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13/03/2023

James Ngari | Health and Beauty 1 Forum is a newsletter highlighting issues affecting our health and Current trends in Healthcare

07/03/2023

Introduction Business process digitization and automation has its inherent benefits such as: i. Increased efficiency, ii.

03/03/2023

The mental health of support services staff is essential to the quality of care and service they provide to their clients or customers. When they experience…

03/03/2023

Have you prioritized the mental health of your support staff including your own house help who you trust with your child and family care.
Just imagine if she isn't okay!
That driver you trust to drive you to your destination, If he is not okay he may drive you just where didn't intend.
That waiter who is serving your customers,
That chef who is cooking for your customers,
That security guard at the gate,
That teacher tutoring your child
That receptionist receiving your guests and clients,
that nurse taking care of your patients.

The mental health of support services staff is essential to the quality of care and service they provide to their clients or customers. When they experience…

27/02/2023

Here are some workplace tips to ensure mental health for workers:

Create a positive work environment: A positive work environment can help to reduce stress and anxiety. Encourage open communication, respect, and teamwork to create a welcoming environment for everyone.

Encourage self-care: Encourage workers to take breaks, exercise, and practice mindfulness to reduce stress levels and promote mental wellbeing.

Support work-life balance: Encourage employees to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Provide flexible work arrangements, such as remote work options, flexible schedules, or job sharing.

Provide mental health resources: Offer access to mental health resources such as counseling services, support groups, or employee assistance programs.

Promote good management practices: Good management practices, such as clear communication, constructive feedback, and recognition for a job well done, can help reduce stress and promote job satisfaction.

Encourage social connections: Encourage social connections among employees, such as team-building activities or company outings, to promote a sense of community and reduce social isolation.

Address workplace stressors: Identify and address workplace stressors, such as high workloads, unreasonable deadlines, or conflicts among employees, to reduce stress and improve mental health.

Overall, it's important to create a workplace culture that prioritizes employee mental health and wellbeing. By implementing these tips, you can help to promote a positive and supportive workplace environment for everyone.

27/02/2023

MENTAL HEALTH FOR MANAGERS There is always an emphasis on subordinate staff and supervisors wellbeing. this may be based in hierachy of decision making. The…

24/02/2023

IMPACT OF MENTAL HEALTH ON FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS It is usually a dull moment when a relative gets diagnosed with a mental health condition that requires…

23/02/2023

MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS TREATMENT AND CARE The recent acknowledgement by Gobal organizations and governments that mental health conditions pose a major…

20/02/2023

UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE: THE PUBLIC BURDEN USED FOR POLITICAL MILEAGE
Introduction
UHC (Universal Healthcare) is a phrase or term used to indicate access to healthcare at an affordable cost.
The capitalists in the global economies cannot let go of the huge returns accrued through a liberalised market.
The aspects of health I would like to tackle here are as follows:
1. Cost of medicines
2. Health insurance
3. Health Human resource.
4. Healthcare logistics

I have chosen the 4 to help us understand where the barrier to access to affordable universal healthcare lies.
Every society normaly finds a routine that they may call ritualistic which defines their nomalcy.

COST OF MEDICINES
I have assessed the developed countries health systems and despite their challenges, their population can be provided with affordable healthcare comfortably.
The pharmaceutical industries in those countries is well advanced and to a great extent supported by the government.
They are net exporters of what they produce.
They earn foreign revenue from sales with huge margins.
Look at vaccines for instance; India, china, USA and Europe dominate the market and they are a part of universal healthcare.
What do we have in our region: only the other day that covid exposed us badly.
If another pandemic occurs, it may be worse than covid and maybe deadlier, but how prepared are we. In our country, almost 60% of our medicines are imports mainly from India.
Enhanced local production would boost the economy, reduce cost of medicines and increase revenue from export to the regional markets.
I am always of the opinion that all essential drugs must and should be produced locally with excess being exported to the region.

