The Healthy Woman
Grassroots Innovations to create Equitable Solutions for Prevention and Control of Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs)
"The Healthy Woman” Being proactive every day, Keeps Obesity at Bay: Equipping women to prevent and control diabetes and hypertension through access to health education, dietary diversity, and increased physical activity.
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The project addresses unequal gender roles to agricultural land use and access, unhealthy food systems, and limited health literacy to curb the rising burden of NCDs and their risk factors
"A community is only as strong as the health of their women" - Michelle Obama
Take part in a journey like you’ve never experienced before. The Healthy Woman Project - an agri-nutrition initiative, provides a variety of activities that invite you to challenge, explore and learn something new. You never know what exciting discoveries await.
Statistics
Selected Indicators - Marindi Hospital, Homa Bay County, Kenya
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Why women? Take a look at our statistics...they are more affected
Secondly, women face unique barriers to healthcare.
10.3%
Raised Blood glucose
Raised blood sugars. Female 10.6% and male 9.7%.
Impaired Blood Glucose 13.5%
33.0%
Central Obesity
For those with central obesity, women 62.4% and men 37.6%
Target Population
Current Target 1.3m
Current Project Reach 14,000
Scale-up Target 9M
90% & 87.4%
Screening for DM & Knowledge of NCD Risk Factors
90% have never been screened for DM.
There is low-level knowledge of risk factors. 87.4% do not know any risk factors while only 11% can name at least one behavioral risk factor
9.8%
Raised Blood Pressure
Female 9.4% Male 10.7%