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Disaster Management: The Kenyan Perspective
(LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012-12-19)Over the past few years, disasters have increased in their frequency and intensity at an exponential speed. The damages caused by disasters cannot be over emphasised; they include loss of life, human suffering, economic ... -
Discussion Paper No. 002/2009 - Assessing 50 Years of Intervention in Kajiado District, Kenya 002-2009.
(AMREF, 2009)AMREF has been implementing health interventions in Kajiado District, Kenya, since the early 1960s. At that time, the rationale was that the pastoral communities were marginalised and in dire need of health services. ... -
Discussion paper No. 003/2010 - Exploring the Role of Trained Traditional Birth Attendants in Afar, Ethiopia
(AMREF, 2020)Traditional birth attendants have been a subject of discussion in the provision of maternal and newborn health care, especially in developing countries where there is a lack of infrastructure and trained health personnel. ... -
Discussion Paper No. 003/2010 - Revisiting the Exclusion of Traditional Birth Attendants from Formal Health Systems in Ethiopia
(The Africa Medical & Research Foundation, 2010)Traditional birth attendants have been a subject of discussion in the provision of maternal and newborn health care, especially in developing countries where there is a lack of infrastructure and trained health personnel. ... -
Discussion Paper No. 009/2010 - Predictors of Behaviour Change among Female Sex Workers Participating in Amref’s Maanisha Programme, Kenya
(The Africa Medical & Research Foundation, 2010)HIV prevention remains one of the most efficacious strategies for tackling the pandemic, especially owing to the fact that there is still no known cure for AIDS. Initiatives aimed at targeting most-at-risk populations ... -
Discussion paper; No. 002/2010 - Efficacy of Community Based Health Care in Kenya - An Evaluation of AMREF's 30 Years.
(AMREF HQ, 2010)AMRH has been involved in health development in Kibwezi, Eastern Kenya, since 1978. Its interventions have evolved in tandem with changes in community health needs and changes in government priorities. They have also ... -
Double Burden of Malnutrition among Cancer Outpatients in Nairobi, Kenya: Challenges and Opportunities for Action
(Haraka Publishing Platform, 2/13/2018)Introduction: the Kenya National Guidelines for Cancer Management identify nutrition care for persons with cancer as an integral part of cancer treatment. However, contribution of nutrition to cancer disease progression ... -
Ebola: International Scare Local Nightmare
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Echinococcus granulosus: Ultrastructural Effect of Albendazole Therapy
(African Journal of Health Sciences, 1994-11)The effects of the anthelmintic Albendazole against Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cysts in Turkana patients given orally were studied by means of ultrasound as well as light microscopy, scanning and transmission electron ... -
Effect of an Interactive Text-messaging Service on Patient Retention during the First Year of HIV Care in Kenya (WelTel Retain): An Open-label, Randomised Parallel-group Study
(Lancet Public Health, 2018-04-04)Background—Retention of patients in HIV care is crucial to ensure timely treatment initiation, viral suppression, and to avert AIDS-related deaths. We did a randomised trial to determine whether a text-messaging intervention ... -
The Effect of Bi-annual Community-directed Treatment with ivermectin on the incidence of epilepsy in onchocerciasis endemic villages in South Sudan: a study protocol
(2019-07-16)Introduction: HIV self-testing could add a new approach to scaling up HIV testing with potential of being high impact, low cost, confidential, and empowering for users. Methods: Pregnant women attending antenatal clinics ... -
The Effect of Combining Business Training, Microfinance, and Support Group Participation on Economic Status and Intimate Partner Violence in an Unplanned Settlement of Nairobi, Kenya
(SAGE Publishing, 6/4/2018)Intimate partner violence (IPV) has myriad negative health and economic consequences for women and families. We hypothesized that empowering women through a combination of formal business training, microfinance, and IPV ... -
The Effect of COVID-19 and Its Control Measures on Sexual Satisfaction Among Married Couples in Kenya
(Elsevier Inc., 2021)Background: COVID-19 was first diagnosed in Kenya in March 2020 following which the government instituted control measures which could have affected people's sexual satisfaction and overall quality of life including ... -
Effect of Ivermectin Treatment on the Frequency of Seizures in Persons with Epilepsy Infected with Onchocerca volvulus
(MDPI, 2020-12-31)A clinical trial performed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), among persons with epilepsy (PWE) infected with Onchocerca volvulus treated with anti-seizure medication suggested that ivermectin reduces the seizure ... -
The Effect of Prelacteal feeding on Full breastfeeding in Nairobi.
(East African Journal of Public Health, 2011-03-24)To assess the effect of pre-lacteal feeding on full breastfeeding in the first six months of life in selected hospitals, Nairobi Province. Pre-lacteal feeding has been internationally discouraged because of its negative ... -
The Effect of Women’s Empowerment in the Utilisation of Family Planning in Western Ethiopia: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach
(MDPI, 6/9/2021)This study examines the associations between women’s empowerment and family planning use in Jimma Zone, Western Ethiopia. A total of 746 randomly selected married women of reproductive age were interviewed. The data were ... -
The Effect of Work Status on Exclusive Breastfeeding in Nairobi
(Pubmed, 2002-07-01)For many women today work is essential for the economic survival of their families while they also fulfil their role of providing optimum nutrition to their babies through breastfeeding. The objective of the study is to ... -
Effectiveness of Expanded Delivery Mechanisms/ Channels and Empowerment of Caregivers on Diarrhoea Management of Children under Five Years, Narok County, Kenya
(Ministry of Health, Kenya, 2015-09-29)- Diarrhoea contributes to > 20% U5 mortality (MOPHS, 2010) - ORS & Zinc can prevent diarrhoea child deaths by 93% and 21% (UNICEF & WHO 2010) - Access to ORS & Zinc at community is a bottleneck - Although 80% ... -
Effectiveness of Kenya's Community Health Strategy in delivering community-based maternal and newborn health care in Busia County, Kenya: non-randomized pre-test post test study
(Pan African Medical Journal, 12/26/2012)Background: Maternal mortality ratio and neonatal mortality rate trends in Kenya have remained unacceptably high in a decade. In 2007, the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation adopted a community health strategy to ... -
Effectiveness of Kenya’s Community Health Strategy in Delivering Community-based Maternal and Newborn Health Care in Busia County, Kenya:
(Pan African Medical Journal, 12/26/2012)Background: Maternal mortality ratio and neonatal mortality rate trends in Kenya have remained unacceptably high in a decade. In 2007, the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation adopted a community health strategy to ...