Kenya: Lwala Healthcare Project
Year End Report for Lwala Community Hospital
March 12, 2014
By Katherine Falk and Jonathan White
Summary of Activities
- Funded maternal and child health costs including:
- Personnel costs for Nurses Rose Gayo and Geoffrey Orangi and Nurse Aid Rosemary Akello
- 58% of medicine costs
- Funded ambulance repairs and maintenance
- Funded fuel for ambulance to provide emergency transportation
- Funded obstetric emergency referrals

Results &
ACCOMPLISHMENTS

HIV/AIDS
Care & Counseling
All staff participated in World AIDS Day event, and 943 patients were tested and counseled for HIV.

New Life
Precious Babies
Average monthly deliveries at the Lwala Community Hospital was 44 in Q4. A total of 643 deliveries in 2013.

Improved Access
Quality Infrastructure
Our lab moved to a new location and was equipped with upgrades. Graveling on the road improved for all weather conditions.

Clean Water
6 New Tanks
All 13 local primary schools now have access to clean drinking water. Now we are nearing completion of the latrine construction.

Better Care
Medical Records
Seven iPads were supplied by Health e-Villages were issued to staff.

Manufacturing
Lasting Skills
The New Vision Women’s Sewing group manufactured 350 school uniforms for girls. They also completed 700 cloth bags for partner Thistle Farms.

Background
& Objectives
Background
Lwala is a village of approximately 1,500 people near Lake Victoria in western Kenya. Within an hour’s walk, approximately 3,000 additional people live in nearby villages accessible by dirt roads. Poor physical infrastructure, including impassable roads during the rainy season, lack of electricity and lack of reliable drinking water, have helped to create a critical healthcare challenge in Lwala. The mission of the Lwala Community Hospital is to meet the holistic health needs of all members of the Lwala community.
Objectives
- Improve patient care and clinical operations
- Improve access and facility infrastructure
- Expand and improve quality of education programs
- Professionalize the organization through better policies and practices
- Properly procure and account for physical, financial, and human resources
- Increase impact of health outreach programs
- Build capacity of community members in income generating activities
- Improve programs through better communication and monitoring and evaluation

Numbers
Served
4th Quarter Numbers
2,846 patients
This reflects the number of patients reporting for outpatient care due to illness and does not capture the mothers and children who report to the MCH clinic for growth monitoring, immunizations, family planning, antenatal care and postpartum care.


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