FRENCH ENVOY LEADS DELEGATION TO MAKUENI TO ASSESS LIFE-SAVING HEALTH PROJECTS

French Ambassador to Kenya, H.E. Arnaud Suquet, on Wednesday led a high-powered delegation of five French parliamentarians and partners to Makueni County to review the progress of Unitaid-funded health projects.

The team assessed the AMPLI-PPHI program, led by Jhpiego, which focuses on reducing maternal deaths caused by excessive bleeding after birth as well as a cancer screening and treatment program led by Clinton Health Access Initiative.

The visit , supported through Global Health Advocates France (GHA), mobilizes French and European policymakers to champion sustainable financing and innovative solutions for global health.

Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr. won praise for steering impactful interventions, including the introduction and scale up of life saving innovations such as heat stable carbetocin for PPH prevention, obstetric drapes for objective blood loss measurement and across all public health facilities providing birthing services in Makueni county.

Remarkably, Makueni has recorded zero maternal deaths from PPH in the year 2023 and 2024.