This archive report was first published on 26 August 2019.
On Tuesday, First Lady Margaret Kenyatta will officially commission a 60-bed maternity wing at Hola County Referral Hospital in Tana River County, a project she initiated in 2016 as part of her Beyond Zero comprehensive mother and child healthcare programme.
The maternity wing, which has been under construction since 2016, is a key component of the First Lady's efforts to improve maternal and child healthcare in Kenya.
As part of her engagements at the hospital, the First Lady will deliver a consignment of medical supplies and equipment, donated by a consortium of partners including Friends of Africa International (FOIA), Project C.U.R.E (Commission on Urgent Relief and Equipment), and the First Lady's Beyond Zero initiative.
Project C.U.R.E is the largest provider of donated medical supplies and equipment to over 130 nations around the world, and has been partnering with the First Lady's Beyond Zero initiative since 2015 to provide life-saving supplies to health facilities across the country.
This will be the fifth delivery of medical equipment to hospitals in Kenya, following similar donations made to Kieni Hospital in Embu County, Chemolingot District Hospital in Baringo County, Kitui and Bungoma Counties in the last three years.
The medical equipment delivered to various hospitals by Beyond Zero is intended to improve and increase access to healthcare services in line with the initiative's 2018 to 2020 strategic framework, which is aligned to the Universal Health Coverage pillar of the government's Big 4 Agenda.
