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Compliance with Follow‐up and Adherence to Medication in Hypertensive Patients in an Urban Informal Settlement in Kenya: Comparison of Three Models of Care
(ResearchGate, 2018-07)objective To determine and compare, among three models of care, compliance with scheduledclinic appointments and adherence to antihypertensive medication of patients in an informalsettlement of Kibera, Kenya.methods Routinely ... -
Computer-Automated Malaria Diagnosis and Quantitation Using Convolutional Neural Networks
(CVF, 2017-10)The optical microscope remains a widely-used tool for diagnosis and quantitation of malaria. An automated system that can match the performance of well-trained technicians is motivated by a shortage of trained microscopists. ... -
Condom use and sexuality communication with adults: a study among high school students in South africa and Tanzania
(BMC Public Health, 9/23/2013)Background: Fostering adolescents’communication on sexuality issues with their parents and other significantadults is often assumed to be an important component of intervention programmes aimed at promoting healthyadolescent ... -
Conférence internationale de 2021 pour le programme de sante en Afrique2021. RAPPORT DE SYNTHÈSE
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Considerations for Establishing Successful Coronavirus Disease Vaccination Programs in Africa
(2021-08)The accelerated development of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) candidate vaccines is intended to achieve worldwide immunity. Ensuring COVID-19 vaccination is crucial to stemming the pandemic, reclaiming everyday life, and ... -
Contraception knowledge and practice among fistula patients at referral centers in Kenya
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2012-05)Objective To establish knowledge and practice of contraception among patients presenting with a fistula attending fistula care services at 4 centers in Kenya. Methods In a descriptive cohort study carried out between ... -
Contraceptive Use Among Girls and Women of Reproductive Age 15-49 Years in 9 High-Burden Districts
(Heroes for Gender Transformative Action, 2021)Most abortions are the result of unintended pregnancy. In Uganda, 52% of pregnancies are unintended, and about a quarter of these unintended pregnancies end in abortion each year. The integrated sexual health program ... -
Contribution of Traditional Birth Attendants to Formal Health Systems in Ethiopia: the Case of Afar Region
(Pan African Medical Journal., 12/26/2012)Background: Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) have been a subject of discussion in the provision of maternal and newborn health care. The objective of this study was to assess the role of trained traditional birth ... -
Corporate Sector Social Responsibility for Reproductive Health
(LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015-10-13)There is great benefit when public, corporate and civil society sectors work together to improve wellbeing of communities. This ideal is however fraught with myriads of challenges including suspicion and poor knowledge of ... -
Correlates of Individual‑level Stigma and Unsafe Abortions among Women Seeking Abortion Care in Trans Nzoia and Machakos Counties, Kenya
(Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd., 2016-08)Objectives: To compare the levels of abortion stigma in regions with high and low incidence of unsafe abortion in Kenya to explore whether abortion-related stigma is associated with incidence of unsafe abortion. Study ... -
Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Clinical Specialist Outreach as Compared to Referral System in Ethiopia: An Economic Evaluation
(BioMed Central, 2010-06-11)Background In countries with scarce specialized Human resource for health, patients are usually referred. The other alternative has been mobilizing specialists, clinical specialist outreach. This study examines whether ... -
COVID-19 Impacts on Household Energy & Food Security in a Kenyan Informal Settlement: The Need for Integrated Approaches to the SDGs
(Elsevier Ltd., 2021-03-21)This longitudinal study presents the joint effects of a COVID-19 community lockdown on household energy and food security in an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. Randomly administered surveys were completed from December ... -
COVID-19 in Ethiopia: A Geospatial Analysis of Vulnerability to Infection, Case Severity and Death
(ResearchGate, 2021-01-27)Background COVID-19 has caused a global public health crisis affecting most countries, including Ethiopia, in various ways. This study maps the vulnerability to infection, case severity and likelihood of death from COVID-19 ... -
COVID-19 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Vaccine Hesitancy in Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-Sectional Study
(PubMed, 2023-03-31)The current healthcare system’s efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Ethiopia and limit its effects on human lives are being hampered by hesitancy toward the COVID-19 vaccine. The aim of this study was to assess the ... -
COVID-19 Lockdown in a Kenyan Informal Settlement: Impacts on Household Energy and Food Security
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2020-05)A COVID-19 lockdown may impact household fuel use and food security for ~700 million subSaharan Africans who rely on polluting fuels (e.g. wood, kerosene) for household energy and typically work in the informal economy. ... -
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: Vaccination Intention and Attitudes of Community Health Volunteers in Kenya
(PLOS Global Public Health, 2022-03-16)In Kenya, community health volunteers link the formal healthcare system to urban and rural communities and advocate for and deliver healthcare interventions to community members. Therefore, understanding their views ... -
Critical success factors in library reengineering: a case of academic libraries in Kenya
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019)Purpose: Academic libraries are reengineering their services to address the gap brought about by the convergence of physical and virtual information landscape. Despite the reengineering efforts, as many as 70 per cent of ... -
Culture's Place in Quality of Care in a Resource Constrained Health System: Comparison Between Three Malawi Districts
(Qualitative Health Research, 2021-09-28)Public health scholars describe "culture of quality" in terms of desired values, attitudes, and practices, but this literature rarely includes explicitly stated theories of culture formation. In this article, we apply ... -
Cystic Echinococcosis in Sub-Saharan Africa
(The Lancet, 2012-11)Cystic echinococcosis is regarded as endemic in sub-Saharan Africa; however, for most countries only scarce data, if any, exist. For most of the continent, information about burden of disease is not available; neither are ... -
Cystic Echinococcosis in Turkana, Kenya: The Role of Cross-Sectional Screening Surveys in Assessing the Prevalence of Human Infection
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 5/30/2017)Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Infection leads to formation of cysts within the viscera of the human host. In the 1980s, the transhumant population of ...