Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I beg to move that The Community Health Services Bill (Senate Bills No.34 of 2020) be now read a Second Time. Let me start by saying that I am very grateful to the Committee on Health. They have worked on this Bill over a long time and been able to put together a lot of consideration. Indeed, from the way this Bill has progressed, we have reached a point where the public participation input that had already been put prior to have also been included. You will remember that this is one of the Bills ... view
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• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: talking about community health volunteers involved in health outcomes. There are certain countries like Germany that come to mind immediately. This is where because of such strong structures, the community health volunteers move from one household to the other. They are well known. Indeed, they are elected by the people themselves to give these services. They are able to do and treat so much. Madam Temporary Speaker, I hoped that this Bill would have come at the point when we were dealing with the issue of COVID-19 when it started. It is when the things that we talked about are ... view
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• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: According to a particular report by the Living Goods Community Report of 2020, the proportion of women who attended the recommended number of Antenatal clinics increased. We have had more cases of improved health parameters in Isiolo where women get to delivery centers faster than they did before. The work of community health volunteers within the community is so important. We are actually talking about the health of the nation’s right from the beginning. We are talking about child mortality, immunization, maternal health, nutrition and basically, everything else under health matters. These issues are stipulated, advanced and discussed at the ... view
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• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: community health volunteers and the need for a register. That way, we will have community health volunteers who are well entrenched, whose role is well understood. The register should trickle down to the ward level. The function of the health volunteers should be put into place; the registry should be put into place and inspection done so that we have influencers who go round as key people who are known to do that. The volunteers should even be recognized at public barazas, where they can talk about health issues. Information on community health services is also well captured in the ... view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: At Clause 6, we have very specific provision at the county level that touches on the County Executive Committee Member (CECM). This is, for example, to advise the governor on all matters relating to delivery of healthcare services, so that they are properly entrenched. There is also building capacity, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of community healthcare programmes, so that they can know whether they are improving and reaching out to the people they are meant to reach out to. That view
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• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Clause and very many sub-clauses give the teeth that are needed by the CECM to be able to cascade that higher up to the county and discuss it at the level of the county governor. view