1 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Services are brought to the disabled client. This is happening in Baringo County Referral Hospital, availability of staff trained in sign language at Bungoma Hospital and sign language interpreters in clinics and outpatient departments for the deaf at Kapsabet County Referral Hospital and Thika Level V Hospital.
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1 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Stretcher-bearers at Kakamega Level 5 hospital. Five per cent of the Human Resources recruited are PwDs. We have go-carts to ferry PwDs from the gate. There is a rail and walkways. We would like to single out Kericho County Hospital. PwDs are provided with houses.
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1 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Stretcher-bearers at Kakamega Level 5 hospital. Five per cent of the Human Resources recruited are PwDs. We have go-carts to ferry PwDs from the gate. There is a rail and walkways. We would like to single out Kericho County Hospital. PwDs are provided with houses.
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1 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Sign language interpreters, motorists, wheelchairs for staff and other officers, disability committee and braille exist at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. On the second part of the question, we need to provide a list of medical facilities equipped with disability-friendly infrastructure and indicate the training programmes and resources deployed by the Government to medical practitioners to ensure they are adequately prepared to attend to PwDs.
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1 Nov 2023 in Senate:
Sign language interpreters, motorists, wheelchairs for staff and other officers, disability committee and braille exist at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. On the second part of the question, we need to provide a list of medical facilities equipped with disability-friendly infrastructure and indicate the training programmes and resources deployed by the Government to medical practitioners to ensure they are adequately prepared to attend to PwDs.
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1 Nov 2023 in Senate:
In line with the rehabilitative services and Assistive Technology Strategy of 2022- 2026 the Ministry aims to scale up services to all levels of care, including community- based rehabilitation in line with Universal Health Coverage and the spirit of leaving no one behind. The Ministry has undertaken training of all county directors of health and the disability assessment teams on disability medical assessment and categorization and further developed the Disability Medical Assessment and Categorization Guidelines to make assessment standards across the country. Training of county teams involved in disability assessment is done for those who request at the national level ...
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1 Nov 2023 in Senate:
In line with the rehabilitative services and Assistive Technology Strategy of 2022- 2026 the Ministry aims to scale up services to all levels of care, including community- based rehabilitation in line with Universal Health Coverage and the spirit of leaving no one behind. The Ministry has undertaken training of all county directors of health and the disability assessment teams on disability medical assessment and categorization and further developed the Disability Medical Assessment and Categorization Guidelines to make assessment standards across the country. Training of county teams involved in disability assessment is done for those who request at the national level ...
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1 Nov 2023 in Senate:
In a significant step forward, the Ministry with support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) is in the process of establishing an assistive technology centre of excellence that will offer training, innovation, incubation, research, and development of local assistive products for users. To catalyse the provision of assistive devices an organization called ATscale Global Partnership for assistive technology, we are working together to strengthen the pathway towards the provision of assistive products to Kenyans who need them. The third part of the question is about what the Government is doing to ensure services like occupational therapy, speech therapy and behavioural ...
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1 Nov 2023 in Senate:
In a significant step forward, the Ministry with support from the World Health Organisation (WHO) is in the process of establishing an assistive technology centre of excellence that will offer training, innovation, incubation, research, and development of local assistive products for users. To catalyse the provision of assistive devices an organization called ATscale Global Partnership for assistive technology, we are working together to strengthen the pathway towards the provision of assistive products to Kenyans who need them. The third part of the question is about what the Government is doing to ensure services like occupational therapy, speech therapy and behavioural ...
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1 Nov 2023 in Senate:
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