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The German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and AAR Health Services Limited, on July 31, 2009, signed a partnership agreement for management of gender based violence health care services in Kenya, at the GTZ Country Office, Nairobi.
The GTZ Health Sector Programme is one of the key stakeholders involved in efforts aimed at addressing gender imbalances and gender based violence in Kenya.
The GTZ Health Sector Programme participated in a meeting of the Gender Sector Coordination Group (GSCG) which was held on 29th July 2009 at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) office in Nairobi.
During the Annual G8 Conference held in Rome from June 22-23, 2009, parliamentarians from across the globe committed themselves to providing political leadership to improve the health and well-being of the millions of people they represent, particularly women and girls.
The UN Commission on the Status of Women recently decided on a multi-year programme of work on women and gender issues for 2010-2014.
The July - September 2009 issue of Business Aids Watch newsletter, which was produced through the support of GTZ Health Sector Programme, features a very successful Public Private Partnership (PPP) of GTZ HSP and Bamburi Cement Factory on an innovative HIV/AIDS Workplace programme.
Kenya is currently making significant progress towards developing a health care financing strategy and German Development Cooperation, through German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) and German Development Bank (KfW), are providing important support to this process.
The German Technical Cooperation Health Sector Programme (GTZ HSP) is playing a crucial role in health systems and health financing reforms with a view to contribute to the realisation of pro-poor health systems and health financing mechanisms.
The GTZÂ Health Sector Programme (HSP)Â supports Art2Be, a non-governmental organisation that uses art to promote communication at various levels on “not-so-easy” to talk about issues.
The German Development Cooperation (GDC) acknowledges that if scarce resources can be put to the best possible use and if the flow of resources takes into account the needs of the weakest segments of societies, the health-related Millennium Development Goals can be achieved.