Enhancing skills of  policy actors in the health sector in applying Human Rights Based Approaches to Health Sector Reform, and targeting those working in development fields at the national level with state actors or non-state institutions, as well as bilateral and multi-lateral donor agencies are prime concerns of the Ireland training programme.  Individuals and organizations [...]

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights holds that every person has the right to health, including healthcare. This is enshrined into the World Health Organization (WHO) Constitution which states that, “The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being…”Governments in various parts of the world [...]

The 18th International AIDS Conference will take place from 18th to 23rd July 2010 in Vienna. The conference will attract a high number of participants (25,000) among them Bill Clinton, former USA president and founder of William J. Foundation.

As part of its objective to develop the capacity of its partners, the GTZ Health Sector Programme (HSP) will support the finalization of the Strategic Plan for the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Development.

The GTZ Health Sector Programme is supporting a HIV/AIDS Poster Exhibition under the motto ‘Beware – A decade of HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns in East-Africa’. The campaign will run at the RaMoMa Art Gallery in Nairobi from December 5th to 19th 2008.

On 26 and 27 May, the Nursing Council of Kenya (NCK) will be doing a final edit of its 2008 procedure manual at the KCB Training Center in Karen. The Manual will serve as a guide for both students and qualified nurses where nursing intervention is indicated.Â

At the beginning of 2008, Kenya experienced its biggest crisis since independence. Immediately after the results of the last general elections were announced, Kenya witnessed post-election violence on an unimaginable scale. After the formation of a grand coalition, the Kenyan society now reflects and begins to pick up the pieces. As a contribution, the Association [...]

GTZ is supporting the Conference on Disability and HIV/AIDS that will take place on May 14 and 15 in Mombasa. Objective of the conference is to advocate for inclusion of disability in the various HIV/AIDS policies and access to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care services.

The Gender and FGM component of the GTZ Health Sector Programme in collaboration with AMWIK, the Association of Media Women in Kenya, recalled the International Zero Tolerance day on Female Genital Mutilation. A newspaper supplement to commemorate the day was published on February 8th in the Daily Nation. The opportunity was used to also raise [...]

The themes of the conference are highly relevant to the work currently undertaken in Kenya, German Development Cooperation’s Health Sector Coordinator encourages staff and partners to consider the submission of abstracts. Themes include: User fees Equitable health care financing in Africa New international health care financing mechanisms and initiatives Human resources for health in Africa [...]