Hospitals in Nakuru County are set to gain from the General Electric (GE) Foundation's Developing Health Globally programme.
Already, the foundation is working with various hospitals such as Molo district hospital, Bahati hospital and Naivasha hospital to improve maternal health and infant survival rates.
The programme is providing training and mentoring for practitioners and clinicians and providing necessary equipment needed by maternity, labour and delivery, and post-partum units of district hospitals.
In a new five-year commitment, the foundation is set to continue working with its partners to develop and extend programmes that test innovative, simple solutions and technologies for low-resource settings.
GE Foundation has given $20 billion to advance maternal and child health in Africa.
The foundation’s focus is on maternal and infant health, which include initiatives in biomedical equipment technician training, anesthesia training for nurses, safe water solutions in health facilities and oxygen delivery in low resource settings.
"Our programmes are developed to increase capacity, build skills and create new jobs. With our partners, we are creating scalable solutions that can have lasting impact on the delivery of healthcare in Africa and globally,” said David Barash, GE Foundation's chief medical officer.
The oundation has worked with academic and in-country partners to launch ImPACT Africa (Improving Perioperative & Anesthetic Care Training in East Africa) which aims to train nurses in the county, build capacity for future trainers, and develop a locally sustainable educational package for nurse training.