SHARP Project in Kenya @ProjectSHARP

During her presentation on the SHARP approach to eliminating the Triple Threat among adolescents in Kenya's ASAL regions, Ms. Dorothy highlighted the model's strong potential for replication and scale-up. She noted that the approach is anchored on five key pillars: leveraging trusted community and religious champions, strengthening quality assurance through standardized ASRH supervision tools, translating evidence into action, amplifying adolescent voices and agency, and institutionalizing multi-stakeholder engagement mechanisms within county systems. She concluded by presenting robust policy and budget advocacy asks aimed at strengthening health and social systems, transforming harmful social norms and attitudes and enhancing accountability among duty bearers, underscoring the need for sustained investments, inclusive governance, and evidence-driven decision-making to replicate and implement in more counties.

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Honoured to have shared lessons from Haki Mashinani model, an innovative community-led approach with fellow advocates, researchers, policymakers, and practitioners at the RHNK Conference 2026 during my presentation on "Innovations in Addressing the Triple Threat Among Adolescents in Africa." The discussions reaffirmed what we have witnessed through our work: young people are not passive beneficiaries of development interventions—they are leaders, decision-makers, and powerful agents of change. The clarion call remains clear: 📢 Invest in youth-led governance. 📢 Strengthen intergenerational dialogue. 📢 Institutionalize meaningful youth participation. 📢 Build community-owned solutions that leave no young person behind. Because the most sustainable solutions are not designed for young people—they are designed with young people.

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Through localized radio talk shows, we are translating #GBV data into community conversations that inspire accountability and collective action in Kakamega County. Join us as we amplify local voices, spotlight regional realities and strengthen public demand for action against Gender-Based Violence. 🗓️ Friday 28, May 2026 ⏰8.00am-9.00am 📻Lubao FM 102.2Mhz 📢 Tune in, engage and be part of the movement for safer communities. @UrgentAct @LubaoFm #EndFemicide #GBV

Community Health Promoters (CHPs) played a critical role in the snakebite project by serving as trusted sources of information within their communities. Through awareness creation, community education, referral support, and promotion of timely health-seeking behaviour, CHPs helped bridge the gap between communities and healthcare facilities, contributing to improved knowledge and response to snakebite incidents. Their efforts demonstrate the importance of community-based approaches in addressing snakebite envenoming and strengthening access to lifesaving care. 🎬 Learn more about their role and the impact of the project in the full Snakebite Envenoming Documentary on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=nvd_3F… #SnakebiteEnvenoming #CommunityHealthPromoters #CommunityHealth @HAImedicines @wellcometrust @dcorreiamartins @VihigaCountyGov @Kakamega_037 @DNDi @EADirectorDNDi @WHOKenya

As we reflect on @ProjectSHARP journey, we celebrate the partnerships built, communities reached, young people empowered and conversations sparked around Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. 🌍💜 Our Success Booklet offers the real picture of the change we have collectively created and the opportunities for scale-up beyond the project Watch, engage and share the inspiration. ✨👇 Link to booklet: atmplatformkenya.org/wp-content/upl… @EUinKenya @NANHRI40 @EUAmbKenya @eannaso @RwandaNGOForum @HAImedicines @NOFMA2 @Macsa2025 @TrustHope137641 @gatesfoundation @Mybody_Ke @UNDPKenya @NLinKenya #ATMPImpactJourney #AdvancingRights

Advocacy is about turning commitment into action championing equitable access to healthcare, amplifying voices, and advancing policies that protect the health, dignity, and rights of all, especially adolescents and young people. @MeTAKenya2018 continues to strengthen advocacy, foster collaboration, and drive meaningful conversations that advance adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights in Kenya. #AdvocacySpotlight #SRHR #HealthEquity @Sulekhaharun

Monday reminder: Investing in adolescents is investing in a safer, healthier, and more prosperous future.💪 In Isiolo County, @MeTAKenya2018 engaged future healthcare workers at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC), equipping them to provide respectful, non-judgmental, and adolescent-friendly services, because strengthening the next generation of healthcare providers is key to transforming adolescent health outcomes and ensuring no young person is left behind. #MondayMotivation #AdolescentHealth @EUinKenya @MOH_Kenya @Northern_009 @NOFMA2 @NANHRI40 @athewa1 @isioloCounty011

