Malava Sub-County Hospital Description

Malava Sub-County Hospital is a Government health centre which provides comprehensive medical and surgical services. It is located in Shivikhwa Sub-location, Mugai location, Central Kabras Division, Malava Constituency in Kakamega County.

Malava Sub-County Hospital Contacts

Type: Malava Sub-County Hospital
Owner: Ministry of Health
Status: Operational
District: Kakamega North, Kakamega
Division: Central Kabras
Location: Mugai
Sub-Location: Shivikhwa
Constituency: Malava
County: Kakamega

Address: P.O. Box 150
Postal Code: 50103
Town: Malava
Nearest Town: Malava

Email:
Landline: 020-2110964
Mobile: 0723-335768
Fax:

Status: Operational
Number of Beds:
Number of Cots:

Malava Sub-County Hospital Services:

            Malava Sub-County Hospital

1.  Antenatal
2.  Antiretroviral Therapy
3. Basic Emergency Obstetric Care
4.  Caesarean Section
5.  Comprehensive Emergency Obstetric Care
6.  Curative In-patient Services
7.  Curative Outpatient Services
8.  Family Planning
9.  Growth Monitoring and Promotion
10.  HIV Counselling and Testing
11.  Home-Based Care
12.  Immunization
13.  Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
14.  Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV
15.  Tuberculosis Diagnosis
16.  Tuberculosis Labs
17.  Tuberculosis Treatments

Overview of sub-county Hospitals in Kenya

Hospitals in Kenya are classified commonly based on the agency that owns the health facility. The players in the health sector are the Government of Kenya, which manages public health institutions, faith-based organisation (FBOs), NGOs and private investors.  Each sub-county in Kenya has several Sub County Hospital, which is the main coordinating and referral centre for the smaller units.

1. Curative and preventive care and promotion of health of the people in the district;
2. Quality clinical care by a more skilled and competent staff than those of the health centres and dispensaries;
3. Treatment techniques such as surgery not available at health centres;
4. Laboratory and other diagnostic techniques appropriate to the medical, surgical, and outpatient activities of the district hospital;
5. Inpatient care until the patient can go home or back to the health centre;
6. Training and technical supervision to health centres; as Well as a resource centre for health centres at each Sub County hospital;
7. Twenty-four-hour services;

1. Obstetrics and gynaecology;
2. Child health;
3. Medicine;
4. Surgery, including anaesthesia;
5. Accident and emergency services;
6. Non—clinical support services;
7. Referral services;
8. Contribution to the district-wide information generation, collection planning, implementation and evaluation of health service programmes.