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@MOH_Kenya Dr.Mercy Mwangangi. Madam I don't have to be a Med Dr, or Virologist to agree or disagree with your ''Kwata Kawaya'' declaration in Othaya. But lets face the facts here...By looking at our Nonpharmaceutical Interventions at an indepth... Thread.
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Nonpharmaceutical interventions are actions we are to take
to help slow the spread of Pandemic or reduce the adverse impact of the public health emergency it is. This capability focuses on implementing interventions in response to the needs of threat, vis the Pandemic in general.

Our Nonpharmaceutical interventions include
• Isolation
• Quarantine
• Restrictions on movement & travel advisories or
warnings
• Social distancing
• External decontamination
• Hygiene
• Precautionary protective behaviors

This capability consists of the ability to perform the functions such as-:
• Engaging partners & identifying factors that impact them
• Determining interventions.
• Implementing interventions.
• Monitoring interventions.
So without a proper M&E are you not lying to Kenyans?

I am categorically claiming you could be lying because, there are zero updates, let alone @MOH_Kenya strategic alignments in efforts. Particularly because our National Standards on Pandemics are non-existent. As such we lack current public health priorities & strategies.

We lack a National trickling down to grass root, focus on collaboration, especially expansion of suggested partnerships for implementing any such interventions. The police brutality earlier meted on people in Eastleigh, Likoni & Old Town Msa, cannot be called so either.

The current political nonsense for example, where the who is who keep throwing caution out of the window. Clearly highlights poor management of mass gatherings based on an all-hazards scenarios. How then will we not have a 2nd wave surge ? Simple common sense will do here Doc.

When it comes to public health testing, thus our ability to implement, perform methods to detect, characterize & confirm pandemic spread. Which includes the ability to report timely data, provide investigative support, address actual or potential exposures, where are we ?

As for public health surveillance & epidemiological investigations which means our ability to create, maintain,
support, strengthen routine surveillance, detection systems & epidemiological investigation processes. Which includes the ability to expand these systems & processes ?

How then will we not have a 2nd wave & surge when we cannot emphasizes basics such as syndromic surveillance & or simple data collection to generally improve situational awareness. Or responsiveness to hazardous & disease outbreak complexities ?

To me a medical surge response to, is the ability to provide adequate medical evaluation & care during, especially after being caught pants down by the Pandemic, where events as much as you are afraid to say may exceed the limits of our Mickey Mouse medical infrastructure.

This in essence encompasses the ability of our health care system to endure Covid-19 hazard impact, maintain or rapidly recover operations that were compromised, & support the delivery of medical care & associated public health services.

In which it also includes & is not limited to disease surveillance, epidemiological inquiry, laboratory diagnostic services, & environmental health assessments. That said, How true ways your ''Kwata Kawaya'' declaration in Othaya, Dr.Mwangangi ?

With a Govt NOT committed to providing the basics in prevention & response. Can you be that sure to lie to Kenyans unflinchingly? @NjokiMwarumba @mlimakenya @chothep @BasilioCC @RasnaWarah @PWMasakhwe_PhD @solo_ambuku @johnnjenga @ajfactual52 @Hitlerlaw2 @threadreaderapp unroll