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LAUNCH OF GVRC ANNUAL REPORT |
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Friday, 28 May 2010 05:40 |
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GENDER VIOLENCE RECOVERY CENTRE LAUNCH THERE ANNUAL REPORT
The Gender Violence Recovery Centre (GVRC), established in March 2001 and registered as a non-profit making, non-partisan, charitable trust of the Nairobi Women’s Hospital, has been in operation almost nine years.
The Centre continues to provide medical management, HIV Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and psychosocial treatment to survivors of Gender Based Violence (e.g. rape and defilement) and domestic violence. The centre serves women, men, boys and girls survivors of sexual and domestic violence.
Since its inception GVRC has treated over 15,500 survivors of sexual and domestic violence. It receives an average of 15 survivors per day.
Speaking at the launch the new Executive Director, Ms. Teresa Omondi reported, over the resent past months the numbers registered have been seen fluctuating. However one of the disturbing trends this year is the number of gang rape cases been reported, with the number of perpetrators increasing from 11 to 20, per act. Out of the 2,487 cases reported this year 52% being women , 45% children and 3% men. 84% of the cases were complaints of sexual violence. 143 cases out of 2,487 reported cases where gang rape related. In a bid to address the issues surrounding Gender Based Violence, GVRC has improved its support by introducing, the domestic violence support group which adds to the Comprehensive Care Clinic and Rape Support Groups that we offer. GVRC is part of the Nairobi Women’s Hospital expansion programme so as to reach out to all Kenyans and offer our expertise to them.
By the end of the year, the hospital will open two more new facilities in Ongata Rongai and Mombasa; GVRC will open a unit within each hospital as well.
We appreciate the effort the government is taking to fighting the vice. As a result more centres are coming up; already in place are, Thika District Hospital, Mbagathi Hospital and Kenyatta National Hospital. It is in this regards as the pioneering brand we offer our expertise to them and are their referral hospital.
During the event, Nairobi Women's Hospital Group CEO,Dr. Sam Thenya handed over the leadership of GVCR to Ms. Teresa Omondi, he stated, " I have full confidence in Teresa as I know that she will take GVRC to the next level. She knows she has my full support as she embarks on her new journey as the Executive Director of GVRC. I call upon all our supporters, sponsors and well wishers to give her the same support they accorded to me, and even more to unable her reach greater heights." |
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Launching of a Center of Excellence |
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Friday, 26 March 2010 07:24 |
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LAUNCHING OF A CENTER OF EXCELLENCE- THE NAIROBI WOMEN’S HOSPITAL UNVEILS ITS EXPANSION PLAN The Nairobi Women’s Hospital launched its Expansion Plan in early March (5.03.2010). The event took place at the recently opened branch-The Nairobi Women’s Hospital-Adams- along Kirichwa Road, off Ngong Road. The Nairobi Women’s Hospital-Adams is our second branch, while The Nairobi Women’s Hospital-Hurlingham remains our flagship With Dr. Sam Thenya (Group Chief Executive Officer) in the lead, the delegation trailed to the far end of Ground Floor; through the Paediatric/ Well-Baby and ANC clinics as well as the Laboratory, Pharmacy, Ultra-sound& X-Ray rooms. The delegation congratulated the hospital for the evidently good job on-going. On second floor, the envoy toured the Northern and Eastern wings. This included the theatre with state-of-the-art equipment, ante-natal and post-natal wards to the North, HDU, ICU and Neo-natal unit to the East. Assured of the steps into adulthood in the making of a women’s and children’s hospital; the group briskly walked down the ramp to the tents where the rest of the invited guests and members of the fourth estate were eagerly awaiting, even as they were kept well-entertained. The Kenya Sevens Rugby Team was also in attendance in their capacity as ambassadors of the hospital’s Gender Violence Recovery Centre (GVRC) The Board Chair, Patricia Ithau gave her speech and emphasized on her pride at being associated with the Nairobi women’s hospital. One of the reasons being that it has held on to a dream until its realization. The Group CEO during his speech mainly thanked all the partners and the staff who had worked so tirelessly at ensuring that the dream of The Nairobi Women’s Hospital had been realized. He also emphasized that the hospital’s differentiation will continue to be Superior Customer Experience. The Guest of Honour, Mr Les Baillie, on the other hand was impressed at the growth of the hospital; noting previous partnerships with the hospital which have also been very successful. We thank all who endeavoured to make this occasion an extremely successful event. Asante sana!
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Funding by The Africa Health Fund |
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 12:01 |
The Africa Health Fund invests US$2.66 million in Nairobi Women's Hospital
* First investment by Aureos managed fund launched in June 2009
* New fund is a joint initiative by IFC, Africa Development Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and DEG
The Africa Health Fund (the Fund), which was launched in June 2009, has made its first investment, acquiring a stake in the Nairobi Women's Hospital for US$2.66 million.
