Dr. Greg Ganda

05/09/2026

03/09/2026

Turning creativity into a powerful tool for health education! 🩸❤️

Today, we hosted a passionate group of young artists who are using their talent to create awareness about Sickle Cell Disease in our communities.

The team has already been active in Nyalenda, using plays and skits to engage, educate, and spark conversations around sickle cell. Their ambition is to reach even more young people — particularly in schools and communities — and create an even greater impact.

We agreed to work together to incorporate their creative approach into our health education activities, bringing health messages to life in ways that people can relate to, enjoy, and remember.

When young people combine talent, creativity, and purpose, we can take health education beyond the classroom and clinic and right into the heart of our communities.

03/09/2026

Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from Kisii County, led by CEC Ronald, for an exchange visit focused on the integration of HIV services and digitization in Kisumu County.

Counties continue to learn from one another, sharing experiences, innovations, and practical solutions that strengthen service delivery. By learning from each other, we grow together.

The delegation visited Railway Hospital and Lumumba County Hospital, where they observed how services are delivered, with particular focus on the integration of HIV services into routine care and the use of digital systems to support health service delivery.

They also visited the Kisumu County Data Centre, which serves as a central repository for health data from facilities across the county, supporting better data management, reporting, planning, and decision-making.

We appreciate our colleagues from Kisii County for choosing Kisumu as a learning partner. Such exchanges remind us that when counties share knowledge and innovations, the ultimate beneficiaries are our communities.

We learn from one another, we innovate together, and we grow together. 🤝🏾

27/08/2026

Joined our Deputy Governor Dr Mathew Owili as he presided over the opening of the 26th Annual HuQAS Scientific Conference in Kisumu.

Kisumu has firmly entrenched a culture of quality within its laboratory services. We are proud to be the county with the highest number of accredited laboratories outside Nairobi, reflecting our commitment to quality diagnostics and better patient care.

Importantly, all our non-accredited public laboratories are now on a structured quality improvement programme, with the goal of ensuring that quality becomes the standard across the entire county laboratory network.

Congratulations to Dr Hellen Ogolla for her leadership in driving this important agenda and to the entire laboratory team for their dedication.

Quality in our laboratories ultimately means confidence in our diagnoses, better clinical decisions, and better outcomes for our people.

21/08/2026

20/08/2026

After a long day — and a long week in Nairobi — it was good to come back to the ground and visit the proposed site for the Mother and Child Unit at Kisumu County Referral Hospital.

And there is already visible movement on the ground.

Over the weekend, bulldozers cleared the old staff houses and the incinerator was relocated. Yesterday, the remaining old structures were brought down to create the space needed for the new facility.

This is part of the commitment made by His Excellency President William Samoei Ruto to the leadership of Kisumu on this request during his visit to the county, and reaffirmed last week during the meeting between the Cabinet Secretary for Health and the Governor.

What will rise here is a 250-bed comprehensive Mother and Child Hospital, bringing specialized maternal and newborn services together in one centre.

The planned facility will include:

* Two theatres for maternal care
* Two neonatal theatres
* A Maternal High Dependency Unit (HDU)
* Maternal Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
* A Newborn Unit and Neonatal ICU
* Hostels for mothers whose babies are receiving care in the newborn unit
* Comprehensive outpatient services

This is more than a new building. It is an investment in the safety of mothers and newborns and in the capacity of Kisumu County to provide increasingly specialized care close to home.

The ground has been cleared. Now we build.

My appreciation to PS Ouma Oluga Dr Hezron Omollo and Dr W Aruasa for the extra work they are putting in to see Kisumu benefit from this.

18/08/2026

17/08/2026

Quick photo with the South Korea ambassador and Peter Chun’s parents ahead of the conference. Extreme right is Peter himself.