{"id":4892,"date":"2021-04-14T18:47:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T18:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialinitiative.se\/milton-and-fred-ochieng\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T12:13:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T12:13:10","slug":"milton-and-fred-ochieng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialinitiative.se\/en\/social-entrepreneurs\/milton-and-fred-ochieng\/","title":{"rendered":"Milton and Fred Ochieng"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\r\n\t\tThe brothers who save lives in rural Kenya\r\n\t<\/h2><\/div>\r\n\t
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In 2012, Lwala initiated a Community Health Worker Programme, where they recruit and educate traditional birth attendants (women who have assisted during home births). The educated women make home visits in the villages. They make sure the women give birth at hospitals or health centres, follow up to ensure that the children are vaccinated, educate families in nutrition and sanitation, diagnose and refer cases, and sometimes treat simple health conditions such as malaria or diarrhoea.<\/p>\n

As a consequence of the successful results Lwala has accomplished with their methods, the health ministry in Migori, western Kenya, asked them to expand their model to the entire area of Migori, with one million inhabitants. Social Initiative supports Lwala in its expansion.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]\r\n\t

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