Volume I Issue 2
NCD Alliance Kenya (NCDAK)
About the Anvil
Newsletter
Dear esteemed members
and friends of NCDAK,
The Anvil is a monthly bulle-
tin to provide feedback to
members and other stake-
holders we engage with. In
the bulletin, NCDAK also
provides space for its mem-
ber organizations, partners
and individuals who have
events to share and learn.
Based on this, we call upon
you to support NCDAK in
meeting this cause by provid-
ing small write-ups (2-3
paragraphs) of your activities
and action photos for featur-
ing. We thank you all and
look forward to continued
support and cooperation.
Inside this issue:
The NCD Navigator 1
Tool
Supreme Court dismisses 2
lawsuit by BAT
Cancer Advocacy and 2
Communication Plan
NCDAK Media Engage- 3 tion, identify gaps as the country rolls out
ment Training
Training of the NCD 4
advocates—OVOV
November 2019
The Anvil
Inside NCDAK: Systems Strengthening
I
Financial
n a bid to strengthen organizational capac- Management
ity and provide quality service delivery to
its members and persons living with NCDs,
NCDAK secretariat through support of the Good
Membership
Global NCD Alliance initiated development of Growth Governance
financial policy, human resources management
procedures, monitoring and evaluation sys-
tems, branding and marking plan, communica-
Quality Assurance
tion strategy, and advocacy strategy. The draft (M&E)
policies and procedures have been shared
with board for further review and inputs.
Once completed, these policies will not only Organizational Systems Strengthening schema.
Source: Adapted from KnowlegeBrief
enhance internal operations but will also help
NCDAK, its members and person living with “Systems strengthening is key for organisational
NCDs to play a more strategic role in work- development and better health outcomes for persons
ing with the Government of Kenya and other living with NCDs.” Gideon Ayodo, Program Manager,
stakeholders to deliver effective NCD health
NCDAK
interventions both at the National and
County levels.
The NCD Navigator Tool
T
he NCD ICC has prioritized mapping of veloped an NCD stakeholders' navigator tool
NCD stakeholder initiatives across the that will be used to electronically map out and
country in a bid to facilitate better coordina- annually update NCD prevention and control
activities in the country. The registration por-
Universal Health Coverage and reviews its tal is accessible at: https://
NCD Strategic Plan. Towards this, the Minis- ee.humanitarianresponse.info/x/#8cKhXcQh
try of Health in collaboration with NCD Alli-
ance of Kenya, PATH and other partners de-
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Millions go down the drain as MES machines unused

Taxpayers are losing mil-
lions of shillings on leasing
medical equipment for spe-
cialised healthcare that are
still unpacked and lying idle
while the contractors con-
tinue to laugh all the way to
the bank. While the project
is in its fourth of a seven-
year contract, the benefits
Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital on April, 6 2017 receives an
electric delivery bed as part of a consignment under the Medical to the health sector are yet
Equipment Services. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
to be felt in many counties.
A majority of the 123 hospitals earmarked as beneficiaries
of the Managed Equipment Services (MES) project are not
using the equipment. The devolved units each paid Sh95.7
million for the kits in the 2015/16, 2016/17 and 2017/18
financial years. The Saturday Nation of November 30, 2019
reported that the machines remain idle due to lack of elec-
tricity, specialists like anaesthetists, water and connection
to sewer lines. A report tabled before a Senate ad hoc
committee looking into the MES project shows that digital
X-ray machines, which were installed in 15 counties, lack
adequate electricity supply and so they are unused.

