Ensure Equal Access to Medicine
The Kenya Stop Stock- Outs (SSO) team on the 4th of November 2009 hosted Health Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to a half day workshop in Nairobi. The workshop targeted all levels of health CSOs- from those working on policy issues those delivering services especially to the poor and vulnerable. All of the participants at the [...]
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 [...]
Zimbabwe successfully launched the Stop Stock-Outs Campaign on Thursday 17 September 2009 at a highly attended workshop. The campaign is part of a regional movement that aims to ensure access to essential medicines for all. Affected communities, civil society, media, government and the pharmaceutical industry attending the workshop agreed that stock-outs of essential medicines, particularly [...]
The Malawi Health Equity Network National Coordinator, Mrs Martha Kwataine has expressed worry in Malawi’s fight against HIV and AIDS having noted the stock-out of anti- biotics used in the treatment of Sexually Transimitted Infections and Opportunistic Infections in our public health facilities. The concern was expressed at the pill-check report launch held on 20th [...]
Tuesday 14 July 2009 Kisumu: People thronged the Pollyview Hotel in Kisumu, the third largest town in Kenya, to hear about stock-outs of essential medicines in the country. The overzealous crowd was composed of Kisumu residents from various walks of life including youth groups, health workers from communities and facilities around the city, peer educators, [...]
The Kenyan team held a successful press conference on 30/06/09 with 22 journalists in attendance from various print, electronic and online media houses in the country. Patrick Mubangizi (HAI Africa), Emma Wanyonyi (CIN), David Musyoki (KEHPCA), and James Kamau (KETAM) spoke at the press conference while Eve Odette (OXFAM) moderated the event. The stock-out story [...]
The Kenyan team organised a successful public forum in Mombasa, the second largest city in Kenya, on June 23rd at the Mombasa Municipal Stadium. The public forum was intended to publicize the campaign and its objectives, to create public pressure for reforms within the Kenya Medical Supply Agency (KEMSA) and to publicize the SMS pill [...]
The Kenya ‘Stop- stock out’ campaign team is organizing two public forums to spread out the campaign message to the people on the ground as well as to create better awareness of stock outs and unavailability of essential medicines around the country. The public forums will be held on 23 June in the coastal city [...]
Venue: Panafric Hotel Time: 4.00 pm – 6.00pm Program: Personal testimonies from 2 consumers, short presentations from civil society representatives, open plenary discussion. Subject: the low availability fo medicines in government health facilities; the on-going stock-out situation; the costs of medicines are not affordable for Kenyans
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