HEALTH INSURANCE
The biggest impediment to health financing is the sources of funds to finance cost of care.
The biggest health insurer is NHIF in our country.
The politics as I had mentioned earlier cannot allow proper reforms.
The need to have high end rich clients getting private insurance covers depicts a scenario analogous to the animal farm.
The pooling of national resources to cover the public should be managed without segregation.
Let the private insurers provide extra insurance covers from the pockets of the rich and mighty. but all should basically be covered by NHIF.
The government shouldn't pay for the civil servants, they should pay out of pocket for extra cover. Basic NHIF cover as stipulated yes.

HUMAN RESOURCES
Its regrettable that healthacre providers who are the key to quality healthcare are treated with disregard.
For any nation to succeed and maintain its sovereignity status, it must meet the populations basic needs.
A nations basic needs for its population are:
Food security from within its borders
clean and affordable water from within its borders
Quality, accessible and affordable healthcare within its borders
Quality education for all within its borders
Decent housing for all within its borders.
Internal security within its borders
All the staff who work in these sectors should be well renumerated and accorded the respect they deserve.
We should never have a healthcare provider out here looking for a job. Its embarrassing.

4. Healthcare logistics
This has led to corruption, losses and a high cost of healthcare.
When we hear of KEMSA scandal and hope that one day It will be unveiled, we are painfully telling ourselves that NYS 1 and II never took place.
The biggest corruption takes place in the following areas:
1. procurement
2. Accounts and finance
3. Stores
If I indicate that we have received goods which have not been physically seen and stored, the system records that there are goods that need to be paid for.
The most important documents are avialable, LPO, Invoice, Delivery note and receipts.
You buy AIR and the system collapses due to depletion of funds.
In procurement, A pen that costs 10 shillings, will cost 25 shillings. The extra 15 shillings will find an owner during payments.

A good system will give you less logistical losses and the government should deal with this.
The other area is purchase of excess that is not needed or not needed at all.
The government should devolve KEMSA procurement to the counties.
The final purchase is still from the head office but logistical plans not.

Every chief executive will promise a better healthcare to the citizens but deliver salaries and executive jobs to his or her political buddies.

09/09/2022

The ministry of health has imposed new drastic measures as it seeks to deal with the challenge presented by multidrug resistant klebsiella pneumonia.

The measures that include increased surveillance, active screening for those at risk, contact precaution as well as environmental screening comes in the wake of thirteen reported neonatal cases at the Kenyatta National Hospital.

While lauding healthcare workers at the facility for identifying and putting in place mechanisms to deal with the situation, health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said there was a need to enhance infection prevention and control measures amid an increase in rates of antimicrobial drug resistance cases.

“The Kenyatta National Hospital as well as other health facilities need to review their surveillance systems to improve identification and management of healthcare acquired infections, screen all babies at admission to new-born units for early identification and isolation of infected ones and ensure continuous capacity building for all staff on infection prevention and control.” Observed the health CS.
He said all referral facilities must collaborate with other referring health facilities to minimize cross hospital transfer of infections.

The KNH microbiology laboratory had on 22nd August 2022 identified an isolate of a multidrug resistant Klebsiella pneumonia from the blood of an infant admitted to the neonatal critical care unit. The Klebsiella pneumoniae organism that was isolated from the new born unit was noted to be resistant to almost all the antibiotics available for treatment of neonates. Since then, the same organism has been isolated from 13 neonates, who have all been managed as per standard procedures out of which, 6 have succumbed.

The ministry of health through the division of Neonatal and child health has enhanced efforts to improve infant mortality rates which stood at 22 deaths per 1,000 live births in 2014 with the aim of realizing sustainable development goals target for infant mortality rate of 12 deaths or below per 1,000 live births.

Among the measures include the development of the Maternal and Neonatal Health (MNH) quality of care standards which have already been finalized with the process of adaptation of the WHO quality of care standards for small and sick new-borns in health facilities currently underway.

The ministry is in the process of adopting and developing assessment tools for small and sick new-borns up to the age of one month besides working with counties to build capacity as well as monitor how the prescribed quality of care standards is being implemented.

The division of Neonatal and child health is also developing a tool for monitoring infants and sick new-borns with the aim of better managing infections.

20/08/2022

new cases by county

19/08/2022

Masks are essential in protecting you and your loved ones against COVID-19. Ensure that you have one with you whenever you leave the house.
 
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