For many communities, snakebite has long been surrounded by deeply rooted beliefs, myths, and traditional practices that often delayed timely treatment and put lives at even greater risk. Through our work as Access to Medicines Platform, we engaged communities through awareness creation, dialogue, health education, and strengthened linkages to formal healthcare systems, helping shift harmful perceptions, promote timely care-seeking, and build trust in lifesaving treatment. The Snakebite Envenoming Documentary captures these powerful community perspectives, the journey of change, and the collective effort to transform beliefs into action that saves lives. 🎬 Watch the full documentary on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=nvd_3F… #SnakebiteEnvenoming #SnakebiteAwareness @HAImedicines @CNTD_LSTM @MOH_Kenya @WHOKenya @TheENDFund @GlobalSnakebite @Amref_Worldwide

The full Snakebite Envenoming Documentary is now live.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Through these critical lenses community perspectives, project interventions, community action, strengthened health systems, and policy wins and sustainability this documentary tells the story of resilience, response, and the urgent fight against one of the world’s most neglected public health crises. From lived experiences to lasting solutions. 📺 Watch the full documentary here: youtu.be/nvd_3FmQGoE?si… @HAImedicines @TheENDFund @CNTD_LSTM @GlobalSnakebite @WHOKenya @LSTM_NTDs @wellcometrust @Amref_Worldwide #SnakebiteEnvenoming #SnakebiteDocumentary #PublicHealth #HealthSystemsStrengthening #CommunityAction #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity the

🎬 We’re thrilled to officially launch The Snakebite Documentary! Join us for the virtual premiere of this powerful documentary that shines a light on the realities, challenges, and urgent conversations surrounding snakebite envenoming and its impact on communities. This launch marks an important moment in amplifying awareness, driving dialogue, and inspiring action toward stronger prevention, treatment access, Policy, and health system responses. 📅 21st May 2025 ⏰ From 11:00 AM 📍 Virtual Launch 🔗 Register now using the link/scan the QR code and be part of this important conversation. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Thank you dear PS for honouring us with your presence as Chief Guest to celebrate the 50th anniversary of EU-Kenya relations. Our partnership goes from strength to strength and we collaborate closely on bilateral, regional and multilateral and international issues.

Korir Sing'Oei @SingoeiAKorir

3 weeks ago

We commemorated EU Day this Week and celebrated 50 years of Kenya-EU Partnership. Grateful for the opportunity to join @EUAmbKenya and representatives of the EU member states. @ForeignOfficeKE

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AtMP @MeTAKenya2018 leveraged the recent Continental Conference for Non-State Actors on Demographic Dividend and Reproductive Health convened by AUDA-NEPAD in Lusaka, Zambia to strengthen advocacy efforts on equitable access to medicines and quality SRHR services . Through its participation, AtMP: ☑️Contributed to discussions on sustainable domestic financing for #SRHR and essential health commodities. ☑️Amplified the need for increased investment in adolescent and youth-friendly SRHR services. ☑️Supported evidence-based advocacy and stronger regional collaboration to improve health outcomes. ☑️Reinforced the role of CSOs in advancing inclusive reproductive health policies and services. ☑️Joined stakeholders in supporting the Lusaka 2026 Call to Action, committing to measurable interventions towards improved reproductive health and equitable healthcare access across Africa. The conference reaffirmed that access to medicines, reproductive health services, and inclusive healthcare systems remain critical in unlocking Africa’s demographic dividend and improving the #wellbeing of women, girls and underserved communities

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A Snakebite can change a life in minutes, but access to the right treatment can change the outcome. Our upcoming documentary explores the fight against snakebite envnoming; a neglected tropical disease; through powerful stories from the Kenya Snakebite project coordinator, @dorojuma1 , communities, frontline healthcare workers, policy leaders and those driving the journey toward better access to lifesaving medicines. 🎬Watch the official trailer now. Full documentary coming soon. @HAImedicines @DNDi @CNTD_LSTM @TheENDFund @EADirectorDNDi @GlobalSnakebite @WHOKenya

