Sylvia Mueni Kasanga

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• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I beg to give Notice of the Motion- THAT, AWARE THAT according to the World Health Organization, globally 10 per cent of pregnant women and 13 per cent of women who have just given birth experience a mental condition, referred to as perinatal depression, which is higher in developing countries with 15.6 per cent during pregnancy, and 19.8 per cent after child birth; FURTHER AWARE that women who go through stillbirth and those that lose their children during delivery are taken to the general maternity ward where other mothers with healthy babies are recovering, causing them mental ... view
• 22 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
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: NOTING THAT integrating mental health care into primary healthcare settings requires training in psychiatric care and providing consulting support to primary care providers, considering that there are not enough mental health care providers to meet the current and growing need for mental health services; APPRECIATING THAT the Health Act under Section 6 (1) (b) provides that every person has a right to reproductive health care which includes the right of access to appropriate health care services that will enable mothers go safely through pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period which should include the integration of mental health in perinatal care ... view
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: (3) establish counseling facilities at all county health facilities providing counseling therapy to mothers who lose their children through miscarriage, during delivery, or through stillbirth. I thank you. view
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to add my voice. I thank Sen. Kwamboka for this amendment. A lot has been said but these are some of the things you wonder that they have to be put in legislation because there has been precedence. We are all children of Maziwa yaNyayo . Those of us who went through the 8-4-4 system of education are strong, hardworking, go getters and we persevere. I believe it is because of this background of the healthy lifestyle we had when we drank Maziwa ya Nyayo . This milk was distributed without fear ... view
• 22 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
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: priority we are giving our children, thereby investing for the future. Let me also add this one because there has been a big conversation going on. The social determinants of mental health starts when children are young and it is largely to do with diet and nutrition. The Ministry of Education and other ministries that have to do with children must realise that in as much as we have free education, which is very commendable, we must mop up all children from home and take them to pre-primary, primary and secondary school. At the same time, we must ensure they ... view
• 22 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me start by congratulating Sen. (Dr.) Ali for this very comprehensive Bill. It is actually very exciting to see that we are proposing to bring order to a place that has been stigmatized with disorder. I am happy listening to the two Senators among them Sen. Sakaja, who seconded the Bill. It is really time to start looking at our vendors differently. They will contribute heavily to our economy once everything has been put to order. It is interesting that when you go to the village, you will find that our market places are ... view
• 14 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order 47(1) to make a statement on the Kenya Mental Health Action Plan (2021-2025). Kenya was ranked sixth with the highest number of depression cases among African countries by a 2017 WHO report. The report further stated that in Kenya, one in four people is likely to suffer from a mental illness. The Kenya Mental Health Policy 2015-2030 indicates that mental disorders have risen exponentially in Kenya. A total of 20 to 25 per cent of outpatients seeking primary healthcare present symptoms of a mental illness. Stigma and discrimination are a major ... view
• 14 Jul 2021 in Senate: and psychosocial support strategies and measures are critical in the short and long term responses. The Kenya Mental Health Policy 2015-2030 provides a framework on the intervention for securing mental health system reforms in Kenya. That is in line with the Constitution of Kenya 2010, Vision 2030 and the Kenya Health Policy 2014-2030, the Health Act 2017 and global commitments. Article 43(1)(a) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 provides that every person has a right to the highest attainable standard of health which include the right to healthcare services which necessarily includes mental health. The 65th World Health Assembly of ... view