News stories by Sicily Kariuki

  1. United Towards Achieving Health For All in Kenya

    - Inter Press Service

    NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec 18 (IPS) - Sicily Kariuki is the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health in Kenya. Siddharth Chatterjee is the United Nations Resident Coordinator to Kenya.

    According to Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, the implementation of UHC is "more a political than an economic challenge".

  2. Breaking the silence on Gender Based Violence

    - Inter Press Service

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    KILIFI COUNTY, Kenya, Jul 01 (IPS) - The Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is establishing and strengthening sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) recovery centres in the country. One such center was launched at the Kilifi County Hospital on 01 July 2016 in collaboration with the Kilifi County Government.

  3. Gender Equality and Equity in Health Will Anchor Drive Towards a Sustainable National Development

    - Inter Press Service

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    NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr 13 (IPS) - Last month, the Government of Kenya (GoK) in partnership with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) at the sidelines of the 60th Session of the UN Commission of Women in New York, launched the report on the ‘Assessment of the UNFPA Campaign to End Preventable Maternal and New-born Mortality in support of the Campaign for Accelerated Reduction of Maternal Mortality in Africa'

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