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Advancements for Afya

Advancements for Afya. A strategy to promote health and prevent cardiovascular disease in Kenya. Our team from N.C. State. Mark Herring Junior in Biological Science & Spanish Language and Literature Kevin Gibson Senior in Biomedical Engineering, concentrating in instrumentation

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Advancements for Afya

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  1. Advancements for Afya A strategy to promote health and prevent cardiovascular disease in Kenya

  2. Our team from N.C. State • Mark Herring • Junior in Biological Science & Spanish Language and Literature • Kevin Gibson • Senior in Biomedical Engineering, concentrating in instrumentation • Sarah Lynch • Senior in Biomedical Engineering, concentrating in biomechanics • Charlie Harless • Sophomore in Biological Sciences & Social Work

  3. Health Education Experience

  4. Foreign Perceptions of Kenya Luke Kibet, after winning the 2007 Osaka World Championship Marathon.

  5. Kenyan CVD Issues • The State of Things CVD • 13% death from autopsy studies • 25% of hospitalizations • CVD Risk Factors • Tobacco use • 32.3% of school children • 53% of college students • are ever-smokers • 26% of males smoke • Obesity • 25.1% of women 15-49 are overweight A volunteer with Kenyan Heart National Foundation instructs basic physiology.

  6. What we’re not doing

  7. Kenyan Partnerships • Kenya Heart National Foundation • Kenya Cardiac Society • Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance Lobby KHNF has partnered with UN and World Bank in sustainable development

  8. Advancements for AfyaPlan • Immediate treatment • - Drug distribution • Education • - Curriculum development, teacher training, continuing education • Public Awareness • - Aggressive advertising, PSA circulation

  9. Immediate Treatment • Drug distribution • Distribute aspirin • Why: For prevention • Who: All adults over 50 years of age • How: 1000 Community Health volunteers, with incentives • Saradidi case example of 97% retention in health volunteers, through training and stipends • Distribute CVD Cocktail • Why: For treatment • Who: All adults who have CVD • Why not: Without accurate wholesale prices in Kenya, there is no way to budget for CVD Cocktail

  10. Investing in Existing Infrastructure • Pharmaceuticals • Non-lab testing • CVD Cocktail • ABCD

  11. Education • Curriculum Development • Including Health Education • Dental health, nutrition, exercise, first aid, etc. • Adult Education Programs • Teacher Training • Of 132 Peace Corps volunteers in Kenya, Afyawill recruit 20 to train 15,500 Kenyan teachers to implement health curriculum • Incentives: $200 stipend Rheumatic heart disease literature from Kenya Heart National Foundation

  12. Speaking their social language • Focus on EmergingMedia • Social Media-Cell phones: In East Africa, $840 million is involved annually in cell-phone air time, much of with on the internet. • Telecommunication Growth:“In 2002, Kenya had 400,000 lines to a population of 30 million people but has set an ambitious target of 10 lines per 100 people by the year 2015.”

  13. Afya Budget

  14. Task Delegation • Mark Herring • Research, designer • Kevin Gibson • Research • Sarah Lynch • Research, budget, slide development • Charlie Harless • Research

  15. References • Slide 10 • Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenyan-heart/5120887210/sizes/l/in/photostream/ • Slide 11 • Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenyan-heart/5120887008/sizes/l/in/photostream/ • Information cited: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585303000236 • Stats: Case Kenya Study: NCD Situation, Gerald Yonga, Kenya NCD Alliance, Kenya Cardiac Society, Aga Khan University • Slide 12 • Information Cited:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585303000236 • Stats: Case Kenya Study: NCD Situation, Gerald Yonga, Kenya NCD Alliance, Kenya Cardiac Society, Aga Khan University • Slide 13 • Information Cited: pharmacychecker.com blood-pressure.emedtv.comhttp://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/heart-disease-calcium-channel-blocker-drugs • Slide 4 • Image credit: Mark Herring • Slide 5 • Image credit: AP/Seattle Times: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/zoom/html/2003852740.html • Slide 6 • Image credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenyan-heart/5120887924/sizes/m/in/photostream/ • Stats: Case Kenya Study: NCD Situation, Gerald Yonga, Kenya NCD Alliance, Kenya Cardiac Society, Aga Khan University • Slide 7 • Image credit: http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/Where_We_Work/kenya/ • Slide 8 • Image credit: http://topnews.ae/content/24128-saughall-pharmacy-will-check-your-blood-pressure-free • Slide 9 • Image Credit: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/9132753/Kenyan-nurses-vow-to-continue-strike-despite-job-threats.html • Stats: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3689038

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