Lwala Community Alliance

Unlocking the potential of communities to advance their own comprehensive wellbeing. When communities lead, change is lasting.

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

From community health committees driving accountability to Lwala Community Hospital strengthening compassionate care, communities and health workers across Kenya are building more responsive health systems.

🔗 Read our latest insider report: https://t.co/ImdaK8VYMo

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

A hospital built with the community changes everything.
Read about how Lwala Community Hospital is raising the standard of care in Kenya, while staying deeply rooted in the community it serves.
Read more 👇
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#CommunityLedHealth #Kenya #GlobalHealth

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

Today, Kenya launches the #EWENE Acceleration Plan–a major step toward ensuring every woman and newborn can access quality care, everywhere. We’re proud to support this vision alongside governments, health workers, and communities across Kenya. https://t.co/9rf2SCuCbn

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

Unlike time-bound, restricted funding, an endowment is designed to grow over time and sustain care for generations. #LwalaCommunityHospital
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥.
https://t.co/5I9jZJ27We

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

A key theme throughout the discussion: #globalhealth cannot continue relying on parallel systems that are difficult to coordinate and sustain.
The session called for more integrated planning, aligned investment, and long-term support for systems already rooted in communities.

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

At the #WHA79 @Chu4Uhc and @MOH_Kenya side event, government leaders, coalition partners, and frontline voices reflected on what it takes to build stronger, more resilient, country-led health systems rooted in communities.

[Council of Governors @KenyaGovernors]

At the 79th Session of the World Health Assembly #WHA79, the Council of Governors today convened a high-level side event on Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR), bringing together leaders from Kenya, Uganda and global health partners to showcase progress and solutions driving reductions in preventable maternal and newborn deaths.

During discussions featuring representatives from the Ministries of Health of Kenya and Uganda, the Social Health Authority, AFENET, Digital Health Agency, Kenya Mission, GOAL 3, CHU4UHC, UNFPA, the Global Health Advocacy Incubator, Lwala, among other key stakeholders, leaders reaffirmed that ending preventable maternal and newborn deaths will require sustained political commitment, stronger accountability systems, investment in emergency referral support and coordinated action across governments and partners.

Uganda highlighted progress made through implementation of its 2017 MPDSR Guidelines, reporting a decline in maternal mortality from approximately 600 to 189 deaths per 100,000 live births, supported by a digitized National MPDSR Tracker and the establishment of 16 Centres of Excellence focused on improving maternal and newborn care.

The discussions reinforced a shared global message: when leadership, accountability, governance and evidence-based action converge, maternal and newborn survival becomes measurable impact rather than aspiration.

Present during the engagement was CoG Vice-Chair H.E. Muthomi Njuki, Chair Resource Mobilisation Committee H.E. Stephen Sang, Cabinet Secretary for Health Hon. Aden Duale, CoG CEO Ms. Mary Mwiti, EBS, CEO SHA Dr. Mercy Mwangangi, CEO DHA Anthony Leinayara, alongside representatives from development partners and global health institutions.

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@Araap_Sang
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[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

We’re proud that Maureen Wauda was able to represent CHW voices in the recent Skoll World Forum!

A long-time mentor and champion for community-led health, Maureen continues to advocate for CHW professionalization both locally and globally.

[Medic @Medic]

Maureen faced something no mother should. Yet she channeled it into helping others as a @LwalaCommunity CHW.

Thanks to @MOH_Kenya, she is salaried, skilled, supplied, supervised & digitally supported.

Now she advocates for other CHWs globally to receive the same. #WHA79

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

Communities are often asked to participate in research after the important decisions have already been made. With the Centres for Exchange initiative, we are exploring what changes when communities help shape the research process.
𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: https://t.co/FsSvOEBCGv

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

At today's side event hosted by #LivelihoodImpactFund during #WHA79, Lwala co-CEO @JmbeyaMbeya shared lessons from integrating near-vision care into Kenya’s #primaryhealthcare system and scaling it through #communityhealthworkers.

#EyeHealth #Presbyopia

[Ministry of Health @MOH_Kenya]

Kenya is strengthening the role of nurses and midwives in health policy, governance, and decision-making as part of ongoing efforts to accelerate progress towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

Speaking during a high-level session on “Strategic Leadership for Nurses and Midwives: A Policy Pathway to Stronger Health Systems” held on the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Principal Secretary for Public Health and Professional Standards, Mary Muthoni, CBS, said nurses and midwives remain at the centre of healthcare delivery, making critical clinical and operational decisions every day.

She underscored the need to empower nurses and midwives not only as caregivers, but also as leaders, policy influencers, and managers capable of shaping stronger and more responsive health systems.

The PS highlighted Kenya’s continued efforts to strengthen nursing and midwifery leadership through dedicated government structures, inclusion of nursing leaders in key policy platforms, and promotion of leadership pathways at national, county, and facility levels.

The session, hosted by the International Council of Nurses, brought together global health leaders, nursing organisations, policymakers, and development partners to advance nursing and midwifery leadership as a critical pillar in building resilient and sustainable health systems globally.

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

Lwala Co-CEO @JmbeyaMbeya will join @devex during #WHA79 to discuss building health systems around community demand and trust.
📍 Intercontinental Hotel, Geneva | 🗓 May 21 | ⏰ 11:15 AM – 1:30 PM

Register here👉 https://t.co/kUgm1xSAMZ #deveximpacthouse

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

Strong community health systems don't build themselves. They take coalitions, government partnership, shared learning, and evidence.

Join @Chu4Uhc & @MOH_Kenya at #WHA79 to explore what that looks like in practice.

Register today 🔗 https://t.co/KEjWsrQiUk

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

Our message? Sustained domestic financing for #proCHWs helps ensure policy commitments translate into care that continues reaching communities when they need it most.

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

At #WHA79, delegates will discuss how health systems can deliver more with less.
For community health, the answer cannot be more short-term projects.
At Lwala, we’ve seen how professional CHWs strengthen continuity of care and connect communities to essential services.

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

Lwala is heading to #WHA79! 🌍
Our Co-CEO Julius Mbeya and Director of Policy and Advocacy Kenneth Ogendo will be in Geneva, joining global health leaders for a week of shared learning and collaboration. Looking forward to connecting!
#GlobalHealth #CommunityHealth #Lwala

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

Lwala Co-CEO @JmbeyaMbeya will join @devex at #WHA79 to discuss building health systems around community demand and trust.
From CHWs to community-led accountability, the conversation will explore what demand-driven care looks like in practice.
More here 👉 https://t.co/kUgm1xSAMZ

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

Join our co-CEO @JmbeyaMbeya at a #WHA2026 panel hosted by @LivelihoodImpactFund on scaling access to vision care, alongside leaders from @WHO, @CHAI, @IAPB, @LastMileHealth, @VitalStrat and MoHs from Nigeria and Uganda.

📅 19 May | 11AM–12:30PM
RSVP: https://t.co/YHxosCzW14

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

Happy Mother’s Day! 💗🤱🏾
At Lwala, we believe every mother deserves quality healthcare, support, and the opportunity for a healthy motherhood journey — especially as mothers are so often the first caregivers shaping healthier futures for their families and communities.

[Lwala Community Alliance @LwalaCommunity]

Strong community health systems don't build themselves. They take coalitions, government partnership, shared learning, and evidence.

Join @Chu4Uhc & @MOH_Kenya at #WHA79 to explore what that looks like in practice.

Register today 🔗 https://t.co/KEjWsrQiUk