On 26-11-19, LVCT Health was privileged to host the UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima at our DREAMS site in Kiandutu, Kiambu County. Winnie interacted with the dream girls and encouraged them to be optimistic despite the many challenges they have faced. She asked them to embrace DREAMS as their second chance in life. Also present […]

As a young wife with two children Peacock never imagined a life without her husband. When she got pregnant at 15 years of age. He took responsibility. “I moved in with him and he became my husband. Five years later we welcomed our second baby, a baby girl,” recalls Peacock. They were doing well and […]

After high school, Lencer did not have much of a plan. She had done well in her exams, but her results were not good enough for the competitive government-sponsorship she required to attend university. This, coupled with the fact that she also had younger siblings meant that Lencer’s educational journey halted prematurely. Lencer idled around […]

Join us during the Global Health Practitioner Conference that will take place from 14th – 16th October in Nairobi,Kenya. LVCT will be leading an interactive session on, How to (and not to do) Quality Improvement and Community Health. The session leverages on LVCT Health`s years of experience in building quality community health systems that focuses on community voices […]

One of the major events that happened at the United Nations General Assembly this year was the UN High Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC).  The event was held on 23rd September 2019 in New York City and I was privileged to attend and witness this historic event. The declaration builds on SDG target […]

Julius*, a 28-year-old man called 1190, (a toll-free and confidential tele-counseling service offered by LVCT Health in Kenya) when he was on the verge of committing suicide. He had lost his house which was built on riparian land, lost his job and lost his car to a loan default. This led to him living in […]

Nothing has come easy for Carol, 20, a casual laborer and part-time student who lives in Kenya’s largest informal settlement, Kibera. Carol’s struggles began when she was only 5 months old. Her mother left her in the care of her grandmother and never returned. While her age-mates are gently easing their way into adulthood, Carol […]

LVCT Health Youth program partnered with Josiah G. Memorial Kariuki foundation to create awareness on mental health among adolescents and youth. Mental illness is common in Kenya, with prevalence rates of 4% for major mental disorders, which is comparable with the prevalence rates reported in high-income countries. Poverty, unemployment, internal conflict, displacement and HIV) add […]

We are pleased to endorse and participate at the 3rd International Workshop on HIV & Adolescence to be held in 2nd -4th October 2019, Nairobi, Kenya. The International Workshop on HIV & Adolescence is a key platform that brings together researchers, implementers, youth and other stakeholders working with adolescents affected by and living with HIV. Through developing collaborations and […]