On 28th October 2021, ACQUIRE held its first frontline health care workers graduation on Quality Improvement (QI) programme in patient care across four hospitals in two African countries (Ethiopia and Kenya). This graduation was a culmination of a 6 month learning activity enabled by the collaboration between ACQUIRE and Stanford
Covid -19 is a highly infectious respiratory disease caused by SARS-COV-2. It has caused millions of deaths around the world and led to lasting health problems for those who have survived the disease. It’s outbreak and consequent spread, tested global emergency preparedness practices and resources worldwide. Sub Saharan Africa was
Patient safety is a critical global public health issue, fundamental to strengthening healthcare systems and is at the heart of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). All WHO member states and partners are striving to progress towards the UHC and achieve Sustainable Development goals. However, the benefits of increased access to and
Dr. Lydia Okutoyi, Head of Department for Quality of Care at Kenyatta National Hospital, participated in a panel discussion at the 7th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR 2022) in Bogota, Colombia. The title of the discusion was ‘ UHC Without Quality is Meaningless – Three Years After Seminal
In December 2022, Switzerland hosted a global patient safety expert consultation to discuss the implementation of the Global Patient Safety Action Plan 2021-2030. The event focused on the pandemic’s impact on patient safety and discussed potential solutions for ensuring sustainable improvements. The objectives of the event were to discuss the
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement launched the second cohort of the Joy and Well-Being Learning Network with ACQUIRE leading the efforts on the African continent. This 18 month program focused on bringing joy back to healthcare workers. The goal was to healthcare professionals’ joy in work. Recently, they released an
The QI team applied the science and methodology of quality improvement to their situation. The Kimende Orthodox team sdeveloped a matrix of key drivers to address the problem of uncontrolled hypertension among diabetes patients. Through weekly data collection and plotting that data on run charts, the team was able to
Patient defaulting is a pressing issue in P.C.E.A Chogoria Hospital’s Diabetes clinic. To address this concern, a collaborative Quality Improvement (QI) project was undertaken with other mission hospitals in central and eastern Kenya. The project spanned six months and involved virtual training, coaching, and weekly meetings. Chogoria’s SMART goal was
Kijabe Hospital staff wanted to do a better job of caring for their patients with diabetes. They joined a quality improvement collaborative with other mission hospitals to learn the science and methodology of quality improvement. They were concerned about the wasted cost and time consumption associated with routine RBS, which
20 healthcare workers from Kimende Orthodox MHC, AIC Kijabe and PCEA Chogoria Hospital graduated on 26th May 2023, from the Acquire- KCHS Diabetes Quality Improvement Collaborative, a program that had been running from September 2022 until May 2023. The graduation, which marked the culmination of the intensive training, was held
