“They tell us that the men leave to make money for the family, but the women are left to guard what is left. There is also a lot of insecurity, so someone has to stay to guard the home,” Mr. Okoro said.
“Given the current medical strike that the country has, this is just going to pile on pressure to an already strained system.”
“Non-profit CFK Africa said its facility in Kibera, the largest urban slum in Kenya, had witnessed a 200 percent increase in deliveries.”
“Kibera is just a small portion of what’s happening in the country,” said Okoro.
“I am grateful for CFK Africa’s dedicated healthcare workers who are facing these new challenges head-on. They have confronted referrals to our clinic from public hospitals outside the scope of our primary care services that strain our resources.”
“At least 600 young women have returned to school through the group’s programme.”
“To us, it’s about how we can protect, prevent, but, most importantly, share knowledge that we are learning from this health surveillance platform that we have,” he said.
“As a leading NGO and healthcare provider in Kibera, Kenya’s largest informal settlement, CFK Africa is at the frontlines of this crisis.”
“We share the CDC’s vision for global health equity, in which all people have access to quality health services and can attain the highest levels of health, no matter their circumstances.”
KTN News Kenya interviewed young mothers in CFK Africa’s Funzo Project, Community Health Promoters, school administrators, and a member of the Funzo Project’s community Advisory Council about CFK Africa’s support of teenage mothers in returning back to school.
CFK Africa is a registered NGO in Kenya and 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the U.S. that improves public health and economic prosperity in informal settlements through participatory research, primary health care, and education.
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