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Walking Together: Towards a Collaborative Model for Maternal Health Care in Pastoralist Communities of Laikipia and Samburu, Kenya
(10/1/2017)Purpose: In 2009 the Kenyan Government introduced health system reforms to address persistently high maternal and newborn mortality including deployment of skilled birth attendants (SBAs) to health facilities in remote ... -
Water, sanitation and hygiene coverage and practices of a semi-arid county in the Eastern Region of Kenya
(IWA Publishing, 2021-01)Despite substantial progress in sanitation and hygiene in Kenya, its semi-arid regions still experience poor environmental conditions. Kitui County, a semi-arid region, is characterized by water supply shortages, poor ... -
WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE PROJECT (WASH)
(AMREF Health Africa, 2021)mref Health Africa under Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project, seeks to increase access to sustainable, safe and adequate water, appropriate sanitation and Hygiene. Amref is therefore trying to reduce prevalence ... -
What do Community Health Workers Have to Say about Their Work, and How Can this Inform Improved Programme Design? A Case Study with CHWs Within Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 5/22/2015)Background: Community health workers (CHWs) are used increasingly in the world to address shortages of health workers and the lack of a pervasive national health system. However, while their role is often described at a ... -
What is ORCID?
(2021)Names are not enough to ensure credit for your work and are inadequate for reliably connecting researchers with their research outputs. Learn how the ORCID identifier can ensure that your publications, datasets, and other ... -
What is Scopus?
(Elsevier, 2021-12-01)Scopus is a source-neutral abstract and citation database curated by independent subject matter experts who are recognized leaders in their fields. Scopus puts powerful discovery and analytics tools in the hands of ... -
White Paper on Universal Healthcare Coverage in Africa
(Amref Health Africa, 2021-12-14)There has been increased recognition of the importance of effective and functioning public health systems, while the world continues to grapple with COVID-19. Many African countries, in the 21st century and particularly ... -
Why are IPTp coverage targets so elusive in Sub-Saharan Africa? A Systematic Review of Health System Barriers
(BioMed Central, 10/3/2013)Background: Use of intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) is a proven cost-effective intervention for preventing malaria in pregnancy. However, despite the roll-out of IPTp policies across Africa more than ten years ... -
Why Does My Milk Matter for My Premature Baby?
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Willingness and Ability to Pay for Sanitation in Busia
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2019)Globally, access to improved sanitation remains a major challenge where about 2.4 billion people still lack toilets. Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are the worst affected where about 800 million people still practice open ... -
Women’s knowledge of physiotherapy during pregnancy: a mixed study
(Springer Nature, 2023)Abstract Background Many women may not be aware of physiotherapy in pregnancy. The objective of this study was to assess the level of awareness of physiotherapy in pregnancy among pregnant women in the Kisii Teaching ...