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K-MET Community Clinics
K-MET Community Clinics
Not-for-profit
Year launched: 2000Existing or expanding (post-pilot)
Target geography
Target Population
Target income level
- Bottom 20%
- Lower-middle income (20-40%)
- Middle-income (40-60%)
Health focus
- Dentistry
- Family planning and reproductive health
- HIV/AIDS
- Maternal, newborn and child health
- Primary care
Summary
K-MET runs two clinics located in slums in Kisumu East district with a focus on maternal and child health. Through PPPs the clinic also offers Home Based Care and Outpatient Therapeutic Programs to address challenges in HIV/AIDS care and malnutrition respectively.Program goals
The clinics are a response to the lack of health infrastructure, including human resources for service provision in the target area. The long distances to health facilities caused a great lack of access to maternal health care in the district. This was worsened by poor transport infrastructure to referral services for emergencies, resulting in high mortality rates.
Key program components
The clinics' activities include provision of antenatal and postnatal care services; child welfare clinic; outpatient treatment; family planning services; an outpatient therapeutic program and laboratory services,cervical and breast cancer screening, pharmaceutical services, dental services and maternal ultrasounds by midwives. The clinics are also referral centers for the Home-Based Care (HBC) program, which deals mainly with the persons living with HIV/AIDS. Usually, the HBC team conducts outreach programs including home visits and health education campaigns which address opportunistic infections and the consequent importance of preventive measures. In addition these campaigns attract clients requiring treatment to the clinic. The KMET Clinics are also implementation sites for the OTP program focused on nutrition and deals mainly with severely malnourished and moderately malnourished children of ages 6 – 59 months. The OTP is a tripartite intervention implemented between KMET, Ministry of Health and Concern Worldwide. KMET has partnered with World Health Partners and created a a telemedicine program in Kenya. The project has 12 facilities and 80 CHVs networked.
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