GTZ Health Sector Programme in Kenya

When high magnitude disaster strikes, like it did in Kenya during the post election violence of 2007-08 or the recent Haiti earthquake, a number of organisations and/or individuals often respond to the humanitarian situations to save lives. MORE »

The GTZ Health Sector Programme held a meeting with a mission from Tokyo that was in the country to evaluate the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Total Quality Management (TQM) for Better Hospital Services initiative. MORE »

The Maputo Plan of Action is the brainchild of the African Union set to achieve the goal of universal access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services in Africa by 2015. MORE »

Kenya is a priority partner country for German and international development cooperation in East Africa. GTZ has been active in Kenya on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) since 1975. MORE »

The GTZ Health Sector Programme held its annual operational planning workshop on 27th and 28th January 2010 at the Lenana Conference Centre in Nairobi. MORE »

The first meeting of the Health Care Financing Working Group (HFWG) this year was held on the 28th January 2010 at Afya House, with Prof. James Ole Kiyiapi in the chair. MORE »

In response to the post election violence and driven by the desire to fight the root causes of Gender Based Violence(GBV) in Kenya, the BMZ has pledged an additional 3 million Euro for specific access to justice measures targeting GBV issues. MORE »

Considerable progress has been made in the planning of the DFID funded and GTZ managed pilot introduction of the Health Financing Strategy. MORE »

The GTZ Health Sector Programme organised and participated in the GTZ Working Group on Health Financing and Social Protection meeting that was held on January 21 and 22, 2010 at the GTZ Country offices in Nairobi. MORE »

Dr. Eberhard Krain Deputy Programme Manager, Promotion of Private Sector Development in Agriculture (PSDA), GTZ, Kenya shares with us the photos of the magnificent annular solar eclipse event as he experienced it in the spectacular environment of the Sempui Maasai Community of the Suswa Volcano in the Great Rift Valley, about 100 km from Nairobi, Kenya, on January 15th, 2010. Have a look!- The Annular Solar Eclipse at the Suswa Volcano.doc

GTZ Health sector programme  in Kenya is actively participating in the eHealth initiatives that are going on in the Kenyan Health sector. MORE »

The GDC/GTZ participated in the first Development Partners in Health in Kenya meeting that was held on 14th January 2010. MORE »

The Good Governance Support Project (GoGo), under the lead of Katja Schemmann, is currently (04.01.2010- 19.02.2010) on a mission regarding an additional project component – Gender Based Violence (GBV) – Access to Justice. MORE »

UNAIDS supported by GTZ Health Sector Programme and several other partners like the Kenyan HIV/AIDS Business Council, published a report (2009) on HIV-related Public-Private Partnerships and Health Systems Strengthening (see attachment: HIV-related Public-Private Partnerships and Health Systme Strengthening.pdf). MORE »

Living and working abroad is a major personal and professional adventure, not only for expatriates, but also for their spouses and local counterparts. MORE »