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Health Advocate | Hon National Chairman for Kenya Union of Clinical Officers | Chairperson Health Union Caucus | Solution oriented | self motivated | Father.

[Peterson Wachira HSC @ptason]

Very nice

[Alinur Mohamed @AlinurMohamed_]

Happy to see this girls' school conducted a fire drill to educate its students on what to do in case of a fire. Well done.

[Peterson Wachira HSC @ptason]

The responders are retained by @AfricaCDC as Africa Volunteer Health Corps ready to respond to public health emergencies at any time.

[Peterson Wachira HSC @ptason]

A people must pull together when faced with an outbreak of Ebola's magnitude and mobilize all available resources including Human Resources towards protection of the Citizenry.

I presented a list of experts who previously responded to Ebola in west Africa to CS @HonAdenDuale

[Gibore Maroah. General Secretary/C.E.O. KUCO @maroag7]

The KenyaUnionofClinicalOfficers @kUCOofficial today met with Cabinet Secretary @HonAdenDuale Ministry of Health @MOH_Kenya, we held fruitful discussions on a range of critical health workforce matters, including Kenya's preparedness and response to Ebola, the full implementation of the Clinical Officers' Career Guidelines and the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), and the need to fast-track the absorption of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) staff and Global Fund-supported personnel into permanent and pensionable terms of service.

We emphasized the importance of timely and decisive action in strengthening the health workforce, safeguarding workers' welfare, and enhancing the quality and accessibility of healthcare services across the country.

As the Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO), we remain committed to constructive engagement and advocacy aimed at advancing the interests of Clinical Officers and promoting a resilient health system for all Kenyans.

[NTV Kenya @ntvkenya]

Peterson Wachira: You can't close Ebola out of your country... no matter the kind of screening you do, infected people can still enter the country and develop symptoms later.

#TheLastWordNTV @jamessmat @EricLatiff

[NTV Kenya @ntvkenya]

We don't have the benefit of time to prepare for a possible Ebola entry in Kenya ~ Kuco's Peterson Wachira.

#TheLastWordNTV @jamessmat @EricLatiff

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Peterson Wachira: Kenyans are not wrong; they are using the information available to them. That is why I keep saying that in public health, it is facts over fear. When you provide accurate information, fear dissipates because it thrives where there is insufficient knowledge and people do not know how to protect themselves. Every time we have an outbreak, refresher training is necessary because each situation is highly contextual #CitizenDayBreak

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Peterson Wachira: Our problem is that we might be taking the path taken by Congo or Sierra Leone which is a political angle. The result is that there is aggression against quarantine centers which are supposed to be protecting the community #CitizenDayBreak

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Peterson Wachira - According to the international health regulations, you either contain it at source or closest to source, and the whole of East Africa is within the risk category of Ebola. When we went to respond in West Africa, if infected and taken ill, we would not have been treated in Sierra Leone but shipped to Germany or the US, and that demonstrates the bit of cooperation required in responding to such diseases #CitizenDayBreak

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Peterson Wachira: Ebola has several fazes; once you’re infected between 2 and 21 days you will not know you have the disease and neither will others. Before the person has the symptoms, you cannot tell. We need a community that is informed, aware and can suspect, identify and report #CitizenDayBreak

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Peterson Wachira- A quarantine facility is a safety zone for the community because if we suspect you, we put you somewhere away from the community, test you, and if you have the disease we isolate you, manage you, and once we are clear, we can bring you back to society #CitizenDayBreak

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Peterson Wachira - Ebola is a viral disease and we have four strains that are of concern to the health sector: Zaire and Boudibugyo. Zaire has a vaccine while Boudibugyo does not have and its case fatality rate is currently about 25.4. The conversation is to demystify and divert the conversation to where it should be, beginning from a point of training Kenyans about Ebola #CitizenDayBreak

[Citizen TV Kenya @citizentvkenya]

Peterson Wachira:What I am trying to demystify is the notion that the quarantine center is bad for the community; it is actually good for the community. When we went to Sierra Leone, one of the major problems that led to community spread was caused by politics. People said the government wanted to eliminate them because it started in a predominantly opposition area #CitizenDayBreak

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@citizentvkenya

[NTV Kenya @ntvkenya]

Is Kenya prepared for an Ebola outbreak?

Tonight on #TheLastWordNTV

[Peterson Wachira HSC @ptason]

Am yet to see solid proposals on solutions to avoid such occurrences in future. @NAssemblyKE in its wisdom and that of @NyikalDr established Kenya Health Human Resource Advisory Council @khhrac26642 to among other functions; develop a policy on the welfare of healthworkers which includes mental health strategies to prevent and identify such in a timely manner.

The Council remains underfunded and understaffed almost a decade later and thereby unable to carry out its functions optimally even after inauguration by HE President @WilliamsRuto.

There is need to capacity build KHHRAC and enable it to function optimally @HonAdenDuale.

It's high time we answer the question of "who cares for the careers?" or else we will continue discussing this on social media without any tangible and solid solution.

May the soul of the innocent patient who fell victim to our collective and systemic neglect rest in eternal place.

[Dr. Valentine Ndunda 🇰🇪 @v_mw3nde_]

Response by KMPDC on the tragic and avoidable death of Brian Simiyu.
Madaktari tujikumbushe Hippocratic oath please. That MO is not mentally sound. Nobody in their right mind would do that. Ama he’s just a cold blooded criminal who deserves to go away for a very long time.

[Peterson Wachira HSC @ptason]

My heart and prayers are with the students and parents of Utumishi Girls High School in Gilgil. I can just imagine what the parents are going through. May the almighty God grant them strength and patience.

[Peterson Wachira HSC @ptason]

How can parliament waste time discussing European football while Kenyans are nursing migraines from reduced purchasing power and over-taxation? How does it contribute to our socioeconomic development?

[Gabriel Oguda @gabrieloguda]

Hapa si Papa wa Roma amekuja sana?

[Ministry of Health @MOH_Kenya]

EXTENSION OF CONTRACTS AND PAYMENT OF SALARIES FOR UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE (UHC) STAFF UP TO 30TH JUNE,2026