Stowelink, in collaboration with other organizations, including the International Institute for Legislative Affairs (IILA), put up a spirited campaign on World Health Day to advocate for the elimination of trans fats in foods. The campaign brought together over 80 advocates who leveraged the power of social media to spread the message far and wide. TheContinue reading “STOWELINK COLLABORATES WITH IILA TO CHAMPION TRANSFAT ADVOCACY ON WORLD HEALTH DAY”
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STOWELINK TRAINS YOUTH GROUPS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND NCDS
Youth groups in Roysambu sub-county (Nairobi), were trained on Climate Change and NCDs by Stowelink. Stowelink has been implementing the Co-benefit NCDs and Climate Change project in partnership with the Non-Communicable Diseases Alliance Kenya (NCDAK). The aim of the project being to reduce the negative impact and vulnerability of Non-communicable Diseases among young people. ItContinue reading “STOWELINK TRAINS YOUTH GROUPS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND NCDS”
STOWELINK CPO MAKES A KEYNOTE PRESENTATION DURING A DIABETES TALK WITH BREAKING BARRIERS YOUTH INITIATIVE
In the run-up to World Diabetes Day (WDD) 2022, Breaking Barriers Youth Initiative organized a Diabetes talk to sensitize members on this chronic non-communicable disease. Our Chief Program Officer, Mr. Oduor Kevin was invited to give a keynote presentation on the disease and explain more about World Diabetes Day commemorated annually on 14th November. DiabetesContinue reading “STOWELINK CPO MAKES A KEYNOTE PRESENTATION DURING A DIABETES TALK WITH BREAKING BARRIERS YOUTH INITIATIVE”
STOWELINK EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFFICER WINS DURING WORLD HEART DAY AWARDS 2022
Stowelink’s executive leader and the External Relations Officer (ERO) wins the Best Individual Award for the World Heart Day Awards 2022. Naila Chebet Koech who joined many others in creating posters in support of the World Heart Day on the 29th of September 2022, was nominated for the Best Individual Poster Award Category. After votesContinue reading “STOWELINK EXTERNAL RELATIONS OFFICER WINS DURING WORLD HEART DAY AWARDS 2022”
STOWELINK PARTICIPATES AT THE NCD NAVIGATOR MEETING AT CROWN PLAZA HOTEL
In January 2021, Stowelink signed up on National NCD Navigator tool. Being a key player in the NCDs field, Stowelink joined other organization to fill this dynamic mapping too for NCD program which shows the scale of activities across the country with real-time data and visualization. Developed by PATH in collaboration with the Ministry ofContinue reading “STOWELINK PARTICIPATES AT THE NCD NAVIGATOR MEETING AT CROWN PLAZA HOTEL”
HOW WAZEE PAMOJA LEAGUE IS ADDRESSING NCDS THROUGH FOOTBALL
In a bid to take the NCDs conversation to the next level, Stowelink’s partner —Wazee Pamoja League has embraced an innovative way to tackle NCDs —Football. Football is a sport that is marked by use of physical energy. A systematic review by Sarmento et al., 2021 (Recreational football is medicine against non-communicable diseases) demonstrated theContinue reading “HOW WAZEE PAMOJA LEAGUE IS ADDRESSING NCDS THROUGH FOOTBALL”
STOWELINK PARTICIPATES IN THE AFROPHC WORKSHOP ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FUNDING IN AFRICA
Stowelink was invited to the AfroPHC workshop to represent young people and NCD organizations in Africa. Representing Stowelink at the workshop, Mr. Oduor Kevin (Chief Programs Officer-Stowelink) advocated for integration of NCDs services into the primary health care. While recognizing that limited funding options and the increasing financial downtime orchestrated by COVID-19 may be blamedContinue reading “STOWELINK PARTICIPATES IN THE AFROPHC WORKSHOP ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE FUNDING IN AFRICA”
STOWELINK PARTNERS WITH JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY AND OTHERS FOR A HEALTH DRIVE
Stowelink partnered with the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and technology in a medical camp aimed at creating awareness about diseases and promoting good health and wellbeing. Stowelink was one of the partners for JKUAT Health drive which saw incredible number of students receive a wide array of medical checkup. Some of the medical servicesContinue reading “STOWELINK PARTNERS WITH JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY AND OTHERS FOR A HEALTH DRIVE”
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