We are pleased to share the Ministry of Health resources listed below. These materials will help in strengthening newborn and paediatric health services. Once you open the link on each document, kindly click “Download” to access the specific document.
- Guidelines for establishing newborn health care services
It organizes newborn care into three interconnected levels and defines the minimum requirements for each in terms of services, infrastructure, layout, human resources, and essential health products and technologies. This framework supports the standardization of newborn services across all levels of care, promoting both equity and quality. It also provides clear guidance for the development of new facilities, including mother-and-baby hospitals, newborn units, and neonatal intensive care units.
Guidelines for establishing newborn health care services.- Newborn investment case
An evidence-based roadmap to guide national and county governments in prioritizing and financing high-impact newborn care interventions. It presents clear data on the costs, expected impact, and economic returns of scaling up care for small and sick newborns, helping inform both governments (national and county) and donor investment decisions. The roadmap also serves as a strategic tool for resource mobilization.
Newborn investment case- Guidelines for establishing paediatric health care services
This document organizes paediatric healthcare services and defines the minimum requirements for each service area, including service delivery, infrastructure, physical layout, human resources, health products, and technologies. It outlines the standards for paediatric outpatient care, emergency care, inpatient care, and the three levels of paediatric intensive care. The document is intended to support the standardization of paediatric healthcare services across existing health facilities while also providing guidance for the establishment of new facilities.
Guidelines for establishing paediatric health care services.- Newborn Mentorship Mentors Manual
A practical guide by the Ministry of Health to support rollout of newborn mentorship across counties. It aims to strengthen healthcare providers’ skills in maternal and newborn care to reduce neonatal deaths. The approach includes regular facility-based training, team-based simulations, and bedside mentorship, supported by routine data use for identifying gaps and monitoring progress. The manual offers a structured framework to guide planning, delivery, and evaluation of mentorship, ensuring consistency and quality across counties, and includes practical tools such as checklists and case scenarios.
Newborn Mentorship Manual- Infant and Child Mentorship Mentors Manual
A guide by the Ministry of Health to support rollout of infant and child mentorship across counties. It focuses on improving healthcare providers’ skills in paediatric care to reduce child mortality. The approach includes regular facility-based training, team simulations, and bedside mentorship, with an emphasis on using routine data to identify care gaps and track improvement. The manual provides a structured framework and practical tools like checklists and case scenarios.
Infant and Child Mentorship Mentors Manual
DR. JOY MUYONGA
Dr. Barnabas Kigen
DR. JUSTUS MAINGI SIMBA MBChB, PhD.
Dr. Caren Ito Emadau
AFFILIATIONS: Gertrudes Childrens Hospital
President
AFFILIATIONS: Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Kenyatta University.
AFFILIATIONS:
AFFILIATIONS: Aga Khan University Hospital
AFFILIATION: Medical services Nairobi City County
DR. JUSTUS MAINGI SIMBA MBChB, PhD.
AFFILIATIONS: Aga Khan University Nairobi, Kenya.
AFFILIATIONS: Department of Paediatrics and Child health, University of Nairobi.
Denish Osodo works at Safaricom Limited as the Internal Audit Director. He has wide and deep experience in Assurance, Governance and Risk Services. Prior to joining Safaricom, he worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for several years, offering audit and business advisory services to Companies in different industries during his stints in Kenya and United Kingdom offices. He left PwC as a Director in the Risk Assurance Services team focusing on the provision of Internal Audit and business Controls Advisory Services to clients across Africa.
Njeri Wahome delights in all things administration. With over 20 years of experience in operations management in the development sector, Njeri as hands-on experience in strategic planning, financial management, human resources management, administration and logistics planning. She has experience providing technical assistance to NGOs on institutional strengthening for growth and sustainability.
Fred Were is Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health specializing in Newborn Medicine. He presently holds portfolios of; Dean School of Medicine University of Nairobi (UON), Acting Principal College of Health Sciences (UON), Adjunct Professor of Newborn Medicine at the Aga Khan University (East Africa) and Executive Director/Chief Researcher of The Kenya Paediatric Research Consortium a wing of the Kenya Paediatric Association.
Dr. Lawrence Okong’o Owino is a lecturer at the department of paediatrics and child health at the University of Nairobi. He is also a consultant paediatrician at the Kenyatta National hospital as well as a consultant paediatrician and rheumatologist for all the major hospitals in Nairobi. He is a pioneer paediatric rheumatologist. His research interests are in the field of musculoskeletal health and immunizations. He has published papers in peer reviewed journals focussing mainly on childhood rheumatic disorders.
Thomas Ngwiri is Head Clinician at Gertrude’s Children’s Hospital since February 2010. He is also Director of the Paediatric endocrinology training centre for Africa (PETCA) – Nairobi which trains paediatricians from sub-Saharan Africa in the field of diabetes and other endocrine disorders. He has been a member of the Kenya Paediatric association executive since 2010 and is the immediate former National Chair of the association.
MBChB (UoN), MMed (UoN) M.Phil-MCH (UCT)). Dr Osano is a Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, a consultant Paediatrician cardiologist at Kenyatta National Hospital. He has been the Program Coordinator for the NIH MEPI grant awarded to the University of Nairobi: Strengthening Maternal Newborn Child Health Research Training in Kenya. He has special interest in Maternal Child Health.
Dr. Joe Mbuthia is a graduate of the University of Oxford, with a specialty in Paediatric Infectious Diseases. He is an honorary Lecturer at the Department of Paediatrics and Child health, University of Nairobi as well as a Senior Technical Advisor to the HIV programme – Kenya Paediatric Research Consortium.
Dr. David Githanga is an accomplished medical professional with over 37 years of clinical practice experience. He holds a fellowship of the royal college of physicians of Edinburg (2021, a PhD in Medical Immunology from the University of Nairobi. (2019), Masters in public Health from the University of London (2010), He qualified in paediatric cardiology from the Royal Hospital for sick Children in Glasgow UK (1993), A Diplomate in Child Environmental Health from Athens Greece (2005, a Master’s degree in pediatrics from the University of Nairobi (1990) having obtained his MB,chB from the same University in 1984. Over the years he has demonstrated leadership capability and strategic thinking that has been instrumental in spearheading the growth, development and integration of the Kenya Pediatric Association (KPA) where he served in executive positions for a total period of 19 years.
Dr. Kibore received her bachelor’s degree in medicine and her master’s degree in Pediatrics and Child Health both from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, she then went on and completed a Master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Washington, USA.
Dr. Makeba Shiroya Wandabwa is a Paediatrician and Public Health Specialist, with a strong health systems background having worked in various capacities to develop child health policies and guidelines, implement and monitor high impact child health interventions at the international, national, sub national and community levels. She has provided technical, strategic, evaluation and operational support for RMNCAH/HIVAIDS health programs funded by USAID, DFID, Global Fund and World Health Organization.
Dr. Doris M.W. Kinuthia is medical professional with expertise in paediatrics and adolescent medicine, nephrology and HIV. She graduated from the University of Nairobi with medical qualifications MB.Ch.B and M.Med in Paediatrics. She has Certificates in Tropical medicine and Immunology from the same University. She did her fellowship in Paediatric Nephrology at the hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street, London.U.K. She has a post graduate diploma and Master of Business Administration from Sunderland University U.K.
Denish Osodo works at Safaricom Limited as the Internal Audit Director. He has wide and deep experience in Accounting and Audit with along progressive career in Assurance, Governance and Risk Services.
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