Kenya 1 project
Comprehensive CARE (Coagulation, Advanced care, Registration and Education) in Western Kenya

Partner institution
Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital (MTRH), “Academic Model for Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH)”, Eldoret
Represented by
F. Chite Asirwa, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Director of AMPATH Haematology and Oncology Program
Duration
2 years, 2012 – 2014
Status
Completed
Objectives
- Create coagulation laboratory – enhance the diagnostic capability of the AMPATH/MTRH haematology laboratory
- Advance haemophilia care and treatment modalities – initiate comprehensive clinics and enhance the Eldoret Regional Blood Centre’s capacity to manufacture therapeutic blood components
- Establish a bleeding disorder patient registry and clinical follow-up forms
- Provide haemophilia education and training to people with haemophilia and healthcare professionals in western Kenya and throughout the country
Achievements
- A multidisciplinary care team was established in Eldoret
- 24 training workshops were organised for healthcare professionals from six hospitals.
- 140 doctors, 192 nurses and 88 lab technicians were trained
- 212 people with haemophilia were newly diagnosed with haemophilia out of 400 people with haemophilia were diagnosed
- Establishment of an electronic medical registry
- 14 outreach visits for the people with haemophilia in the rural areas were organised