The Africa Health Fund is managed by Aureos Capital, a leading private equity fund management company specializing in investing in small to medium-sized businesses in emerging markets.
The Fund is backed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the African Development Bank, DEG and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, who have jointly invested US$57 million. The target is to raise a total of US$100 million, with a final close in 2010.
The objective of the Africa Health Fund is to increase access to, increase affordability and increase quality of health-related goods and services for under-served Africans, especially those at the bottom of the income pyramid, simultaneously providing investors with good long-term financial returns.
The Nairobi Women's Hospital (NWH) provides health care services for women and children. It focuses on providing inpatient, outpatient and specialized services for women, including antenatal, gynaecology, obstetrics, breast cancer detection and surgery. It also has what is believed to be the first Gender Violence Recovery Centre in East Africa.
A proportion of the sum invested in NWH will be used to help fund a management buyout, with the balance going to the expansion of facilities such as clinics, beds, ambulances and operating theatres in the East Africa Region.
Sev Vettivetpillai, CEO of UK-based Aureos Advisers says: Whilst we were setting up a unique HIV/AIDS risk management programme for our East African portfolio companies in 2008 we started to realise just how fragmented and under-capitalised the healthcare sector is in Africa.
Many of the causes of the high costs and inefficiencies of the healthcare sector in Africa are essentially business issues that we hope the Fund, and the input of Aureos executives, will help to resolve.
We believe the Africa Health Fund will make a valuable contribution to helping low-income Africans get access to affordable, high-quality healthcare services whilst at the same time providing satisfactory returns to our investors.
We are delighted to have completed this investment in NWH and look forward to helping them reach a larger portion of the under-served population in East Africa.
Aureos has one of the longest-standing track records of private equity investment in Africa and an unparalleled expertise investing in small to mid-cap business and in healthcare.
Through the Africa Health Fund, we look forward to helping populate Africa s private healthcare sector with growing, profitable businesses, well positioned to attract further domestic and foreign investment.
Dr Sam Thenya, Group CEO of NWH, comments: We are delighted to have attracted the backing of the the Africa Health Fund and to receive the support of Aureos. Their experience in the African health sector will help us better reach those in need.
Healthcare in Africa and private equity
According to a key IFC study, the Business of Health in Africa 60% of healthcare financing in Africa comes from private sources and about 50% of total health expenditure goes to private providers. The report says that the vast majority of the region s poor people, both urban and rural, rely on private healthcare.
Davinder Sikand, Regional Managing Partner of Aureos in Africa says: The provision of capital to SMEs operating in the health sector in conjunction with professional private equity support will certainly increase the efficiency of the African health market. This will benefit sections of the population that previously had asymmetrical or no access to vital healthcare goods and services.
Aureos is well aware of the effects that health issues and under-resourced health services have on businesses because we work very closely with our investee companies. The economic, productive and emotional cost of workforces in poor health can be devastating on businesses. We have regularly helped our investee companies to devise remedial strategies.
In 2007, Aureos undertook a multiple stage analysis* of healthcare provision in East Africa, developing a thorough understanding of where the critical deficiencies in the African healthcare system lie. Given its extensive experience working with dynamic SMEs in emerging markets, Aureos identified how SMEs can plug the gaps in the African health market.
The Aureos study showed that much of the African healthcare sector suffers from severe structural and systemic bottlenecks. There is severe market fragmentation and inadequate, inefficient distribution channels, high manufacturing costs, price distortions in the market, lack of effective supply chains, absence of economies of scale, low productivity levels and in many cases, dependence on large international health providers.
Aureos also broadened its research into the structure and segmentation of the African healthcare market. In doing so, it has determined trends in consumer demand, appropriate product pricing and market gaps which speak to the investment opportunities available.
Aureos has also identified market failures as well as the scope of the distribution chains as challenges in the environment. In drafting the strategy of deploying the Africa Health Fund, Aureos expects to work in innovative new partnerships with public and private organisations, entrepreneurs as well as domestic and international regulators.
Davinder Sikand adds: We are very well placed to support solutions to the issues we have come to understand in the African Healthcare market. Having worked in emerging markets for almost two decades, Aureos understands how production facilities, distribution systems and networks can be mobilised to reach under-served and low-income groups. This particularly applies in domains vital to healthcare, such as healthcare financing, medical manufacturing, healthcare training, telemedicine and pharmaceutical manufacturing. The Africa Health Fund is an innovation approach to deploying capital, professional expertise, technology and a local presence of a fund manager with a global network.
Source: http://www.aureos.com/news/news-january-4-2010.php
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The Nairobi Women’s Hospital-Adams |
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Monday, 04 January 2010 07:29 |
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The Nairobi Women's Hospital-Adams (NWH-Adams) is the newest branch of The Nairobi Women's Hospital! |
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