Clinical Training & Diagnostics
Lab technician skills: six gaps in rural Kenyan clinics
Kenya had 1,951 medical laboratory technicians in 2025, following a reported 55.6% decline in the cadre. At the same time, a national health…
Grants & Partnerships
Equivalency determination: is formal certification worth the cost?
For a Kenyan Catholic health network seeking U.S. foundation funding, equivalency determination can turn a recurring compliance burden into a one-time investment.
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Clinical Training & Diagnostics
Disease Prevention & NCDs
Integrated diabetes care: the shift toward community-led models
Non-communicable diseases account for approximately 39% of deaths in Kenya. Diabetes care, however, remains difficult to reach at the scale the…
Grants & Partnerships
Grants & Partnerships: common mistakes to avoid
For a Catholic health network in Kenya, a grant can be clinically sound and still miss its mark. Funders assess more than the need a programme…
Clinical Training & Diagnostics
Antigen diagnostic testing: is quality assurance feasible in rural clinics?
A field evaluation of the NowCheck COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic test in western Kenya returned an overall sensitivity of 71.5 percent and a…
Disease Prevention & NCDs
Cervical cancer screening: four effective methods for rural clinics
Cervical cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related mortality among women in Kenya, with at least 3,000 to 3,600 deaths reported annually…
Community Outreach
Community health promoters: the shift toward localized care
For nurses working in rural and pastoralist communities, the hardest part of care is often not the clinical decision itself. It is reaching the…
Grants & Partnerships
USAID versus private foundation grants for Kenyan health NGOs
In 2025, the U.S. Congress passed the Rescissions Act, rescinding approximately $7.9 billion in international assistance funding. Kenya absorbed a…
Clinical Training & Diagnostics
Laboratory technician training: choosing an accredited program
Kenya’s medical laboratory workforce operates within a regulated professional system. The Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists…
Disease Prevention & NCDs
Tuberculosis screening: should mission clinics go door-to-door?
Kenya recorded 90,841 tuberculosis cases in 2022 against an estimated national burden of 133,000, a notification rate of roughly 68%. The remaining…
Faith-Based Healthcare
Clinical waste management: six protocols for mission clinics
A busy mission clinic can generate waste faster than a small team can think about it. A dressing is removed, a syringe is discarded, a laboratory…
Grants & Partnerships
Faith-based health financing: the shift toward outcome-based grants
Kenya’s faith-based health networks are entering a funding cycle in which institutional reputation and historic service coverage are no longer…
Clinical Training & Diagnostics
Malaria diagnostics: microscopy versus rapid tests in rural clinics
In a nationwide Kenyan school survey, malaria rapid diagnostic tests returned a sensitivity of 96.1% against expert microscopy, but a specificity of…
Disease Prevention & NCDs
Hypertension screening in rural Kenya: choosing the right model
Kenya’s adult hypertension prevalence is estimated at 33%. Yet 73.1% of people living with hypertension are not receiving treatment, and 48% of those…
Faith-Based Healthcare
NHIF accreditation steps for mission dispensaries in Kenya
For a mission dispensary, NHIF accreditation is not simply a registration exercise. It is the point at which a small, often rural facility must…
Clinical Training & Diagnostics
Rapid diagnostic test training: is it enough for rural clinics?
A national facility analysis covering 13,373 health facilities across all 47 Kenyan counties found that routine reporting completeness for diagnostic…
Disease Prevention & NCDs
Cervical cancer screening: five barriers in rural Kenya
Kenya’s national cervical cancer screening coverage among women aged 18–69 has been reported at approximately 3.2%. Regional estimates range from 3%…
Faith-Based Healthcare
Digital health records in mission hospitals: the shift to data
A nurse in a mission hospital can spend the first part of a shift looking for a paper file, confirming a handwritten prescription, or reconstructing…
Grants & Partnerships
Seven essential requirements for Hilton Foundation health grants
The first requirement for any Conrad N. Hilton Foundation health grants application is not a compelling project concept. It is understanding which…
Community Outreach
Mobile clinics or permanent posts for pastoralist regions
For nurses serving pastoralist communities, the question is rarely as simple as choosing between a vehicle and a building. A mobile clinic may be the…
Clinical Training & Diagnostics
Point of care diagnostics: shifting lab capacity to rural clinics
Kenya’s centralized early infant diagnosis network has historically returned HIV results from dried blood spot specimens in approximately 22–60 days…
Faith-Based Healthcare
Mission dispensary registration requirements in Kenya
A mission dispensary can be trusted by a community for years and still fail a regulatory inspection because one document is outdated, one…
Disease Prevention & NCDs
Diabetes screening: community outreach versus hospital testing
Kenya faces a diagnostic paradox. Routine records identify roughly 800,000 adults living with diabetes, while up to 2 million Kenyans may have…