Prof. Sam Ongeri

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 241 to 250 of 1925.

• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: will be cooperation between the national and county government. At the county government, there will also be cooperation between the County Executive and the community level and coordinate how these health services must be driven to be able to touch the very primary health care systems required at the village level. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, what are these services required at the village level? We have the maternal and child health services. Under the maternal and child health services, nutritional services are required in that village level. We used to have traditional birth attendants. One of the biggest mortalities in deliveries is the maternal mortality rates, which are fairly high because our mothers have not been given access to information, health education and how to rear and bring up a child who is inborn. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Therefore, these community services will monitor closely the element of services being given at that level. That is why there must be participants in this selection in whoever is the community flag bearer at that level. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Many of the nutritional disturbances that we have at the community level are preventable conditions. For instance, simple basic education on what kind of foods we should eat is balancing proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins is such elementary knowledge that will save many mothers from giving birth to children who are malnourished and prone to infections particularly, infectious diseases that may harm and create high child mortality at birth. In the first instance, we want to ensure the mother is safe in carrying the pregnancy to full term. Secondly, we want to ensure the baby the mother is carrying is also ... view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: Beyond that, the structure is such that there shall be a certified medical practitioner operating within a given area and region. They will then have the overall responsibility of checking all the elements adding up to health are catered for and properly looked at and taken care of without much damage to our society. That is the comforting thought. He then becomes a primary agent and takes over the primary responsibilities of ensuring that health index is transferred to the very remote level. Madam Temporary Speaker, apart from the medical practitioner or the general doctor who has overall general interest ... view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: They have already spelt out some of them, one, is effective delivery of integrated, comprehensive and quality community health services. That to me is a critical factor. That should be the object not an officer marooning around displaying his positions. The effect should be effective delivery of integrated, comprehensive and quality community health services. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: The second objective of this community health is to provide quick access to the basic health facilities. The third one is to provide the framework to coordinate these functions at the village level. The fourth one is to entrench the role of the community in providing the services for that group that may be around that region. view
• 6 Jul 2021 in Senate: The fifth one is to develop the mechanisms and criteria for recognition, certification and accreditation of community health workers. Do not forget that these are people who are springing up from the community where they are. They are best suited to know what ailments and elements disturb the community where they stay. They are able to transmit that critical information. They have the trust of the village. Therefore, they can be entrusted with information, which can be available to the wider group of health workers who can assess, examine and roll out the health community measures that will alleviate those ... view