The National Gender and Equality Commission (NGEC) has convened hospitals, research institutions and government agencies to prepare an integrated socio-medical camp for the Ilimanyang community in Kapua, Turkana County.
The multi-stakeholder meeting, held at the Commission’s boardroom, followed the Commission’s recent field mission. It seeks to mobilise coordinated interventions on healthcare access, disability assessment, civil registration and social protection for the community.
THE PARTNERS
The meeting brought together representatives of the Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH), The Karen Hospital, the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA).
FROM NEEDS TO ACTION
The Commission is working to turn the community’s identified needs into practical interventions by combining medical expertise, research capacity, institutional resources and social protection services.
The Commission holds that access to healthcare, civil registration and social protection is a fundamental human rights imperative, and that no community should be left behind because of its geographical location or historical marginalization.
The Commission’s engagement with the Ilimanyang community in Kapua was reported in Edition 45 of the Equality Bulletin.
