Linda Mama provides a package of basic health services accessed by all in the targeted population on the basis of need and not ability to pay, positioning Kenya on the pathway to Universal Health Coverage ( UHC). A public funded health scheme that will ensure that pregnant women and infants have access to quality and affordable health services. Linda mama’s goal is to “Achieve universal cases to maternal and child health services and contribute to the country’s progress towards UHC”. Download Linda Mama Bochure
Why NHIF?
Assist in waiving user fee at National Level and Improving access to Healthcare and giving social protection to all Kenyans. NHIF has an expanded provider network to include not only the public but both private and faith based facilities. Provision of a registration platform to track beneficiaries of the cover through a mobile platform.
ANTE NATAL CARE PACKAGE Antenatal profile
Hemoglobin levels (Hb)
Blood group
Rhesus
Serology (VDRL/RPR)
Screening for tuberculosis (TB Screening)
HIV testing including counseling
Urinalysis
Preventive services
Tetanus toxoid
– T.T. 1- Given to primigravida or on first contact
– T.T. 2- Given not less than 4 weeks after T.T. 1
– T.T 3- Given during the second pregnancy any time before 32 weeks of gestation
– T. T. 4- Given during the third pregnancy any time before 32 weeks of gestation
– T. T. 5- Given during the fourth pregnancy and offers protection for life
Malaria prophylaxis
– Given at 4 weeks interval from 16 weeks to term in malaria endemic areas.
– Issue long lasting insecticidal net (LLIN)
Deworming
– Mebendazole 500 mg given once in the second trimester
Iron and Folate
– Ferrous fumarate (Combined Tablet-60mg iron and 400 µg folic acid) or any other available
– 1st visit- If below 16 weeks, give 90 tablets
– 2nd visit- At 28 weeks, give 90 tablets
– 3rd visit- At 32 weeks give 60 tablets
– 4th visit- At 36 weeks give 30 tablets
Prevention of Mother to Child transmission (PMTCT)
For mothers who have tested HIV positive, administer ARVs to mother and baby as recommended
POST NATAL CARE
Postpartum period- From the time of expulsion of the placenta up to 42 days (6 weeks). Comprises of at least four focused personalized visits or assessments after birth to at least 6 months post-natal. Recommended as follows:-
Within 48 hours after birth
Mother
– Analgesics
– Vitamin A (200,000 iu)
– Iron and folate supplements
– Issue long lasting insecticidal net (LLIN)
– Appropriate Family Planning method
– If HIV positive, treat as appropriate
– Treat or refer any complications
Newborn
– Tetracycline eye ointment (1%)
– Vitamin K
– Immunization (Immunization and birth polio)
– Infant prophylaxis for HIV if indicated
– Treat or refer any complications
Within 1- 2 weeks after birth
Mother and baby
– Screen for cervical cancer, Sexually transmitted infections, Tuberculosis,
– Give treatment/ preventive measures if not previously administered
– Treat or refer any complications
Within 4- 6 weeks after birth
Mother
– Family Planning method of choice
– Screen for cervical cancer, Sexually transmitted infections, Tuberculosis,
– Treat any complications as detected
Infant
– Immunizations as per schedule
– Early infant diagnosis if mother is HIV positive
– Treat any complications as detected
Within 4- 6 months after birth
Mother
– Offer Family Planning method of choice
– Screen for cervical cancer, Sexually transmitted infections, Tuberculosis
– Treat any complications as detected
Infant
– Immunizations as per schedule
– Vitamin A supplementation
Nairobi County Governor, Hon Mike Sonko, has offered 150 buses to ferry fans to watch the Harambee stars versus Ethiopia African Cup Of Nations, AFCON, clash on Sunday 14 october 2018. Through a press statement, Hon. Sonko says: “The decision was reached following the national government ‘s decision to allow Kenyans to watch the Sunday game (October 14, 2018) free of charge.” The presser, dated 11/10/2018, was written by Mr. Elkana Jacob, the Director of the Governor’s Press Service.
Earlier, today, the Ministry of Sports announced that there shall be no gate charges for the all important clash, on Sunday. Kenya will book a ticket to next year’s AFCON finals if they beat the Ethiopians, on Sunday. Governor Sonko’s gesture ‘is in a bid to support Sports culture in the country and ensure Kenyans are able to cheer their team to win the match against Ethiopia’.
