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The functions of this
department include:
- To coordinate Health Services
through health centers, dispensaries, clinics and
community based health care.
- To promote pastoral care of the
sick in all medical units.
- To coordinate training and skills
upgrading programs for health workers in health units.
- To promote collaboration with the
KCS Health department,
Government of Kenya, and other NGO's and churches.
- To promote Catholic faith, values
and ethics.
This department has the following
sections:
Small Homes Section
This section serves to:
• Create awareness in the communities on their role and need to care
for disabled persons in the villages.
• Identify physically and mentally disabled persons in the villages.
• Admit and assess the growth of disabled children. Arrange for
physiotherapy and assess appliances used.
• Organize sessions of disabled children into homes and schools.
• Establish management communities in homes and other levels.
Community Based Health Care Services (CBHCS)
This was started In January 1997. During its first year of operation,
it carried out preparatory work in 5 pilot areas. It trained several
trainers and established its office and field linkages- CBHCS is now
universally recognized for giving the concept of primary health care a
practical meaning.
The Primary Health Care concept emphasizes the importance of involving
people in recognizing and resolving their health problems. This
section aims to reach and encourage people to be self-reliant, to use
what they know and therefore to improve their own health conditions.
Aids Education and Prevention Program
This section was started in 1999 on a pilot basis within the Eldoret
municipality and gradually spread out to each deanery.
Its functions include:
• To coordinate STD/HIV/AIDS activities.
• To Promote education awareness on AIDS prevention.
• To organize counseling of AIDS victims and their relatives.
• To promote income generating activities for the unemployed AIDS
patients.
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