A new issue of the GTZ-supported bi-weekly newsletter “Health, Education, Social Protection - News and Notes” has been released. - Download here: HESP 27-07

In the context of the Mid-Term Review of the NHSSPII, GDC held a planning retreat at Severin Sea Lodge in Mombasa beginning 15th -17th of December 2007. The aim of the retreat was to strategically position GDC to deal with the requested support for DPH-K representation and NHSSP II support, ensure optimum alignment of the [...]

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 [...]

Africa Regional Workshop on Women’s Leadership in HIV/AIDS - Jan 28 - Feb 15 2008 - Nairobi, Kenya This workshop is the first regional workshop conducted under the Advancing Women’s Leadership and Advocacy for AIDS Action initiative. The goal of the regional workshop is

The conference aims to develop and subsequently apply approaches to HIV/AIDS which are both effective and Islamically sound. These approaches will be developed jointly by Islamic scholars, HIV/AIDS-related practitioners, and people living with HIV/AIDS. The approaches will be based on Islamic teachings and examples of good practice, and they will build upon existing Muslim and [...]

Within the context of the Mid-Term Review of the NHSSPII, there will be a GDC Planning Retreat from 16-17 December 2007. The aim of the retreat is to ensure optimum alignment of the future GDC programme and define its’ future role in the NHSSPII priority areas.

KQM Working Group successfully held three workshops in Nairobi on 26th & 27th Nov, Nakuru, 29th & 30th Nov, and in Kisumu, on 3rd & 4th Dec 2007 with participants drawn from all the provinces. Valuable contributions made were made to the review of the Kenya Health Standards and Master Checklist and to separate the [...]

Please find the website of the GTZ/ILO/WHO Consortium’s Conference in Kigali on Assuring Quality Health Care through Social Health Protection: The Role of Purchasing and Quality Management held on 31st Oct-2nd Nov 2007. http://www.socialhealthprotection.org/shp_ruanda/index.html Attached are the abstracts, presentations, photos, etc. click here

GTZ is supporting publication of the November and December 2007 issues of ‘Straight Talk’ newspaper to be distributed to 4000 schools and youth clubs all over Kenya. ‘Straight Talk’ newspaper is a publication produced by adolescents for adolescents targeting the youth in all parts of Kenya. Through ‘Straight Talk’ adolescents in school and out of [...]

A basketball tournament organised by MAXFACTA and funded under the GTZ HIV/AIDS Youth Funds was held on 1 December 2007 at Umoja Sports ground to increase the effectiveness of behaviour change communication for the youth and to address their needs and concerns