The security sector should now come up with elaborate plans and measures to prevent crowd trouble due to inflated numbers of Kenyans expected to throng the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, on Sunday. Elsewhere, the Harambee Stars Kipper, Victor Wanyama, has passionately rallied Kenyans to come out in masses to support the local boys. He says if Kenyans create an atmosphere like that witnessed in Ethiopia for their team, on Wednesday, then the Stars will definately carry the maximum points from Sunday’s match.
AlShabab suspected militia have killed 2 non- local teachers teaching at Arabia boys secondary school in Mandera East; North Eastern Region. The Alshabab bombed the school’s teachers quarter, burning it down, leading to the death of the 2 teachers. It is reported that the bodies of the 2 slain teachers are still trapped in the rubles of the collapsed building’s walls. This incident comes as hostility against non local teachers teaching in North Eastern continues.
The Teachers Service Commission, TSC, shall observe public holidays as outlined in the Kenyan constitution, National legislation or any other day as may be gazetted by the Government.
Teachers shall, therefore, be off duty during such days, unless specified otherwise.
These are the top ten women’s teams in Africa and Worldwide. No African team features in the top ten in the world! Kenya’s Harambee Starlets features nowhere.
Top 10 teams in Africa:
1. Nigeria
2. Ghana
3. Cameroon
4. South Africa
5. Equatorial Guinea
6. Ivory Coast
7. Morocco
8. Algeria
9. Senegal
10. Mali
World’s top 10 Women’s soccer teams:
1. USA
2. Germany
3. England
4. France
5. Canada
6. Australia
7. Japan
8. Brazil
9. Sweden
10. Netherlands
File photo- USA Women’s soccer team
HOW THE FIFA/COCA-COLA WORLD RANKING IS DONE
General Considerations
In the FIFA Women’s World Ranking (WWR) teams are ranked according to a value that is a measure of their actual strength. One of the benefits of this is that a considerable amount can be learned about the ranking value (or rating points) of a team.
Reasons for FIFA Women’s World Ranking
Promotion of the Women’s Game
Realistic Assessment: Putting Everyone in their Place
Statistical Analysis of the state of the Women’s Game
Equal Importance of Women’s and Men’s Football
Solid foundation: some 3000 games since 1971
Although a certain amount of mathematics is inevitable, the system used is still easily understandable and enables all interested parties to understand the teams’ movements, or even to calculate the Ranking themselves. Since the first match dates back to a little over 30 years ago (the first women’s international was held on 17 April 1971 when France faced the Netherlands), it has been possible to comprehensively catalogue the data about international women’s football.
FIFA Women’s World Ranking – Key Criteria Used
Result of the Match
Home vs away, or neutral ground
Importance of the match
Difference in WWR between the teams
Basics of the Ranking method
The basic formula of the WWR is in fact quite simple:
WWR,new = WWR,old + ( Actual – Predicted )
The result of a team’s match is converted into a value: “Actual”. Via some formulae, the difference in rating points (strength) results in a “Predicted” value.
Should the “Actual” value be better, then the new WWR will be higher than the old one. This is fair, as the team will have delivered more than was expected. The underachiever loses the same amount of rating points as their opponents have won; their “Predicted” result is greater than their “Actual” result, i.e. they have not done as well as expected.
A conclusion that can be drawn for this basic rule is that the rating points which a team earns for a win is dependent on the strength of the opponent. A win over an extremely weak team scarcely improves their standing in the WWR, while a win over a stronger team is awarded with a clear increase of the WWR value.
Actual Result of the Match
The actual match result is expressed in the “Actual Match Percentage”, A.
Of course winning or losing is the most important criterion, but goal difference and goals scored are also taken into account.
2. Neutral ground or Home vs. Away
To correct the value for a home advantage, the rating points of the Home team are enhanced by a value “H”. A glance at the historical results shows that teams perform better at home than away; the home teams keep 66% of the points, while the opponents return home with 34%. To neutralise this effect, a correction is made by enhancing the rating of the home team by a value of 100 points (corresponding to 64%).
3. Importance of the match
Competitive matches are a more precise measure of the strength of a team than a friendly.
This element is taken into account by introducing the Match Importance “M” factor, which has a maximum difference between competitions of a factor of four.
4. Difference in Rating Points
The difference in rating points between the two opponents is used to predict the result of the match. For each team the predicted match percentage “P” is expressed in a value between 0 and 1 as a function of the difference in rating points.
