Medcan Naweza

08/09/2018

Our KEMRI research partner, Benard, giving an update on the progress of our AFYACHAT SMS research project! Also, please check out our website for more blog posts (link in bio)!

07/17/2018

Success Against an Infection That Blinds ... our projects in Kenya with Dr. Sidiqa have the same mission! And like this project in Nepal, our community health workers are key players to achieving our health outcomes

Following a 20-year campaign, trachoma has been eliminated as a public health menace in at least seven poor countries.

10/17/2017

Last Thursday was World Sight Day - here's a throwback from 2015 with Sidiqa training the Lewa team on how to use the autorefractor!

02/15/2017

Naweza had a fabulous 7th trip! Our existing partnerships are stronger than ever and the potential in Uganda has left us very excited. We are home safe and sound. Check out the blog! www.medcannaweza.com/blog-entries/

01/28/2017

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01/27/2017

Three more sleeps until we are back in Kenya, our favorite place!!!

12/23/2016

Happy holidays from our team to yours!!

11/15/2016

Dr. Michael and Benard were at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Conference presenting our poster on Community-based screening for cardiovascular risk using a novel mHealth technology in rural Kenya. It was a hit!
http://www.astmh.org/annual-meeting

07/31/2016

Sunday funday! Medcan Naweza is at the Lewa Conservancy attending a session on arthritis led by Dr. Ed

07/14/2016

The supplies are arriving! Medcan Naweza is gearing up for the next outreach. We will arrive at the Field Marsham Medical Clinic on July 25th and on July 30th. Sneak peak at our packing list: donated cryotherapy machines for cervical cancer screening, ophthalmoscopes for the eye clinic and a noncommunicable disease teaching kit, we cannot contain our excitement!

11/02/2015

Nighttime flashlight visual acuity screening, better than turning people away who waited all day!
https://instagram.com/p/9mVoDUCE7S/

“On Medcan Naweza's 5th outreach, we had people lined up all day to be seen, some even waiting at the Lewa Clinic before we arrived. Here, Dr. Sidiqa and…”

10/29/2015

Short Film on Medcan Naweza and how it is helping improve healthcare on our outreaches.

Alex Friel, Medcan Naweza's Registered Dietitian, is interviewed with the local community healthcare workers;

"...biggest goal is to create something sustainable. So we don't want to come in, see people once, twice and then leave. We are working on training the people on the ground...to further develop their skills and use us as a resource...Ultimately, its theirs [locals] and they are driving it."

Lewa Wildlife Conservancy Medcan Naweza