Migori County Department of Health

02/06/2026

𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐄 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐋𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘.

The Migori County Department of Health Services, in collaboration with Kmet Kenya, today convened a dissemination meeting to share the findings of the SAFIRE Project Endline Evaluation Study.

The SAFIRE Project is an adolescent-focused health initiative aimed at strengthening access to Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) information and services, including Post-Abortion Care (PAC), particularly for adolescents and young people aged 10 - 24 years. The project has also enhanced community-based service delivery through pharmacies, clinics, and integration with public health systems, while leveraging digital innovations such as the KMET Digital Management Information System (DMIS) to support referrals, client tracking, quality assurance, and reporting aligned with the Kenya Health Information System (KHIS).

The dissemination forum provided an opportunity to review key achievements, lessons learned, and recommendations from the project implementation period, while informing future programming and policy decisions aimed at improving the health and well-being of adolescents and young people in Migori County.

The meeting was graced by the Chief Officer for Public Health and Sanitation, Ms. Marble Chanzu, Director of Public Health and Sanitation, CJ Ayungo, Deputy Director for Public Health and Sanitation Tom Odhong’, County Adolescent and Youth Health Coordinator Fredrick Ochieng', invited healthcare workers, representatives from KMET Kenya and other stakeholders.

The County Government of Migori remains committed to strengthening partnerships and evidence-based interventions that advance adolescent and youth health outcomes across the county.

02/06/2026

The Challenge Initiative(TCI) today today paid a courtesy call the the Department of health leadership in order to scale up their program, TCI supports local and County Governments in East Africa to implement several service delivery and demand generation and advocacy interventions and Migori County is one of them, in Migori County they are more focused on voluntary contraception intake and also help the county in realizing self reliance.
Also of much interest is the reproductive health, the support will continue for the next 5 years, the meeting was officiated by the CECM for health Caleb Opondi , also present was the Director Public Health CJ Ayungo together with his deputy Tom Odhong and his counterpart for Medical Services Dr. James Oduor.

29/05/2026

The Ministry of Health – Division of Reproductive and Maternal Health (DRMH), in collaboration with AMREF Health Africa and the Migori County Government Department of Health Services, has concluded a five Days Health Care Workers Training on Female Ge***al Fistula Management supported by AMREF Health Africa,
AMREF Health Africa, in partnership with the Migori County Government, M-PESA Foundation, Flying Doctors Society of Africa (FDSA), Mama Agnes Ochillo Foundation, and the Ministry of Health, have been supporting the Integrated Fistula Programme which has shifted from temporary surgical camps to sustainable, county-led services.
The purpose of the five days training is to strengthen healthcare workers’ capacity in prevention, identification, referral, clinical management, rehabilitation, and psychosocial support for women and girls affected by Female Ge***al Fistula, while improving the quality of reproductive, maternal, and newborn healthcare services within the county.
The meeting was attended by chief officer public health and sanitation Dr Marble Chanzu, Director public health and sanitation CJ Ayungo, Director Medical services Dr Dan Ochiel, Deputy Director Tom Odhong', Deputy RH coordinator Suzanne Agunda, among other health care workers.

25/05/2026

𝟑𝟎 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐏𝐄: 𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐒 𝐙𝐄𝐑𝐎 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐒.
Today, we celebrate 30 days with zero maternal deaths in Migori County a milestone that reflects the dedication of our healthcare workers, community teams, County leadership and partners committed to protecting mothers and newborns.

Every mother matters. Every life counts.

20/05/2026

In its pursuit for better service delivery, the department of health has made steps both in human resource and infrastructure at the County Referral Hospital, the inpatient kitchen has for a while been in a poor state.

Today the new kitchen is officially operational with state of the art cooking equipments and a permanently installed 100kg LPG and a hood for smoke outlet.

This will ensure proper hygiene for both patients and the staff operating in the kitchen, no more smoke and soot emulsions.

18/05/2026

12/05/2026

𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐔𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐈𝐆𝐎𝐑𝐈 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐘.

This morning, the Director for Public Health and Sanitation, Mr. CJ Ayungo, hosted a team from Population Services Kenya (PS Kenya) in his office for a courtesy call following the one-year extension of their support and partnership with Migori County.

The costed extension will serve as a strategic bridge ahead of the launch of the A360 program in July 2027, ensuring continuity of technical assistance to county governments and health facilities. The initiative aims to safeguard performance gains, maintain service quality, and uphold program fidelity while laying the foundation for scale-up to an additional 13 counties, alongside implementation of an adapted human capital component.

𝐊𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞:
- Providing targeted technical assistance to low-performing government-led sites to restore productivity levels closer to those achieved under A360-led implementation.

- Sustaining demand generation through community dialogues, adolescent clinic days, and engagement of peer mentors and educators.

- Supporting integration of Binti Shupavu activities into county work plans, budgets, and community strategies.

- Strengthening provider capacity through mentorship, supportive supervision, and continued rollout of client-led counseling approaches.

- Advancing policy and financing commitments for Adolescent and Youth Sexual and Reproductive Health (AYSRH) at both national and county levels.

- Maintaining focus on commodity security and consistent reporting through KHIS.

- Enhancing collaboration for holistic programming, including gender and education interventions, to strengthen linkages and referrals to TVET institutions for return-to-school opportunities.

- Providing technical assistance to the Ministry of Health to leverage lessons from the Binti Shupavu model in the development and establishment of National Adolescent and Youth Program Centres of Excellence integrating SRH, mental health, GBV, and life skills services.

Members present during the meeting included Teresia Mutogia, Programs Coordinator for PS Kenya; Charles Ngatia, Monitoring and Evaluation Manager for PS Kenya; Teddy Oluoch, PS Kenya County Coordinator for Migori ; and Beffy Vill, County Partnerships and Donor Funding Coordinator.