The scale of the rating points is chosen in such a way that the very best in the world can have rating points exceeding 2000, while absolute beginners score around 1000 rating points.
The Education cabinet Secretary, Dr. Amina Mohammed, has sent a strong warning to any one who may attempt to compromise this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Examinations, that kicked off yesterday. The CS, who was speaking after supervising the start of English paper one examinations at Murang’a boys high school this morning, said the government has put in place stringent measures to safeguard the credibility of the National tests.
“The Government has put in place careful and extensive measures to ensure that the outcome of these examinations is a true reflection of the effort and hard work of our candidates,” Dr. Amina said. The CS was speaking in relation to yesterday’s report that cases of cheating had been detected in Nyanza and western regions, yesterday, as the exams kicked off country wide.
The CS sounded a strong warning to those may indulge in examination malpractices. “Any attempts to contaminate the examination process will be detected and arrested immediately. I wish to send a warning to anybody attempting, contemplating or with the intention to interfere with this process, you will be detected, tracked down and apprehended,” the CS said.
She further advised parents and candidates to resist any attempts by any one to lure them into indulging in examination related malpractices; as the penalties attached are hefty. “The council (The Kenya National Examinations Council, KNEC) advises parents, candidates and other stake holders not to be duped into engaging in any activities that will compromise the ability of candidates to sit their examinations in a fair and stable environment,” Dr. Amina added.
Yesterday, at Monianku Secondary School, in Gucha South Sub-county of Kisii county, about 17 persons were arrested for alleged examination malpractices. Incidentally, Monianku secondary school hired outsiders to facilitate examination malpractices at the examination centre. 5 suspects were nabbed by the Gucha South OCPD, Mr. Vincent Kitili, in a house that is located next to the school’s compound. The 5 were in possession of a chemistry paper which was underway, at the time. Those arrested included: Irene Kivunja Mbone, Judith Nyambeki, Alex Ziko Akuma, Christopher Ogora and Makori Edwin.
After the day’s examinations, the police arrested more suspects for questioning. Those arrested included the school’s staff members and the Kenya National Examinations Council contracted field officers (Supervisor and invigilators). They were: Mutende John (the supervisor), Invigilators (Joel Omagwa, Edna Morwabe, Gideon Nyagaka, Benard Omoro, John Abuta, Ann Nyaboe and Joel Nyakwanya) and the school’s deputy principal, Mr. Peter Arori, who is also the deputy centre manager.
The police could, however, not arrest 2 other individuals believed to have played a role at the examination cheating process. The school bursar, Peter Onchieku, ran into hiding plus the owner of the cyber cafe where the chemistry paper was photocopied, Fred Okindo.
Photo (Courtesy of @sSiringi): Right; Nabbed exam cheating suspects at Monianku secondary School. Left; The photocopier that was used to duplicate the examination materials.
The Kenya National Examinations Council chair, Prof George Magoha, in his press statement last evening said: “An alert system, formidable KNEC guidelines and security measures put in place over the year today helped to detect, and nip in the bud, attempts to smuggle foreign materials into two examination centres – one in Nyanza and another in Western region. At least 15 people, including centre managers and invigilators of the two schools, were arrested and are in police custody arising from the two incidents. No candidate had been exposed to any foreign material by the time Council thwarted the ulterior motives.” Read full details here:KNEC: Status of KCSE, 2018, Examinations’ administration
The Kenya National examinations Council chairman, Prof. George Magoha, on Monday (5/11/2018) gave a statement on execution of the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Examination. In his address, Prof Magoha highlighted cases of attempted cheating in Nyanza and Western Regions that were blocked and culprits arrested. Reports indicate that one of the cases involved Monianku secondary school, in Gucha South Subcounty of Kisii County, Nyanza Region.
Here is the full press statement from the KNEC Chair:
“The Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) wishes to announce that the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination kicked off smoothly in all parts of the country today.
As has been the case over the last two years, all the more than 664,550 candidates sat the Mathematics Paper 1 and Chemistry Paper 1 that had not been seen before by anyone, a further confirmation that the 2018 KCSE examination will not be leaked. However, the Council wishes to inform the country of the following incidents:
An alert system, formidable KNEC guidelines and security measures put in place over the year today helped to detect, and nip in the bud, attempts to smuggle foreign materials into two examination centres – one in Nyanza and another in Western region. At least 15 people, including centre managers and invigilators of the two schools, were arrested and are in police custody arising from the two incidents. No candidate had been exposed to any foreign material by the time Council thwarted the ulterior motives.