Supreme Court Ruling and presser on Tobacco Act

“The regulations conform

O n Tuesday 26 No-
vember 2019,
Kenya’s Supreme Court
to the constitution and its dismissed a court case
goal of protecting the lives
filed by British American
Tobacco (BAT) challeng-
of Kenyans.” Supreme
ing regulations that re-
Court Judge
quired the tobacco indus-
try compensate people
affected by tobacco use.
This is a major win for
the general public and
stakeholders working on
NCD prevention and con-
trol interventions.
After the court ruling,
Kenya Tobacco Control
Alliance (KETCA), Interna-
tional Institute for Legisla-
tive Affairs (IILA), NCDAK
and Kenya Network of
Cancer Organisations
(KENCO) held a press
briefing to disseminate
the ruling to the public
and applaud the court.
The organizations called
upon the ministry of
health to implement the
2% solatium fund for
compensation.

Feedback on Cancer Advocacy and

Communication Plan

T he Advocacy, Com-
munication and So-
cial Mobilisation (ACSM)
technical working group
(TWG) held its meeting
in the month of Novem-
ber at National Cancer
Control Program offices.
The meeting discussed
feedbacks from sub-
committees as well as
the interrogating the
status of the National
Cancer Communication
Plan. Each subcommittee
are responsible for the
implementation of the
National Cancer Control

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Cancer Advocacy and Communication Plan
Strategy pillars. During
this meeting, the discus-
sion focused mainly on
cancer prevention, early
detection and treatment
programs undertaken by
various stakeholders
across the country as
means of achieving the
strategy intents. In addi-
tion, the new members
NCD Alliance of Kenya Media Engagement Training
A two-day Media
engagement train-
ing was conducted for
the selected PLWNCDs
media champions,
NCDAK staff, and two
board members.
This training was sup-
ported by NCD Alliance
Training of the NCD advocates
T hrough the project
Our Views Our
Voices supported by
NCD Global Alliance,
NCDAK built the capac-
ity of twenty five (25)
NCD advocates from
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including World Health
Organizations (WHO)
and Jomo Kenyatta Uni-
versity of Agriculture and
Technology (JKUAT)
were also briefed on the
five pillars of the strategy
for their effective in-
Cancer awareness and screening at a past event. Source: UICC
volvement.
Global and facilitated by
Mr. Michael Kessler, a
media consultant. The
spaces for championing
issues affecting persons
living with NCDs in
training increased partici- Kenya.
pant’s knowledge and
skills on effective media NCD Alliance of Kenya Media Engage-
ment Training
engagement. The trained
participants will become
NCD media advocates
that will identify media
Kirinyaga, Nyeri, Embu
and Murang’a Counties.
The training was con-
have experience with
NCDs. The training
brought together per-
ducted by Ms. Foulata sons living with various
Kwena and Mr. Patrick NCDs and caregivers.
Borruet who are Train-
The training increased A map of participants NCDs
ers of Trainers who
experiences
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Kicking toxic agri-chemicals out of the way

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Enough NCDs! Leave no one behind
The NCDAK, Kenya Organic Agriculture Network (KOAN), Route to
Food Initiative (RTFI), Biosafety and Biodiversity Association of Kenya
(BIBA Kenya), and the Resources Oriented Development Initiative (RODI
Kenya) held a one day sensitization meeting with the Parliamentary Health
Committee on November 11, 2019, at Hilton Garden. The group had peti-
tioned the parliament to summon the Kenya Products Control Board
(PCPB) demanding withdrawal from the Kenyan markets chemicals that
have been proved to have harmful health and environmental effects due to
potential chronic health effects, environmental persistence, high toxicity
towards fish or bees. The main objective is to get these toxic agro-
chemicals out of our food system.

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About the Anvil

Training of the NCD advocates
participants’ knowledge about
NCDs and will strengthen their
meaningful involvement in the pre-
vention and control advocacy initia-
tives.
This will create county based advocacy
network of PLWNCDs, ‘nothing about us,
without us’ with adequate capacity to in-
fluence policymakers, civil society,
healthcare providers, and relevant pri-
vate sector to create an enabling envi-
ronment that promote meaningful in-
volvement, investment and truly ‘put
people first’.
Training practical sessions
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struck (or "worked"). They were
at one time very commonplace
and have acquired symbolic
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tarian objects. The Anvil bulletin
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