YouTH Voices Network

Kenya’s Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Plan and Gaps in NCDs Care

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Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are diseases of long duration, not spread through other people or infections. In Kenya, NCDs account for about 40% of annual deaths and over 50% of hospital admissions. UHC in Kenya Universal Health Coverage refers to the accessibility of a full range of quality and essential healthcare services (including health promotion, prevention, […]

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Ryculture joins African Centre For Technology Studies (ACTS) at the launch of ACTS Pathway Academy

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African Centre For Technology Studies (ACTS) launched ACTS Pathways Academy on July 5, 2023, at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi. This was in line with ACTS commitment to promote capacity building, sustainable development by leveraging on Science, Technology and Innovation while fostering climate change mitigation actions. The launched was officiated by the ACTS Head of

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Using Defaulter Tracing Tracker Shelves Model Targeting Young and Adolescent mothers to increase Utilization of Immunization Services in Kwale County

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Emmanuel Katama1, Elizabeth Omondi, Francis Nanga1, Happiness Oruko1, Felix Makasanda, John Kutna1 Background: Immunization defaulter tracing has been a challenge in most rural parts of Kwale County due to inefficient approaches such as unstructured tracing of defaulters especially the young and adolescent mothers, no proper tracking records and generally reactive defaulters tracing utilized to access

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Staging Youth as Buffers Against Vaccine Misinformation: World Immunization Week 2023

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The unprecedented rapidity with which the COVID-19 vaccines were developed advanced an already existing fear within the masses. The fear of vaccines was augmented to an extent that it rivalled fear of the virus itself. While some of the rationales underlying this fear were reasonable, most were based on psychological perceptions and misconceptions. This phenomenon

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Youth as Drivers of Vaccine Equity: World Immunization Week 2023

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I am Laura, a medical student and a Sickle Cell Disease advocate, partly because the disease is highly endemic where I come from but also because I have experienced firsthand the mortality associated with SCD. Now you might be asking yourself what is the link between SCD and vaccination, people with SCD are at increased

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The Big Catch Up – Where to Start: World Immunization Week 2023

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I remember my first time hearing the term immunization, I was around ten years in class 6 for the Kenyans who did the 8-4-4 system, and I thought, my, what a big word. My science teacher began explaining immunization, and my brain cells were blown.   “The BCG vaccine is given at birth. It’s injected

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EARLIER IS BETTER

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My name is Veronicah, a young dentist who recently graduated and currently an intern. As we commemorate the World Cancer awareness day, my mind runs around with the thought of Cancer as a current global burden. In a ‘mortality’ conference I attended three weeks ago at a hospital institution, all 5 deaths which occurred in

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Uniting Our Voices and Taking Action: The Role of Youth-Led Advocacy and Tutti Frutti Women in Closing the Cancer Care Gap

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World Cancer Day is an important opportunity for us to come together and raise awareness about cancer, its impact and the ways in which we can work to improve cancer care for all. This year’s theme, “Uniting our voices and taking action,” highlights the importance of collective action in the fight against cancer. One area

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Activating youth leadership toward the realization of Universal Healthcare Coverage (UHC) – What’s the way forward? | 2nd Annual YouTH Voices Summit 2022 Report

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Ryculture Health and Social Innovation, in partnership with Kenya Healthcare Federation (KHF), International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA), African Leadership Academy (ALA), Villgro Africa, Amref International University, among others, hosted the 2nd Annual YouTH Voices Summit from 1 to 3 December 2022 at Amref International University under the theme: “Activating Youthful Leadership towards

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Understanding the Role of the Youth in Operational Research and Social Behavior Change Communication

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Background Operational research is a key tool in identifying most of the problems facing our health systems. It is only after problems are identified that we can design solutions to make sure healthcare is made accessible equitably for all. Social behavior change communication is the attempt to influence social attitudes and norms in a positive

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