Dr. James Gesami

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) There is currently no vaccine licensed for prevention of malaria. However, there are candidate vaccines in various stages of clinical trials. This research is being carried on in 14 countries in Africa, and its results are expected to be out in the year 2013. If the trials turn out to be successful, it is anticipated that the first vaccine to be licensed for malaria prevention in children will become available from the year 2015. (b) The Government of Kenya is not using vaccines as a tool for malaria prevention in children, ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is true that malaria is the number one killer disease in this country. However, for the last ten years, we have had a lot of improvement in terms of bringing the malaria death rate down in this country. There are various strategies we have put in place. One of them is efficient management of malaria cases. The second one is sleeping under mosquito nets. The third one is residual insecticide spraying. There are many other strategies in terms of prevention in pregnant women. We have put all those measures in place, and we have seen ... view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, “ADJUVANT” is not a vaccine. It is any chemical or biological molecule that can be added into an existing vaccine to make it more efficient and effective. So, there is no vaccine called “ADJUVANT”. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can be very specific and say that we have reduced the deaths of children by up to 44 per cent. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have come very far as a Ministry. Our challenge as a Ministry has been health care financing and I want to thank the Treasury, specifically for increasing the budget of the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation. The other challenge has been, of course, human resource. This country requires about 76,000 nurses to offer proper health care. At the moment, we have only 17,000 nurses in the public sector and another, maybe, 17,000 in the private sector. You can see that we have a long way to go. I want to thank the Government ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Treasury should know that the extra Kshs1 billion that it gave us was not enough. It was a drop in the sea. With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Maternal mortality in this country is at 488 per 100,000 live births. This has been indicated very well by the Kenya Demographic Health Survey that was done in 2008/2009 in the country, with regional disparities in some provinces going up to 1,000 per 1,000 live births. This means that approximately 8,000 pregnant Kenyan women die each year from pregnancy-related complications. view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: It should be noted that most maternal deaths are actually preventable. The steps that have been taken by the Ministry are to set up a budget line for family planning services. Family planning is the most cost-effective and efficient strategy for reducing maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality as well as prevention of maternal to child transmission of HIV. view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: My Ministry has developed the National Road map for acceleration of reduction of maternal and newborn morbidity and mortality which outlines the strategies, priority actions and broad activities for acceleration of attainment of Millennium Development Goals Four and Five. view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Ministry has also launched the community health strategy, where every village would know how many women are pregnant, how many children are there and, therefore, provide the services required. (b) The Government has taken the following steps which target MDG5: view