The Abakunta CBO

We support an ecosystem of diverse community health initiatives on Mfangano Island, Lake Victoria-Kenya.
Folks are talking, things are happening on this island.

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The Public Health Emergency Operation Centre together with its stakeholders seek to upscale its utilization in supporting service provision within Mbita/Suba North Sub-County.
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Ministry of Health, Ngima Mogen Program in collaboration with Public Health Emergency Operation Centre-Homabay (PHEOC) Sensitization Meeting underway at Blue Ridge Hotel Mbita Sub County.
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EK FM 88.3
We are live on air. Please follow the link below to listen to @883EKFM1. Turi Alala. #EkialoKiona #OHR #LakeVictoria, #MfanganoIsland
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EK staff receiving their first COVID-19 AstraZeneca jab at #EkialoKiona Center, Kitawi, #MfanganoIsland.
#OHR #MoH #KomeshaKorona #AstraZeneca #vaccination
#WearAMask #WashYourHands #SocialDistancing

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BREAKING: The UK medicines regulator has confirmed that the available evidence does not suggest that blood clots are linked to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and says people should continue to get the jab.

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The Health Navigator team has been actively involved in sensitization towards precautionary measures against COVID-19 through educating the community, provision of hand sanitizers, face masks and handwash stations.

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Last month, the EK Council & Chief Operating Officer met with the Health Navigators to reflect on birth planning, antenatal care & life-saving emergency services. The EK Nurse lead the team to discuss what 2021 holds for the HN program on Mfangano Island, Kenya.
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Let's keep our children and families safe during this pandemic.
Sanity during this #COVID19 pandemic.
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The general public must continue to wear the 3 ply surgical masks and woven fabric masks at all times.

#KomeshaCorona update.

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COVID-19 UPDATE
✔️ 1,096 samples tested in the past 24 hours
✔️98,439 samples tested so far
✔️95 new positive cases today
✔️2, 872 Total confirmed cases
✔️97 new recoveries today
✔️849 Total discharged and recovered
✔️1 fatality today
✔️85 Total fatalities
#KomeshaCorona

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Evance Ogola, Ekialo Kiona Research Staff, during a training organized by the World Health Organization in collaboration with the Kenyan Ministry of Health to combat #COVIDー19. He also screened passengers at the Kenya-Tanzania boarder point.
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World Environment Day 2020

Theme: #CelebrateBiodiversity
Ekialo Kiona Center dedicates this day to protect the environment through #OrganicFarming and #Reforestation. Conserving the environment does not stop with COVID-19.
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#StaySafe #COVIDー19
#Organic

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.......hand-washing stations to be used in every home.
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#HomaBay
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Promoting Community Sanitation
To promote sanitation and protect the community, the Ekialo Kiona Center installed hand-washing stations in Mfangano East and South. Health Navigators are maintaining the stations and providing education in their villages on how to make simple......

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We are excited to share this publication with other researchers and program leaders within the global health community who are seeking to grapple with similar challenges in resource-limited settings! Building on this, future publications will show our results. #OHR #Mfangano

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MOMENTUM Study Publication
In March 2020, the first manuscript for the MOMENTUM study was published in Global Public Health!
#OHR #EkialoKionaCenter #Mfangano #MOMENTuMStudy

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Finally, the paper describes how the MOMENTUM study will be used to examine if the Health Navigation program results in reduction in these critical delays in care, and where the largest gaps in care remain. #OHR #Mfangano