As we mark the close of Nurses Week under the theme of empowering nurses to strengthen healthcare systems, we celebrate the critical role nurses continue to play in advancing quality, accessible, and people-centered healthcare. At Access to Medicines Platform Kenya, we are proud of the strides made in empowering nurses in Isiolo County through the @projectSHARP by strengthening their capacity to deliver comprehensive Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (ASRH) services. Through targeted trainings, mentorship, supportive supervision and equipping healthcare providers with practical tools and knowledge, nurses have been better positioned to provide adolescent-friendly, responsive, and rights-based care to young people in their communities. #NursesWeek

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Still reflecting on the major advocacy moments and commitments made during the regional engagements that SHARP participated in across Africa and the key results that came from them. One moment that particularly stood out was at the NEAPACOH meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, where @MeTAKenya2018 C.E.O and @ProjectSHARP coordinator, Dorothy Juma addressed parliamentarians and policymakers from 18 African countries with one urgent message: Universal Health Coverage cannot exist where access to life-saving medicines remains uncertain. Drawing from evidence generated through SHARP’s studies across the Great Lakes Region on availability, affordability and stockouts of essential SRH commodities, she highlighted the realities facing women and girls across Africa, from prolonged stockouts of maternal health commodities to the high cost of essential SRH services and growing dependence on fragile external supply chains. She called for bold, continent-led action: ✔️ Local pharmaceutical production as a pillar of health sovereignty and resilience ✔️ Ring-fenced financing for SRH commodities ✔️ Stronger parliamentary oversight and accountability ✔️ Harmonized regulatory systems through the African Medicines Agency ✔️ Sustainable investments in resilient public health systems Key Outcome📤: The Lusaka Call to Action adopted nearly 80% of SHARP’s recommendations, with 14 African countries committing to stronger action on access to SRH commodities, health systems resilience, and local manufacturing. Kenya further committed to strengthening regulatory capacity, advancing the Health Products Authority Bill, and implementing the Primary Health Care Fund. @dorojuma1 #AdvocacyWins #HealthForAll #UHC

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When @MeTAKenya2018 onboarded the SHARP project, it didn’t begin with answers but with listening. ☑️We listened to county health teams in Isiolo, Marsabit, and Mandera. ☑️We listened to adolescents and youth champions often excluded from policy spaces. ☑️We listened to faith leaders ready to champion protection and dignity in their communities. From these conversations, we chose a different path. 1⃣We co-created tools with county governments to ensure long-term ownership. 2⃣We strengthened CSOs through grants, mentorship, and institutional capacity building. 3⃣We equipped decision-makers with practical evidence for advocacy and budgeting. 4⃣We brought faith actors together to collectively speak out against harmful norms including FGM. 5⃣We centered adolescents not as participants, but as contributors and co-designers of solutions. Our SHARP approach was simple: listen first, build together, and strengthen local systems. We are proud of what this approach made possible.

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Gender-Based Violence is not just a statistic - it is a growing crisis that demands urgent action. According to the report of the Technical Working Group on GBV, including femicide, Kakamega County recorded 380 cases of sexual violence between January and April 2025. This reflects not only the prevalence of violence, but also the vulnerabilities that persist within communities. These numbers represent only reported cases, with many more incidents remaining unseen and unaddressed. Ending GBV requires collective action from communities, institutions, and policymakers alike. The data is clear the time to act is now. #EndGBV #DataForAction

Key takeaways from the Africa Health Summit 2026 on strengthening health systems centered around 4 key priority areas: 1⃣Financing: Ringfencing budgets and tracking UHC targets is non-negotiable. 2⃣Workforce: Addressing shortages by integrating private sector solutions and sustainable investment while enhancing brain circulation rather than brain drain. 3⃣Regulation: Advancing AMA harmonization to ensure quality medicine standards (for countries to attain the WHO NLP3) 4⃣Preparedness: Pandemic readiness is impossible without a functioning, integrated Primary Health Care system. The rallying call at the end of the highly engaging conference was "Health for Africa, by Africa." It is time to move from dialogue to connected action. #AHAS2026 #UHC

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Insights from our engagements with adolescents and young people through the SHARP Project highlighted a critical gap in mental health support. Adolescents called for deeper mental health education and access to youth-friendly counselling services within their communities. This #mentalhealthAwarenessMonth, we urge policymakers and partners to prioritize: ✔️Integration of #mentalhealth into adolescent health programs ✔️Establishment of community-based, youth-friendly centres ✔️ Increased investment in counselling and psychosocial support #mentalhealthMatters #AdolescentHealth #YouthVoices

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