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Institutionalizing Leadership Management and Governance for Health System Strengthening in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Partnership for Health System Strengthening in Africa (PHSSA) Programme
(European Journal of Business and Management Research, 2021-11-15)Health systems in an emerging economy, specifically Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are characterized as fragile with low implementation of Universal Health Coverage. While acknowledging that the cause of the inadequacy in emerging ... -
Integrated and Simplified Approaches to Community Management of Acute Malnutrition in Rural Kenya: AS Cluster Randomized Trial Protocol
(BMC Public Health, 2019-09-11)Background In many low income countries, the majority of acutely malnourished children are either brought to the health facility late or never at all due to reasons related to distance and associated costs. Integrated ... -
Integrated Community-based Child Survival Reproductive Health and Water and Sanitation Program in Mkuranga district, Tanzania
(Pan African Medical Journal, 12/26/2012)Background: Over decades, evidence has accumulated to justify the concern that top-down approaches do not work and may result in lack of program ownership and sustainability. As a result, participatory approaches have ... -
Integrating Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS Programs. Strategic Opportunities for PEPFAR
(CSIS, 2006-07)Twenty-five years into the AIDS epidemic and halfway through the initial five-year phase of the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR),1 there is increasing international consensus, including within the ... -
Integration of Non-Communicable Diseases in Health Care: Tackling the Double Burden of Disease in African Settings
(Pan African Medical Journal and African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), 7/5/2014)Sub-Saharan African countries now face the double burden of Non Communicable and Communicable Diseases. This situation represents a major threat to fragile health systems and emphasises the need for innovative integrative ... -
Integration of Non-communicable Diseases in Health Care: Tackling the Double Burden of Disease in African Settings
(ResearchGate, 2014-07-05)Sub-Saharan African countries now face the double burden of Non Communicable and Communicable Diseases. This situation represents a major threat to fragile health systems and emphasises the need for innovative integrative ... -
Interaction between Climatic, Environmental, and Demographic Factors on Cholera Outbreaks in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 6/6/2014)Background: Cholera remains an important public health concern in developing countries including Kenya where 11,769 cases and 274 deaths were reported in 2009 according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This ... -
Interaction Between Climatic, Environmental, and Demographic Factors on Cholera Outbreaks in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 10/1/2014)Background: Cholera remains an important public health concern in developing countries including Kenya where 11,769 cases and 274 deaths were reported in 2009 according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This ... -
INTERGROWTH-21st Gestational Dating and Fetal and Newborn Growth Standards in Peri-Urban Nairobi, Kenya: Quasi-Experimental Implementation Study Protocol
(JMIR Research Protocols, 2018-06-22)Background: The burden of preterm birth, fetal growth impairment, and associated neonatal deaths disproportionately falls on low- and middle-income countries where modern obstetric tools are not available to date pregnancies ... -
Internally Displaced People and Mental Health Issues
(Notion Press, 2021-01-01)Reports from many parts of the world have shown an increase in mental health burden across all ages. The impacts of mental health on global development goals have led to mental health inclusion in the Sustainable Development ... -
Intersections Between Climate Change and Female Genital Mutilation among the Maasai of Kajiado County, Kenya
(Edinburgh University Global Health Society, 9/10/2021)Background Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is recognized internationally as an issue of global health concern and a violation of human rights. Changing climactic conditions are argued to put a strain on Maasai livelihoods ... -
Interventions to Improve Early Retention of Patients in Antiretroviral Therapy Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa_A systematic Review
(Plos One, 2022-02-09)Background Several interventions to improve long term retention (12 months and above) on treatment have been rigorously evaluated in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, research on interventions to improve retention of ... -
Is 'Opt-Out HIV Testing' a real option among pregnant women in rural districts in Kenya?
(BioMed Central, 3/8/2011)Background An 'opt-out' policy of routine HIV counseling and testing (HCT) is being implemented across sub-Saharan Africa to expand prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). Although the underlying assumption is ... -
Is Sexual Autonomy a Protective Factor for Neonatal, Child, and Infant Mortality? A Multi-country Analysis
(Plos One, 2/22/2019)Background Sexual autonomy empowers women to set boundaries, take control of their bodies, prevent sexually transmitted diseases and avoid unplanned pregnancy. A woman’s ability to negotiate safer sex is crucial for her ... -
Is Sexual Autonomy a Protective Factor for Neonatal, Child, and Infant Mortality? A Multi-country Analysis
(Plos One, 2019-02-22)Background: Sexual autonomy empowers women to set boundaries, take control of their bodies, prevent sexually transmitted diseases and avoid unplanned pregnancy. A woman's ability to negotiate safer sex is crucial for her ... -
Ivermectin Treatment Response in Onchocerca Volvulus Infected Persons with Epilepsy: A Three-Country Short Cohort Study
(MDPI, 2020-07-29)Despite a long history of community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI), a high ongoing Onchocerca volvulus transmission is observed in certain onchocerciasis-endemic regions in Africa with a high prevalence of ... -
‘Keeping Healthy in the Backseat’: How Motherhood interrupted HIV treatment in recently delivered women in Kenya
(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 6/22/2011)Although there is a large body of literature related to the experiences of motherhood and aspects of the change that it brings about, how the experience of motherhood affects the healthcare of women with chronic illness ... -
Knowledge and Readiness of Community Health Volunteers to Lead Sensitization of Communities on COVID-19 Vaccination in Kenya: A Cross sectional Study
(Research Square, 2021-08-02)Background Vaccination is anticipated to bring the COVID-19 pandemic to an ultimate end. Community health volunteers (CHVs) are the link between communities and the formal health system and are therefore a vital factor ... -
Knowledge and Skills Gap of Midwives to Conduct Obstetric Ultrasonography Screening in Primary Health Care Facilities in Kajiado and Kisii Counties, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing, 2020-06-30)Background: Ultrasound remains a tool of much importance in maternity care with midwives regarded as key health professionals when it comes to care of pregnant mothers. There is however limited study on the knowledge and ...