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Kenyan-Heart is busy working towards excellent heart health for as many people as we can reach.

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Kenyan-Heart Wins Award!

The Kenyan-Heart National Foundation's (KHNF) Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) Prevention Program, funded by DANIDA and in Partnership with the Danish Heart Foundation has received the 2011 Louise Lown Heart-Hero Award from ProCor and the Lown Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

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July / 2011

  • - Go Red launch.

August / 2011

  • - Local Committees Training Seminar (ToTs).
  • - Visit by Danish Heart Foundation partners.

September / 2011

  • - Heart Month.
  • - World Heart Day Celebrations.

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Get in touch
Phone, fax, e-mail

Address: Kenyan-Heart National Foundation (KHNF), Viking House, 3rd Floor, Westlands  Waiyaki Way, Opposite CBA
P.O. Box: 59178 - 00200, Nairobi, Kenya
Telephone: +254 2 4452214 / 3005084
Mobile: +254 729 625741 and +254 735408784
FAX: +254 2 44522141
E-mail: kenyanheart@wananchi.com

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Downloadable Material
Kenyan-Heart at work


Samples of the booklet produced by Kenyan-Heart.

Did you know that a sore throat could lead to Heart Disease?

A Strep Sore throat should not be taken lightly. Indeed a Strep Sore Throat can lead to a very serious heart disease called Rheumatic Heart Disease which children are especially susceptible to. The good news is that this disease is preventable.

Kenyan-Heart National Foundation has prepared a booklet about 'Strep Sore Throat' and Rheumatic Heart Disease. It has been produced in collaboration with World Health Organization, ISFC, UNESCO and DANIDA. The booklet is available for download in both English and Kiswahili versions.

downloadIconSmallDownload English version (pdf)

downloadIconSmallDownload Kiswahili version (pdf)


Available Reports

downloadIconSmallKHNF 2009-2010 Summary of Activities (pdf)

downloadIconSmallProCor Case for Prevention Kenyan-Heart National Foundation's RHD Prevention Program (pdf)

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What do we do?
Below is a preview of some of our work

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Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk Factors Prevention
Are you at risk? Find out more about this critical issue.
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Publications
Read some interesting Kenyan-Heart material.
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World Heart Day
Kenyan-Heart joins other countries around the world in marking World Heart Day every September.
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Rheumatic Heart Disease Prevention Program
Kenyan-Heart's CORE business is the Prevention of Heart Diseases and in particular Rheumatic Heart Disease.
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Talking Walls
The “Kenyan-Heart Talking Walls” are Yet another tool for imparting knowledge & information on How to Prevent Rheumatic Heart Disease.
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Kenyan-Heart Clubs
Kenyan-Heart Clubs showcase their Creative activities with the aim of Spreading the Message of Rheumatic Heart Disease Prevention.
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Local Committees Involvement
Kenyan-Heart Selects Leaders of various Groups right from the Grassroot & Educates them... once Empowered with this knowledge (they) are able to now Reach others from their Communities
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Treatment Program
For some prevention is no longer an option. For those who require urgent medical intervention, Kenyan-Heart makes an effort to assist needy patients access treatment.
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