stay safe.
✅ Wash hands 🙌 with soap and water regularly, especially:
• After coughing or sneezing
• Before during and after you prepare food
• Before eating
• After using the toilet
• Before and after caring for the ill person
• When hands are visibly dirty
✅ Avoid unnecessary exposure to the ill person and avoid sharing items, such as eating utensils 🍽, dishes, drinks and towels.
✅ When coughing or sneezing, cover mouth and nose with flexed elbow or use a disposable tissue 🤧 and discard immediately after use.
✅ Monitor everyone’s health for symptoms such as fever, cough and if difficult breathing appear, call 📞 your health care facility immediately.
