MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (Kisumu)

Volunteers will be involved in most areas of the hospital, which involves working in different departments such as Pharmacy, Laboratory, Pediatric, General, HIV/AIDS, and Morgue. Orientation will be conducted for the volunteers to understand the objectives and expectations of the program. The volunteers will be supervised/guided by the doctors and clinical officers. Other duties will be counseling patients, feeding patients, therapy, giving health talks, Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT).

Volunteer’s/interns will be working and engage in different groups within the communities. Explaining to the community how T.B is a social problem. Volunteer will be working with local medical doctors and support the health delivery system and will be attending to TB patients HIV/AIDs, giving drugs and recording, booking patients, Assist doctors, Nurses and medical staffs, Examine and treat the patients, Treat minor injuries. Volunteers can also participate in hospital programs like record keeping, Educate patients on the importance of sanitation, nutrition, etc.