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The EMK Foundation is a U.S. based nonprofit. Our mission is to be a financial catalyst for the development of emergency care in Kenya

United States
Joined May 2021
Photo by EMK Foundation (@emk_foundation)Photo by EMK Foundation (@emk_foundation)Photo by EMK Foundation (@emk_foundation)Photo by EMK Foundation (@emk_foundation)
This EM department was severely lacking in equipment... check out the transformation.
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#2022inpictures. We started with an exciting journey of self-discovery and organisational strengthening to ensure we have what it takes to achieve an emergency healthcare system in Kenya that is saving lives. emergencymedicinekenya.org/ #EMKF #emergencycare #savinglivestogether
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Thank you all who have supported us... We have raised > $2K!! Last years donation of over $3K lead to the installation of oxygen delivering infrastructure at Lodwar County Referral Hospital. Imagine what we can accomplish this year ... Donate here: secure.givelively.org/donate…
Our TECC Training program just got published! sciencedirect.com/science/ar… EMKF Training programs are designed by our local emergency care experts to meet the needs of healthcare facilities that may be required to provide emergency care. Find out more - emergencymedicinekenya.org/t…
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Replying to @PLinKenya
@PLinKenya has this morning donated a portable ultrasound machine to the Moi County Referral Hospital, Voi during a training of healthcare professionals required to offer emergency care to critically ill or injured patients being offered by @EMKeFoundation
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We are at @afcem2022 sharing our experiences in strengthening emergency medical care in Kenya. We hope to build partnerships that will enhance our efforts to save lives. Passby the booth and learn more. #EMKF #AfCEM2022 #emergencycare #everylifematters #safeguardinglives
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Giving Tuesday is just around the corner... Last year you all helped us to raise >$3K for oxygen manifolds for Lodwar Hospital emkfoundation.org/oxygen-man…. Partner with us again for our annual campaign drive to raise $5K to enhance Kenya's EM secure.givelively.org/donate…
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In today's @StandardKenya I write about: Feeling safe with the leader I choose come August 2022! Quality healthcare is our collective Right. I want a leader who cares about my holistic health & my rights. #VoteForMyHealth #AfyaNzuriNiHakiYako
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We did it!!!! We can’t begin to say how grateful we are. Thanks to your generous donations Lodwar County referral now has pipped oxygen.
As part of efforts to strengthen emergency care in Kenya and support facilities manage COVID-19 patients, we installed the 6th Oxygen Gas Manifold at the Lodwar County Referral Hospital Emergency Department at the end of last year thanks to the donation from @emk_foundation
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Signing ceremony of the MoU between @AfricaCDC and @IFRC to ramp up #COVID19 pandemic response in Africa. This new collaboration will strengthen community resilience and response to public health emergencies at community level. africacdc.org/news-item/afri…
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Thanks to our generous supporters, we have hit another milestone, $3K!! Please DONATE and help us to install centralized oxygen to help COVID-19 patients in Kenya. DONATE here: emkfoundation.org/covid19-ox…
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We are getting ever closer to reaching our 1st goal of funding one oxygen delivery system. Thank you to all those who have supported us so far. Please DONATE and help us to reach this goal. Donate HERE emkfoundation.org/covid19-ox…
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Many hospitals in Kenya don’t have a piped system to deliver oxygen to COVID-19 patients. We want to install centralized oxygen systems at 3 hospitals. We have raised over $2200. Help us to raise the remaining funds. Donate here: emkfoundation.org/donate/
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Glad to see excellency @SuluhuSamia president of #Tanzania receiving her Covid-19 vaccine. Great leader to end this terrible pandemic!
Rais wa Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania Mhe. Samia Suluhu Hassan akizindua Chanjo ya Uviko 19 katika Viwanja vya Ikulu Jijini Dar es Salaam leo tarehe 28 Julai, 2021.
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“The tragedy of the pandemic is that it could have been under control by now if vaccines had been distributed equitably” says @DrTedros @iocmedia
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Progress in the making… policy to give direction to Kenya’s Emergency Medical care
Dr. Rashid Aman; The Kenya Emergency Medical Care Policy 2020-2030 aims at establishing a vibrant Emergency Medical Care system as a key component of Kenya’s health care system and as an enabler to achieving UHC.
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Congratulations to our very own Daktari @c_ngaruiya on this very influential appointment
Excited to join the @PLOSGPH Editorial Board, a new #OpenScience journal for #publichealth that broadens the range of global perspectives we learn from https://teapawt.net/t.co/Dg1UYMAKTF --& to be working w the unmatched @CKyobutungi & @paimadhu! To equitable advancement of #globalhealth.
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#PrimaryHealthCare will keep #Kenya healthy and when catastrophes happen access to affordable #emergencycare will get people back on their feet
On this #58thMadarakaDay too many people in Kenya continue to die from preventable and treatable illnesses. Investing in #PrimaryHealthCare should be a top government’s priority! #HealthForAll @HennetKenya, @WACI_Tweets @nrhskenya @COEC_MSA, @SOWEDKe #A4PHC @MOH @PATHAdvocacy
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Depleting doses - #Kenya could run out of #COVID19 vaccines by the end of May. @LarryMadowo reports live from an oxygen production plant in #Nairobi where the hospital is now better prepared if another surge sweeps the country, with so many still unvaccinated.
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