As the program continues, we got into some degree of success and started meeting our clients on the MOH project. Wednesday started with a quick last minute request for a meeting, we were caught unawares and had to get ready and rush to the Division of Reproductive Health.
Kevin was kind enough to volunteer to drop us, however, we were able to salvage the situation with Joshua's help.
As we reached the meeting place, we had an interesting meeting with Dr. Bashir , who heads the Division of Reproductive health.
He basically gave us insights into the current challenges, scalability and other pervasive events in the exciting Kenya healthcare scene. It was an insightful meeting where we also met the genial Dr. Odongo.
Dr. B Odongo Elly, is probably one of the tallest men, I have personally met in my life. He was wearing an Agbada ( Nigerian long robe) over his formals. Dr. Odongo works in the capacity of Advisor for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) & Maternal Health program for Centre for Disease Control Kenya.
The picture has Muriuki, Joshua (from Futures group), Scott, Ulla, Dr. Odongo, Mary and myself.
As we discussed through the day, we got some fantastic insights into the various programs on cancer and cervical cancer, as he also put us in touch with more people.
Day 4, Thursday, started bright and early at all of 6:15 am. As we meandered through the Nairobi, early morning traffic, with our ever dependable driver , Martin, giving us our daily kSwahili ( as Scott rightly pointed out) lessons, we wondered what the day held in store for us.
We reached the Ministry of health's office, Afya house. Afya , incidentally in kSwahili stands for Health. The building was located right in front of the city view, where we got a wonderful view of Nairobi city.
The day got very interesting , as we got more interviews done and met a number of key people working on non-communicable diseases like cancer and gave us insights into the plans for the country.
The one thing that I certainly came away with was the sheer passion, enthusiasm and drive that the policy makers and their team showed towards this initiative. I came out with a renewed sense of respect for the single minded motivation of all the people we met, to make a significant difference in the lives of the people of Kenya.
In it's 50th year of independence, the sense we got is that these dedicated individuals are keen to take their fellow countrypeople to newer heights.
#ibmcsc kenya
Kevin was kind enough to volunteer to drop us, however, we were able to salvage the situation with Joshua's help.
As we reached the meeting place, we had an interesting meeting with Dr. Bashir , who heads the Division of Reproductive health.
He basically gave us insights into the current challenges, scalability and other pervasive events in the exciting Kenya healthcare scene. It was an insightful meeting where we also met the genial Dr. Odongo.
Dr. B Odongo Elly, is probably one of the tallest men, I have personally met in my life. He was wearing an Agbada ( Nigerian long robe) over his formals. Dr. Odongo works in the capacity of Advisor for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) & Maternal Health program for Centre for Disease Control Kenya.
 |
| Muriuki, Joshua, Scott, Ulla, Dr. Odongo, Mary and yours truly |
The picture has Muriuki, Joshua (from Futures group), Scott, Ulla, Dr. Odongo, Mary and myself.
As we discussed through the day, we got some fantastic insights into the various programs on cancer and cervical cancer, as he also put us in touch with more people.
Day 4, Thursday, started bright and early at all of 6:15 am. As we meandered through the Nairobi, early morning traffic, with our ever dependable driver , Martin, giving us our daily kSwahili ( as Scott rightly pointed out) lessons, we wondered what the day held in store for us.
We reached the Ministry of health's office, Afya house. Afya , incidentally in kSwahili stands for Health. The building was located right in front of the city view, where we got a wonderful view of Nairobi city.
The day got very interesting , as we got more interviews done and met a number of key people working on non-communicable diseases like cancer and gave us insights into the plans for the country.
The one thing that I certainly came away with was the sheer passion, enthusiasm and drive that the policy makers and their team showed towards this initiative. I came out with a renewed sense of respect for the single minded motivation of all the people we met, to make a significant difference in the lives of the people of Kenya.
In it's 50th year of independence, the sense we got is that these dedicated individuals are keen to take their fellow countrypeople to newer heights.
#ibmcsc kenya
No comments:
Post a Comment