Health
Our healthcare services reach over 390,000 people in over 700 villages.
The Public Health Program aims to build healthy communities through health education, disease prevention, and health promotion. Public health services are crucial in defending against poverty. A missed diagnosis is not only life-threatening but also could put entire families at risk of losing their only form of income. HopeCore empowers clients to take control of their health and that of their families by providing clear and context-specific health information combined with accessible and free clinical service being offered through a range of community touchpoints.
Community Health Workers
1265+ Community Health Workers
Community Health strategy is crucial in achieving universal health coverage. It is an approach through which households and communities strengthen their role in their own health by increasing their knowledge, skills, and participation. At the heart of this strategy are community health workers and community members trained to render certain basic health services to the communities they come from.
Achievements in Community Health in 2023:
275,091
Household visits conducted by Community Health Volunteers
95,003
Clients were screened for hypertension
2,480
Support and mentorship visits conducted by HopeCore
6,968
Number of pregnant mothers visited by Community Health Volunteers
Maternal and Child Health
Maternal Child Health
One in every 19 children does not survive to his/her 5th birthday. Maternal deaths remain unacceptably high, accounting for 14% of all deaths in women aged 15-49. Most of all these deaths are preventable.
HopeCore’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) program aims to address this challenge through mobile, community-based MCH clinics conducted in central community locations or in homes to ensure clinics are geographically accessible and mothers are comfortable.
Our experienced healthcare teams conduct mobile MCH clinics across 516 villages in Mwimbi and Muthambi sub-counties. The teams conduct health education, provide free treatment services, supplementation of micronutrients such as vitamin A to under-five children, prenatal multivitamins, deworming of all children under five years, nutritional assessment, and offer family planning to women.
Achievements in Maternal Child Health 2023:
2,892
Children were treated in our mobile clinics
3,274
Parents were educated
411
Family planning clients consulted
93
Maternal Child Health Clinics Conducted
School Health
HopeCore's School Health Program partners with 200 schools and the Ministry of Education to implement mobile clinics with treatment services and education, a health club program with trained Teacher Health Champions, a malaria prevention program, and extensive WASH and eye health programs. This active partnership has been ongoing since 2014.
Mobile Clinics & Treatment Services
9,674 students received free health services in 2023
Lack of access to quality treatment services is a significant problem among the students in our partner schools. Most children have no health insurance, and when they get sick, they delay treatment with the hope that it will resolve on its own; others resort to self-medication. The result is drug resistance, complications from otherwise simple infections that could have easily been treated on time, and missing class time. Our treatment services in schools aim to bridge this gap through screening of common illnesses, providing diagnosis and treatment. Services provided by our clinical teams include free treatment services and medication, routine deworming, follow-up visits to those treated to ensure adherence to the treatment plan, and referral of complex cases.
Health Education
82,804 Students Educated in 2023
Education of students on health and hygiene issues enables them to develop healthy behaviors. Empowered children not only grow into healthy adults but also are able to influence those around them, thereby enhancing the health status of their communities.
Through direct education by HopeCore staff, mobilization and creation of health clubs, and training Teacher Health Champions, we are empowering students and teachers in over 500 schools to be health change agents in their communities. HopeCore has an age-appropriate health curriculum for lower primary, upper primary, and secondary school students. We have educated over 400 teachers (1-2 teachers from each of our 200 partner schools) and certified them as Teacher Health Champions in the schools. 269 students have been trained and certified as school-based youth peer providers, and the health clubs provide a platform for sustainable health education in schools.
Malaria Prevention
46,299 Nets Distributed
HopeCore distributes free mosquito nets to the entering class of every partner school. HopeCore has distributed 46,299 nets to the community. Every distribution is accompanied by education on malaria prevention. Additionally, nets are distributed through the clinic when mothers are seen for their prenatal visits.
Eye Health
94,753 + Children Screened for Vision since 2020
Many factors contribute to a child’s ability to perform in school; good vision is key. Children’s eyes are constantly in use in the classroom and on the playground. When their vision is not functioning properly, their education and participation in sports can be hampered.
Over 75% of visual impairment results from preventable causes. According to the Kenya Ministry of Health report of October 2019, of the 7.5 million Kenyans who need eye health services, only 21.3% are able to access eye health from either public or private facilities. Furthermore, interventions targeting child eye health associated with schooling and development have been lacking.
HopeCore is screening the entire school district for visual impairment. We have identified and partnered with DOT eyeglasses to provide refractive error correction with eyeglasses free of charge.
Clinic & Laboratory
3,370 Patients Seen in our office clinic in 2023
An extension of our child Maternal Health Program, our Chogoria static, office-based clinic was launched in 2015 and offers services in medical consultation, family planning, laboratory services, cervical cancer screening, child wellness program, antenatal care, HIV counseling and testing, and youth services.
The nurses and clinical officers working in the static clinic also manage a 24/7 health hotline. Community Health Volunteers, HopeCore’s mobile clinic nurses, and other HopeCore Field Officers can provide community members with the health hotline number as an immediate referral for on-demand health information. Mothers who attend our clinic for their prenatal visits are also given a mosquito net for malaria prevention.