Kendu Adventist Hospital: Leading Healthcare Provider
Kendu Adventist Hospital, established in 1925, has grown to offer a range of services including a Comprehensive Care Centre. With a focus on HIV care, the hospital provides treatment, counseling, and community services, supported by a dedicated team of medical professionals. Their integrated approach and best practices ensure quality care for patients of all ages.
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Historical background Kendu Adventist Hospital was established in the year 1925, the hospital has since seen tremendous growth and currently host big Outpatients Department, Both male and female wards, peadriatic ward, maternity ward, Surgical ward, modern theatre among other facilities. The comprehensive care centre, which is an integral part of Kendu Adventist Hospital, was established after a MoU was signed between the hospital administration and the Aids relief on behalf of the donor agency (PEPFAR) .The first client was enrolled in August, 2005 with 14 members of staff. In 2011,the local partner (Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops) KARP , including all the previously Aidsrelief managed sites in Nyanza and western. To date Kendu CCC boasts of being the largest among the sites in KARP.(see attached data).
KAH- CCC CURRENT STATISTICS <15yrs >15yrs TOTAL CURRENT IN CARE 361 4577 VIRAL LOAD UPTAKE 90% 92% VIRAL SUPPRESSION 88% 95%
Activities The clinic provides general HIV Care Treatment and management, and specifically gives its clients: a. Provision of ARVs. b. Lab investigations. c. Counseling support to clients at the facility. d. Treatment of some opportunistic infections. e. Nutritional support. Psychosocial counseling g. Cervical cancer screening f.
Community Services The clinic has Community Based treatment Services department that acts as a great link between the facility and community; the department provides the following services at community levels: Mobilization and sensitization. Defaulter tracking. Home Visits. Health education and promotions. Linkage of newly initiated people to CHW s The facility has 69 organized active support groups within the community which meets regularly and also 80 community health volunteerswhoareengaged in communityefforts. a. b. c. d. e.
Staffing Project Coordinator Project Accountant Social workers Clinicians Nurses ART Pharmacists Data Officers Support Staff Volunteers HTS - Drivers Lab techs Peer educators 1 1 5 6 5 3 6 7 4 7 1 2 2
Best Practices Intergration of Services: The facility has managed to achieve good linkages between core service points within the hospital i.e TB Clinic which within PSC, Referral of pregnant mothers from MCH etc, Lab , pharmacy, PMTCTWITH ANC Refill Concept: Due to big volume of clients the clinic had a great challenge in providing quality care to its many clients of average 350 who would turn up at the clinic in a day versus small staff, this lead to the realization of the refill concept where client would be filtered based on their clinical condition and duration they have been on HAART or general care then given express services. Out of this effort the clinic has achieved reduced workload and burn outs, Time the clients takes within the clinic and general improvement in quality care.
Conclusion: The facility strives to continuously provide sustainable, and quality HIV care, management and treatment services. we enjoy strong support from the MOH line departments and others like minded agencies within the district and by extension, Homa bay county. We have drastically reduced erratic distribution of TCA from 2hours/patient to 30minutes/patient.
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