2020

Amplifying Youth Voices for Health

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Ryculture Health and Social Innovation is a forward looking social enterprise committed to improving access to healthcare services and promoting general human wellbeing through human capacity development and health systems strengthening.Acknowledging the contribution of the youth in addressing social challenges in their communities, we identified some pertinent shortcomings that either cause these interventions to fail […]

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Designing Kenya’s Ideal Health System

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In Kenya, the healthcare system has a well-defined structure consisting of six (6) levels that are defined as follows (Francis W, Irene K, Ezra O, 2017):Level 1 – Community Health Services,Level 2 – Dispensaries and Clinics,Level 3 – Health Centers, Maternity and Nursing Homes,Level 4 – Sub-county Hospitals and Medium-sized Private Hospitals,Level 5 – County

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Health System Case Study _Kenya & Britain Comparative Analysis

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Kenya is a country located in the eastern part of Africa bordering countries like Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Rwanda. It is considered as a developing middle income country with a population of approximately 47.6 million people as of November 2019 (Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, 2019). Kenya as a country has a very diverse population

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HEALTH EDUCATION ON STRESS MANAGEMENT TO DIABETIC AND HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS AT THE NCDs CLINIC AT KASARANI HEALTH CENTRE – 13th November 2020.

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Authors: Ms. Veronica Njambi |For correspondence: veronjambik@gmail.com On 13th November 2020, the second clinic day for patients living with diabetes and hypertension was convened at Kasarani Health Center. This was following an earlier engagement between Ryculture Health and Social Innovation, PharmAccess Foundation and Kasarani Health Center aimed at improving access to care for patients suffering from Non Communicable

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Launch of the Kasarani Health Center NCDs Clinic – 9th October 2020

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Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) especially diabetes and hypertension are a growing concern among urban dwellers in developing countries. As the World Health Organization (WHO) notes a changing epidemiological profile in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) from infectious diseases to NCDs, access to healthcare services still remains a challenge. Acknowledging the need to improve access

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Community Pharmacy Survey on Impact of COVID-19 and Future of Pharmacy Practice

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Access to essential healthcare services is a critical component of the aspirations of Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) and roadmap to its realization, Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC). This access is driven by availability of health facilities, medicines and their quality and the affordability of the services and products. Community pharmacies are the most accessible health

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