Strategic communication remains a critical tool in advancing malaria control efforts and improving public health outcomes.
Director-General for Health Dr. Patrick Amoth today highlighted the importance of timely, accurate and evidence-based communication in driving behaviour change, building public trust, and supporting disease prevention and control interventions.
Speaking during a strategic communications meeting on malaria control Organised by Defrontera Media, Dr. Amoth highlighted the evolving challenges facing disease control programmes, including changing disease patterns, emerging mosquito species, and resource constraints that continue to impact public health interventions. He noted that declining donor support and widening funding gaps pose a significant challenge to sustaining malaria control efforts and other public health programmes, underscoring the need for increased domestic resource mobilisation.
The Director-General further highlighted the media as a key ally in public health, noting that collaboration with communication professionals is essential in translating complex health information into messages that are understandable and actionable for the public. He stressed the importance of building and maintaining public trust and underscored the role of crisis communication in influencing public response during health emergencies.
The meeting brought together key representatives from malaria control program, including Dr. Joel Gondi, Director of Primary Health Care, State department of public health and professional standards; Dr. Kibor Keitany, Head of the National Malaria Control Program, Dr. Ndinda Kusu representatives from JHPIEGO; and Defrontera Media CEO Vera Okeyo.
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The loss of life in this country 😔 they had their whole lives ahead of them and then this happens. It’s about time we had serious reforms in education especially when talking about boarding schools. May they Rest In Peace 🙏
At some point as adults in this country we must accept that collectively we don’t care about kids.. a fire is an accident, kids dying because they were locked in isn’t.. that it keeps re-occurring is with no sanctions is insane.
In malaria-endemic regions of western Kenya, dangerous illnesses can hide behind familiar symptoms.
For five months, doctors treated Millicent Achieng’s son for malaria, but meningitis was quietly affecting the brain and spinal cord. By the time it was correctly diagnosed, the damage was permanent.
Researchers from @KEMRI_Kenya now warn that an early malaria diagnosis can sometimes overshadow other deadly conditions, such as meningitis and pneumonia, delaying critical treatment. @SheilaSendeyo