Kenya Stop Stockouts Team to Meet Health Civil Society

The Kenya Stop Stock- Outs (SSO) Team will on the 4th of November 2009 host Health Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to a half day workshop in Nairobi. The workshop targets all levels of health CSOs- from those working on policy influence to those delivering services especially to the poor and vulnerable.

While majority of the participants are drawn from the Capital, Nairobi, there is deliberate effort to have some representation from the other two cities- Mombasa and Kisumu- to decentralize the campaign.

The Kenyan team has so far been successful in creating of awareness to the public and policy makers through public fora and media engagement. “As we move into policy dialogue with policymakers and politicians, it is critical that we seek the support of other Health CSOs beyond those represented in the SSO team.” Said Emma Wanyonyi of Consumer Information Network

The major objectives of the workshop are:
 Share experiences on access to medicines, stock outs of medicines and efforts towards influencing policies and practices that support sustainable access to medicines
 Popularize the ‘Stop Stock- Outs’ Campaign amongst health CSOs, build support for it and make ‘stock- outs’ a common issue amongst the Health CSOs in Kenya
 Strengthen health CSOs participation in Access to Medicines issues, and promote a joint efforts towards ‘stock outs’ campaign