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WHO Kenya

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WHO Kenya

@WHOKenya

Official account of the World Health Organisation in Kenya. 🇰🇪 We champion for health and a better future for all. #HealthForAll Country Rep: @DrNeemaKimambo

Nairobi, Kenya

Joined January 2017

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Kenya is vaccinating against #Mpox this week in Mombasa, Kilifi and Busia. ✅ 20,000 doses ✅ Truck drivers, sex workers, healthcare workers ✅ WHO supporting with training, mobilization and risk communication 📅 17-26 July | #VaccinesWork
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Jul 16
🇰🇪 Kenya imports 70-80% of the medicines it uses. Its new 5-year strategy, supported by @WHO, aims to boost local production of medicines, vaccines and medical devices, and strengthen the checks that keep them safe. 🔗 Learn more: tinyurl.com/3wskuwf8
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Jul 16
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Kenya advances local manufacturing of health products and technologies
Nairobi - Kenya has launched the Kenya Health Products and Technologies Local Manufacturing Strategy 2026–2030, a five-year roadmap to expand local production of medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and...
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Jul 16
🚨Stay informed on public health emergencies in Kenya. 📊@WHOKenya's Situation Reports provide regular updates on disease outbreaks, emergency preparedness and response activities, and coordinated actions with the @MOH_Kenya and partners. 📖 Read the full report:
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Jul 13
Final day of the Reproductive Health #SelfCare Training in Nakuru, where knowledge becomes confidence. Healthcare Providers from Baringo, Elgeyo Marakwet, and Uasin Gishu deepened their skills on often-overlooked issues - from menstrual and adolescent health to gender-based
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Jul 8
The Kenya National Public Health Institute is hosting a three-day technical workshop to review, harmonize, and standardize Ebola Virus Disease training materials that will be used in the upcoming cascade trainings under the ongoing national EVD preparedness and response programme
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Jul 8
The Ministry of health, with @WHOKenya support, is equipping health workers in #Baringo, #ElgeyoMarakwet & #UasinGishu with knowledge and skills to promote self-care sexual and reproductive health and rights services bringing health decisions closer to the people and community.
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Jul 8
Happy #SelfCareMonth! From global guidance to national action: WHO's 2022 self-care guideline informed Kenya's National Guideline for Self-Care in Reproductive Health, adopted January 2023, one of the first in Africa to do so. 🔽Click below to read them. 🔗WHO guide here:
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Jul 7
‘’Supporting a mother's mental health improves not only her health and well-being but that of her child.’’ — Dr Mercy Karanja, Head, Division of Mental Health, @MOH_Kenya . Together with the Ministry of Health, @WHOKenya supported a Mental Health Gap Action Programme
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Jul 7
The @WHO #mhGAP Intervention Guide helps frontline health workers identify, assess, and manage priority mental health conditions, bringing quality care closer to communities. Globally, 1 in 5 women experience a mental health condition in the perinatal period. Up to 20% of women
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Jul 6
To strengthen Kenya's preparedness for potential #Ebola outbreaks, experts from @MOH_Kenya , @WHOKenya @KenyaRedCross and partners reviewed and updated key surveillance tools, including case definitions, standard operating procedures and terms of reference. The updated guidance
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Jul 2
What is self-care? It's what you do to promote and maintain your health, prevent disease and cope with illness. It's the first line of action in healthcare, and it complements health workers, it doesn’t replaces them. 🔗Learn More : tinyurl.com/yz6hhnnd ⬅️ #SelfCareMonth
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Jul 2
Following the deployment of 12 multidisciplinary teams to 27 high risk counties, @WHOKenya joined @NPHIKenya and partners to assess identified isolation units and other designated facilities. The assessments are identifying critical gaps in infrastructure, infection
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Jul 1
Self-Care Month is here. Your health is your biggest asset, so don't wait for pain to tell you something's wrong. This month: 1️⃣ Test for a baseline 2️⃣ Track to spot patterns 3️⃣ Thrive with confidence. Self-care puts your health in your hands. #SelfCareMonth
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Jun 29
🇰🇪 Kenya's Ministry of Health, with support from @WHO and @UNICEF, have trained 35 county health providers on the 2026 National Care for Child Development package. This practical approach guides parents and caregivers in simple, everyday interactions like play and communication,