World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom. [Photo|net.com]Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has been asked to make necessary arrangements in readiness to receive World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and other dignitaries.The officials will be visiting Kiambu Level Four Hospital on Wednesday.According to a letter by Health secretary Dr Cleopa Mailu to Waititu which is also copied to his Health CeC, Dr Tedros requested to visit the hospital in order to 'gain a better understanding'of the service delivery model in Kenya.Tedros is expected to lead a high-level delegation of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to Kenya this week during which he will visit the health facility.Kiambu County saw a boom in health service delivery under the former Governor William Kabogo with residents from neighbouring counties of Murang'a, Machakos and even Nairobi often seeking health services at the county facilities which are relatively well equipped and well supplied with drugs.On Sunday, Kabogo tweeted:
I’m Glad that the WHO Director General Dr.Tedros Adhanom will be visiting Kiambu Level 5 Hospital. Proud of everyone in the team that set the stage for this milestone. God bless the great county of Kiambu, God bless Kenya."
— Hon. William Kabogo (@honkabogo) January 7, 2018During his tenure, Kabogo ensured that many of the health facilities including health centres and mission hospitals had ambulances and more medical personnel.Prior to his election as WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros served as Ethiopia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2012–2016.
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