Kakamega Sub-county Hospitals
Kakamega Sub-county Hospitals

Kakamega Sub-county Hospitals

Likuyani | Matunda | Navakholo | Matungu, Kakamega, Kenya
Designing Buildings for Comfort and Familiarity in Healthcare

Jacaranda Health is a not for profit entity working with public hospitals where a majority of women deliver to reinforce the quality of care provided with a goal of improving maternal and new-born outcomes. They have partnered with the County government of Kakamega to implement a maternal and newborn health service delivery redesign (SDR) that is deploying a set of interventions towards rooting out systemic gaps in the spectrum of maternal and new-born care for improved maternal and newborn outcomes. Of the many reforms, SDR seeks to expand maternity units in 4 hospitals in Kakamega County hence sourcing for a design and build firm to design and construct the below hospitals.

Kakamega Sub-county Hospitals
Designing Buildings for Comfort and Familiarity in Healthcare

The buildings were purposely designed in a way that gives patients, visitors and caregivers a sense of normalcy, home, and routine

Shaping Patient-centric Healing Centres
Eliminating Obstacles

In rural regions where healthcare isn’t yet accorded much place, the goal was to create an accessible humane and dignified experience for those needing care and under stress. The art created for the building and the building’s design were central to elevating the experience of coming to the hospitals. Visitors and patients may not be able to quantify this directly but they will feel the building’s uniqueness and comfort..

Designing Buildings for Comfort and Familiarity in Healthcare

Jacaranda Health is a not for profit entity working with public hospitals where a majority of women deliver to reinforce the quality of care provided with a goal of improving maternal and new-born outcomes. They have partnered with the County government of Kakamega to implement a maternal and newborn health service delivery redesign (SDR) that is deploying a set of interventions towards rooting out systemic gaps in the spectrum of maternal and new-born care for improved maternal and newborn outcomes. Of the many reforms, SDR seeks to expand maternity units in 4 hospitals in Kakamega County hence sourcing for a design and build firm to design and construct the below hospitals.