Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation

12/05/2026

👩🏽‍⚕️ International Nurses Day

Our Nurses. Our Future. Empowered Nurses Save Lives.

Today, we honor the nurses who stand at the heart of emergency medical care — calmly assessing, prioritizing, stabilizing, and responding when every second matters.

In emergency departments, ambulances, and communities across Kenya, nurses are often the first to recognize danger, the first to act, and the constant presence that holds emergency response together.

But nurses cannot save lives alone.

Strong emergency healthcare systems are essential to enabling nurses to deliver timely, high-quality care. That means functional emergency departments, coordinated ambulance services, clear clinical protocols, lifesaving equipment, ongoing training, and systems designed to support rapid decision-making during emergencies.

At EMKF, we are working to strengthen emergency healthcare systems because when nurses are empowered, emergency healthcare systems become stronger. And when emergency healthcare systems work, lives are saved.

Today, we celebrate the skill, compassion, resilience, and leadership of nurses everywhere. Thank you for the lives you save every day.

🌍 Follow our work: www.emergencymedicinekenya.org

30/04/2026

Sepsis is not rare. It’s not dramatic. And in our setting, it’s often missed.

This episode of Casualty Live! dives into The Sepsis Divide, the moment where early clues must trigger critical decisions.

Miss it… and it costs lives.
Catch it early… and everything changes.
The question is—will you recognise it in time?

🎧 Tune in. Learn to spot it. Act faster

📅 Thursday, 7th May
👩🏽‍⚕️ Speaker: Dr. Jean Wanjema
🕖 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM (EAT)

🔗 Register now: [https://www.emergencymedicinekenya.org/talks]

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28/04/2026

🚑 No one should have to rely on luck in a medical emergency.

As highlighted in the Nation article, the difference between survival and loss can lie in the gaps between dispatch, ambulance readiness, trained personnel, and the receiving facility. When ambulances are unequipped, personnel are unsupported, and facilities are not ready, emergency medical care is delayed before it even begins.

This is why our mission is to support governments and emergency healthcare providers across Kenya to save lives by strengthening emergency healthcare systems. Ambulensi, developed and powered by EMKF, has been designed to strengthen public ambulance services across Kenya by providing:

✅ Real-time dispatch coordination
✅ GPS tracking of ambulances
✅ Access to EMS Protocols and SOPs
✅ Patient care documentation during transport
✅ Referral coordination to the appropriate facility
✅ Offline functionality in areas with limited or unstable network coverage

We believe in a future where every emergency call leads to action, and every patient has a real chance of reaching care in time.

🌍 Learn more at: www.ambulensi.org
🌐 www.emergencymedicinekenya.org

Kenya’s emergency response reveals stark inequalities between life-saving readiness and neglect.

27/04/2026

🚑 Coordination turns emergencies into action.

Before, emergency response in Mombasa was fragmented. Calls were not centrally managed, ambulance movements were inconsistent, and hospitals were not always prepared to receive patients.

In February, EMKF supported the Department of Health Services - Mombasa County to set up the Mombasa County Emergency Dispatch Centre, powered by Ambulensi, transforming how emergencies are received, managed, and responded to in the county.

Now, emergency calls trigger a structured response, with ambulances deployed efficiently and patients directed to the right facility.

This is what stronger Emergency Medical Services look like in practice.

If you are in Mombasa County, save the emergency line: 📞 0715090909

🌍 Learn more about how Ambulensi is strengthening public ambulance services in Kenya to save lives: www.ambulensi.org

📰 Read more about the Dispatch Centre launch: [https://www.emergencymedicinekenya.org/story/%f0%9f%9a%91-a-major-milestone-for-emergency-care-in-mombasa-county/]

22/04/2026

🚑 EMKF 2025 Annual Report: 10 Years of Impact in Emergency Medical Care

Stronger systems. Faster response. Lives saved.

For the past decade, EMKF has been working to strengthen emergency healthcare systems across Kenya to save lives—moving from fragmented services to coordinated, life-saving systems.

In 2025 alone, we supported 44 emergency departments, strengthened 13 public ambulance services, and trained over 12,000 healthcare providers, all contributing to faster, more effective emergency medical care.

This is what systems change looks like.

👉 Read the full story in our 2025 Annual Report: [https://www.emergencymedicinekenya.org/story/10-years-of-impact-strengthening-emergency-healthcare-systems-in-kenya-to-save-lives/]

22/04/2026

🚑 A game changer for emergency medical services in Kenya

Elgeyo Marakwet County’s new Emergency Dispatch Centre is more than an infrastructure milestone, it is a technology-driven shift in how emergency medical care is delivered by County Governments.

At the heart of this transformation is real-time ambulance coordination, supported by our Ambulensi Platform.

Through Ambulensi, the system can:
• Receive and triage emergency calls
• Track ambulances live across the county
• Identify and dispatch the nearest available ambulance
• Connect responders directly with health facilities

This replaces fragmented responses with a connected, data-driven system, where decisions are faster, coordination is clearer, and accountability is built in to save lives.

