Each year, between 5.7 and 8.4 million deaths in low- and middle-income countries are linked to poor quality of care, accounting for up to 15% of all deaths. More often, they stem from multiple system failures within complex healthcare environments. Delivering care that is safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and
AIC KIJABE QI CAFE The right question to ask for me is, can we afford not to do QI? Argwings Chagwira A servant leader who improved quality healthcare access in marginalized communities in Africa. Share WhatsApp X Facebook LinkedIn Copy link Feature · AIC Kijabe Hospital At AIC Kijabe Hospital,
ACQUIRE is co-creating a rare gathering of Kenya’s healthcare leaders for an intimate leadership roundtable with C-suite executives from seven Kenyan hospitals. This isn’t another lecture hall talk, but a vibrant exchange of battle-tested insights, the kind only leaders like you who’ve faced our country’s unique healthcare improvement challenges can
The journey began with a two-day, in-person QI training where participants were introduced to the science and methods of Quality Improvement, an entirely new concept for most. This was the ignition point that sparked curiosity and opened minds to the possibility of doing things differently. This is how healthcare workers in Nyandarua were empowered and drove change right at the frontline re)
At 5:00 a.m., in the quiet corridors of a Level 5 hospital in Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi, a nurse on duty scans the surgical prep board and pauses for a minute. The patient schedule at the facility is tight, and the staff is lean. She wonders aloud. There is so much to do, so much that needs to change, but I don’t know how to make a difference. What if she and others like her had the training they needed at the frontline to drive quality improvement processes right where they worked?
Quality Improvement in Africa and Why It Matters for ACQUIRE: “What’s the measurable impact?” It’s the question that echoes through every QI conversation and one that ACQUIRE embraces fully. In this blog, we explore how ACQUIRE is not only implementing Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives across Africa but also measuring, learning from, and adapting those efforts in real time.
The running joke is that healthcare workers’ handwriting is so bad it should come with its translation service. While we laugh about it, there’s an irony here—those entrusted with healthcare should be the clearest communicators. Yet, communication breakdowns are one of the significant issues in our profession. Communication failures in
It is amazing when a dream- long discussed and hoped for meets your reality and exceeds your expectations. This was exactly how the ACQUIRE team has felt in the last few days as we reflect. Last week on the 18th-19th of July 2024 ACQUIRE held its inaugural Quality Improvement Leadership