Two candidates – one from Murang’a and Nyamira – died on the first day of the KCSE examination in unfortunate circumstances. The council wishes to send its sincere message of condolences to the affected families and friends.
The Council advises parents, candidates and other stakeholders not to be duped into engaging in any activities that will compromise the ability of candidates to sit their examinations in a fair and stable environment. The Council reiterates that all measures have been put in place to ensure a credible examination and that anyone with an intention of cheating will be subjected to the full force of the law.”
The tests enter day two on Tuesday morning (6/11/2018)
It is alleged that at Monianku Secondary, 17 people were arrested among them a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examination supervisor, seven invigilators and Monianku Secondary School’s deputy principal over suspicion of exam malpractice. Some of the arrested suspects were found in a house next to the school compound with copies of a chemistry exam paper which was still going on at that time. Those nabbed by the police were: Mr John Mutende, (supervisor) and invigilators Mr Joel Omagwa, Ms Edna Morwabe, Mr Gideon Nyagaka, Mr Bernard Omoro, Mr John Abuta, Ms Ann Nyaboke, Mr Joel Nyakwanya and Monianku Secondary School Deputy Principal Peter Arori.
Photo (Courtesy of @sSiringi): Right; Nabbed exam cheating suspects at Monianku secondary School. Left; The photocopier that was used to duplicate the examination materials.
NHIF is geared towards provision of accessible, affordable, sustainable, equitable and quality social health insurance through optimal utilization of resources, to the satisfaction of stakeholders.
INPATIENT SERVICES
This comprehensive in-patient health cover has been introduced for NHIF contributors and their dependants. The actualization of this package is a culmination of continued reforms at NHIF. Such reforms include efficiency, arising from decentralization of NHIF services and continued partnership with health providers on enhanced quality services to all members. To enhance these benefits, NHIF has contracted hospitals under three Categories; A, B & C, to provide this in-patient medical cover and partial cover for surgical cases in some of these hospitals. Our members are at liberty to attend hospitals under any category.
Under Category A (government hospitals), members would be able to enjoy full and comprehensive cover for maternity and medical diseases including surgery. In short, they will not need to pay for anything on admission provided they are fully paid up members of NHIF. Members admitted under contract Category B (private and mission) hospitals will enjoy full and comprehensive cover but where surgery is required, the contributor may be required to co-pay.
Those visiting facilities contracted under Category C (private) will continue with the current system where NHIF pays specified daily benefits under the current arrangements. NHIF will continue to negotiate with other health providers not appearing in the list below to determine which category of contract they will sign. Members will be informed of additional hospitals as and when they sign the contracts.
Below is a list of Hospitals, Number of Beds and Contracts covered by NHIF.
OUTPATIENT SERVICES
The National Hospital Insurance medical scheme is a social health insurance operated by NHIF. The scheme commenced out-patient services in July 2015. The scheme is yet another of the various health insurance products offered by the NHIF such as Civil Servants & Disciplined Services Medical Cover, Health Insurance Subsidy Programme for the poor, and elderly and people with severe disabilities. The National Health Insurance Scheme is affordable and all inclusive with the following features:
i. No exclusions for all medical conditions except cosmetic procedures
ii. No upper age limit for members to join
iii. No limitation on the number of declared dependants
The national scheme seeks to ensure that every individual and/or family enjoy comprehensive In-patient and Out-patient covers to save them from the effects of unpredictable and catastrophic spending on medical bills. The national scheme is a social comprehensive cover and health facilities have been contracted by NHIF country wide to provide the services under the scheme. NHIF acknowledges that many families without health insurance cover have been pushed into abject poverty and inhumane treatments such as detention in hospitals for their inability to pay medical bills or worse still, by disposing off valuable family assets.
It is easy to take a screen shot on any item displayed on the computer monitor or screen.
Press on the Windows button (that is between Control and Alt buttons on the lower right side of the keyboard) plus the Prt sc (Print Screen button) that is located between F12 and the Delete buttons.
Location of the print screen button on the computer keyboard
Location of the windows button on the computer keyboard
To access the captured screen shot, my pictures on your computer followed by screen shots.
