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Labor and delivery at risk
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Laboratory Malaria Diagnostic Capacity in Health Facilities in Five Administrative Zones of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
(2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2010-12)Objectives and methods: Quality laboratory services are a requisite to guide rational case management of malaria. Using a pre-tested, standardized assessment tool, we assessed laboratory diagnostic capacity in 69 primary, ... -
Legislation Against Girl Circumcision a Cultural Psychological Understanding of Prohibition
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-04-30)Introduction In Kenya, the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act1 was passed in 2011. This law calls for a complete ban on girl circumcision. Community policing structures are in place to help with enforcing ... -
Legitimacy Status and Capacity to Conduct Social Accountability Among Community Based Organizations in Kenya. A Survey of Health Civil Society Organizations in Siaya County
(Stratford Peer Reviewed Journals and Book Publishing, 2021-06)The study investigated the influence of legitimacy status and capacity to conduct social accountability among community-based organizations in Kenya with a specific focus on health-relatedCivil Society ... -
Lessons Learned from Implementing Alternative Rites in the Fight Against Female Genital Mutilation_Cutting
(CrossMark, 2019-03-04)Introduction: historically, programs aimed at making communities abolish female genital mutilation or cutting (FGM/C) consisted mainly of awareness campaigns on sexual reproductive health and rights and the enforcement of ... -
Letter from Mwai Kibaki to Sheikh Zaid bin Sultan al Nahaya
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Levels of handwashing and vaccine uptake in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania to prevent and control COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
(Front. Public Health, 2023-11-09)Introduction: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) presents a massive challenge in Africa due to overwhelmed and underresourced health systems, as well as the existing burden of communicable and non- communicable diseases. ... -
Leveraging Information Technology to Bridge the Health Workforce Gap
(ResearchGate, 2013-11)According to some estimates, the world needs more than 4 million additional physicians, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory technicians, midwives, community health workers (CHWs) and other front-line health workers.1 However, ... -
Library 2.0 and the changing landscape of information services in academic librariesin Kenya
(International Journal of Library and Information Science, 2015)Traditional models of libraries offering information services are not working for current generation of students. Thecurrent generation of library users can be termed as‘digital natives’. These digital natives have ... -
Library services at health facilities in Kenya
(1993-01)INTRODUCTION Rural health workers in sub-Saharan Africa face an extremely demanding work situation. Their relatively brief basic training is usually ten to twenty years past, resource constraints are severe, and they ... -
The Link between HIV/AIDS and the Environment
(2008-08)Executive Summary It is estimated that 1.5 million people have died of HIV -related illnesses in Kenya since the first case was diagnosed in 1984. A total of 1.8 million children have been left orphans, and 1.4 million ... -
Long-Term Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment and Program Drop-out in a High-Risk Urban Setting in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Prospective Cohort Study
(PLoS ONE, 10/25/2010)Background: Seventy percent of urban populations in sub-Saharan Africa live in slums. Sustaining HIV patients in these high-risk and highly mobile settings is a major future challenge. This study seeks to assess program ... -
Major Reduction in Anti-Malarial Drug Consumption in Senegal after Nation-Wide Introduction of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests
(PLoS ONE, 4/6/2011)Background: While WHO recently recommended universal parasitological confirmation of suspected malaria prior to treatment, debate has continued as to whether wide-scale use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) can achieve this ... -
Making Aid effective at the Community Level: The AMREF Experience
(Taylor & Francis, 2011-09)Effective use of donor aid is critical in achieving the sixth Millennium Development Goal –reversing the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2015. The Paris Declaration of 2005 identified five key principles for aid effectiveness: ... -
Male involvement in antenatal care redefined: A cross-sectional survey of married men in Lang’ata district, Kenya.
(Mag Online Library, 9/23/2013)Although the World Health Organization (WHO) has recognised the role of male involvement in maternal and child health (MNCH), its uptake is still low (WHO, 2001; Ramirez-Ferrero et al, 2012). Kenya's division for reproductive ... -
MALE INVOLVEMENT IN FAMILY PLANING AT COUNTY REFERAL HOSPITAL KAKAMEGA, KENYA.
(International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 2018)Introduction: Male involvement in family planning is one of the strategies that were embraced in the International Conference on Population and Development meeting held in Cairo 1994 to help reduce the increasing ... -
Management of Psychosocial and Sexual Complains Among Cancer Patients in the African Context: A Scoping Review
(Elsevier Inc., 2022-01-14)Background: There is a lack of specialised psychosocial and sexual therapies for cancer patients in the African context. Aim: This paper aims to highlight gaps in capacities of health care providers to address psychosocial ... -
Measles Incidence in South Africa: a Six-Year Review, 2015-2020
(2022-08)In 2012 the World Health Organization (WHO) aimed to eliminate measles in five regions by 2020. This retrospective descriptive study reviewed measles surveillance data in South Africa for the period 2015-2020 to document ... -
Mental and Sexual Health Outcomes Associated with FGM/C in Africa: A Systematic Narrative Synthesis
(eClinicalMedicine, 2023-01-10)There are gaps in evidence regarding mental and sexual outcomes and associated interventions for women with Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) living in Africa. This study employed a narrative synthesis to ...