We at EMKF are proud to support the County Government of Elgeyo Marakwet in implementing this system, strengthening emergency healthcare services with technology that works when every minute counts.

🌍 Learn more: www.ambulensi.org

Emergency medical care saves lives only when systems, teams, and technology work together.

21/04/2026

🎉🚑 A major milestone for emergency medical care in Elgeyo Marakwet County

The launch of the Elgeyo Marakwet Emergency Dispatch Centre last week marked an important step forward in strengthening emergency healthcare systems across Kenya to save lives. The new 24/7 dispatch centre now connects emergency calls, ambulances, and emergency care centres in real time, ensuring faster, more coordinated responses to save lives... and it's FREE!!!!

We are proud at EMKF to have partnered with County Government of Elgeyo Marakwet in supporting this milestone, a shift from isolated services to a coordinated emergency healthcare system for the county.

Because when emergency healthcare systems work, lives are saved.

🔗Read more [https://www.emergencymedicinekenya.org/story/%f0%9f%8e%89elgeyo-marakwets-emergency-dispatch-centre-launched-to-connect-emergency-calls-ambulances-and-emergency-care-centres-%f0%9f%9a%91/]

19/04/2026

Funded by a Rotary Club of Balwyn Inc. Centenary Grant, in collaboration with the Rotary Club of Taree, Gloucester Rotary Club NSW, the DAK Foundation, the County Government of Bungoma and the Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation, a Rotary-led partnership has transformed Bungoma County Referral Hospital’s Emergency Department in Kenya – cutting waiting times, training staff and saving lives. Now it’s a model inspiring reforms nationwide.

Check out the full story here: https://bit.ly/rdu-care-kenya

17/04/2026

🚑 Before 2024, emergency response in Turkana County was fragmented.

Calls were not centrally coordinated, ambulances operated in isolation, and patients often arrived at facilities without a system ready to receive them.

With the launch of the Turkana County Dispatch Centre in 2024, that changed.

Calls, ambulances, and hospitals became connected in real time, bringing structure, coordination, and accountability to emergency response. Since its launch, the Dispatch Centre has coordinated thousands of emergency cases, ensuring patients were reached, transported, and connected to emergency medical care when it mattered most.

We were proud at Emergency Medicine Kenya Foundation to have worked together with the County Government of Turkana , with support from our partners at Polish Aid and Leczymy z Misją / Treating with a Mission (TWAM), to contribute to this progress through our Ambulensi program.

This is what we mean when we say we support governments and emergency healthcare providers across Kenya to save lives by strengthening the emergency healthcare system.

If you are in Turkana (or planning a visit), save the emergency line:
📞 0709 504 400

You can also download our Casualty App today to access emergency ambulance numbers for different counties:

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/ke/app/casualty/id1662760384

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.emergencymedicinekenya.casualty

Because when emergency healthcare systems work, lives are saved.

Here is what you need to do during an emergency. Please call this number in case of a medical emergency.

09/04/2026

🚑 This story is difficult to read — and even harder to accept.

Our thoughts are with the families who have lost loved ones, and with those who have suffered while waiting for help that never came. No one should have to rely on chance, strangers, or luck in a medical emergency.

These experiences reflect a reality many Kenyans still face, where delays in reaching emergency medical care, gaps in coordination, and limited system readiness can mean the difference between life and death.

At EMKF, we are working with national and county governments to strengthen emergency healthcare systems — improving public ambulance coordination and the readiness of public emergency departments — so that when emergencies occur, help arrives and care is ready.

We believe in a future where no one is left waiting. Because every emergency deserves a response, and every life deserves a chance.

Learn more at:
🌐 www.emergencymedicinekenya.org
🌐 www.ambulensi.org

Michael Wafula did not die from the impact of the vehicle that struck him. He died from what came after: 30 calls, and not one of them reached anyone who could help.
https://zurl.co/xEIob

09/04/2026

🚑 Turning gaps into opportunities to save lives.

The Office of the Auditor-General, Kenya 2025 audit on emergency medical care in Kenya highlights important system gaps, but more importantly, it points to where action is needed. These findings are not just challenges. They are opportunities for national and county governments to strengthen the delivery of emergency medical care in Kenya.

Opportunities to improve:
• Public ambulance coordination and dispatch
• Public emergency department readiness
• Emergency healthcare workforce training and capacity
• Emergency healthcare system accountability and performance

At EMKF, we are working alongside national and county governments to close these gaps, supporting the development of coordinated emergency healthcare systems that are structured, accountable, and built to respond when it matters most.

Because identifying the gap is only the first step. Closing it is what saves lives.

📖 Read our recent blog on the report: https://www.emergencymedicinekenya.org/story/kenyas-emergency-medical-care-system-under-the-lens-what-the-auditor-generals-2025-performance-audit-reveals/

Every minute counts in a medical emergency. Yet delays in emergency response continue to cost lives. Our Performance Audit assessed how effectively emergency medical care services are delivered across the country.
Here are the findings:
Find the report here: rb.gy/jchcvi