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AIC KIJABE ARISING IN GARISSA

MNCH has had field staff living in Garissa for more than 2 years. During that

time we have seen our influence for health and hope expand in amazing ways.
This year MNCH helped drive the relationships that allowed for the development
of a formal Memorandum of Understanding with Garissa County Ministry of Health.

MNCH team members arose from the community to help build relationships with
Garissa Referral Hospital. Now other Kijabe training programs are onsite, like our
Emergency Critical Care Clinical Officers Training and our Kenya Registered Nurse

Anesthesia program. MNCH was instrumental in helping link with short courses like
Mobile Obstetric Simulation Training. In addition to building linkages to improve
maternal and newborn care at the hospital, we remain very active in the community.

This year we took special training to help local teachers and community development
people learn how to run a SALT there in Garissa and Tana River, using the

relationships they already have. We continue to engage with Garissa University
students helping them with a week of training titled, “Unlock your potential:
How Community Health Changes the World.

Dr. Ken Muma (L) Director General AIC Kijabe Hospital, Dr. Everlyn Mbugua
Director Director of Clinical Services AIC Kijabe Hospital Dr. Siwo General Surgeon Garissa MNCHP team with AIC Kijabe Emergency and Critical Care Clinical
and Mohamed (R) Head of Quality Assurance at Garissa General Hospital during a Officers (ECCCO) team and Senior Management from Garissa County MOH
visit to the facility

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