Afya Kenya Foundation has organized, financed and conducted several Medical Camps since its inception in early 2009.
Our inaugural outreach camp was in January in Mvita, Coast Province. We provided free medical services to an estimated 1,500 peasants.
In this particular camp, we offered wide ranging services such as screening, diagnosis and treatment of basic diseases, public health education, VCT testing and counseling and capped it all off with free medicine.
We followed this up with Medial Camps the following areas:
• Kajiado where we treated 1,200 people – funded by Lions Club Kenya and Charleston Travel Ltd.
• Kitui West, 2,300 people – funded by the SDA Church and Lords Healthcare Ltd.
• Kiambu, 1,800 people – funded by the University of Nairobi and Three Pyramids Pharmaceuticals.
• Tigoni, 900 people – funded by Afya Kenya Foundation.
• Muranga, 1,000 people – funded by Lions Club Kenya and Charleston Travel Ltd.
We have also done the following:
• Breast cancer screeening and Testing – 1, 234 women in Mater Hospital in October 2009.
• Deworming program – We have deformed over 20, 000 children in Kawangware, Riruta, Kibera, Juja, Kandara, Naivasha and Bondo.
• HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing – We have already made over 7,500 young Kenyans aware of their status allowing them to plan their futures.
The outstanding turn out during these medical camps has confirmed to us the need for these services throughout the country.
In as much as the ordinary mwananchi can access quality preventive and curative care through our camps, we realized the need for a mechanism to follow-up and manage any conditions, identified during the camps, that require further treatment,
It is in light of this that we have set up a program in partnership with Dagoretti Children’s Home for the physically handicapped where we identify a needy disabled child from the rural and urban poor areas and organize for funding for upkeep and specialized care while they provide rehabilitative care free of charge. Also, we have partnered with Kenyatta National Hospital along these lines. There are several needy cases that require more specialized follow up. Through our initiative, even the poorest of the poor can have access to quality health care!
