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.
This is due to patients giving wrong details such that when the results are out, the infected person is nowhere to be seen.
There is trouble looming right there.
It's a sad affair.
15 out of 48 counties in Kenya are the hotspots.
It's tough. But we shall overcome
The disease progression hasn't been very good.
We hope that the graph goes down.
This targeted testing will help in identifying at risk populations and further inform strategies for intervention.
The positive cases of COVID-19 have gone above the 1,000 mark and deaths are about 40. There are about 400 recoveries.
We pray for the best.
We keep on appreciating the Front line healthcare workers for their concerted efforts to flatten the curve and allow the populace to go back to their normal lives.
The Ministry of Health estimates that August and September of this year would see a peak of COVID-19 cases.
Currently, there are between 60-80 cases per day, although we have maintained a 2.5% prevalence rate.
We just hope that there is going to be a reduction in these cases so we can go back to normal.
Once again, kudos to the Ministry of Health Kenya and the National Emergency Response Committee for the good job they are doing.
We continue to urge the citizenry to STAY AT HOME, WASH HANDS.
IF YOU ARE GOING OUT, MAKE SURE YOU OBSERVE PHYSICAL DISTANCING AND YOU WEAR YOUR MASK.
