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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 ... -
Knowledge And Use Of Emergency Contraceptive Pills (Ecp) Among 15-24years Olds In 9 High-Burden Districts In Uganda
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Knowledge, Attitude and Practices on Jigger Infestation Among Household Members Aged 18 to 60 Years
(Pan African Medical Journal, 12/25/2012)Introduction: Jigger infestation is an important but neglected public health problem. The study assessed the knowledge, attitude and practices of household members on jigger infestation, practices and control within Murang’a ... -
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices on the Use of Asthma Action Plans among Adult Asthmatic Patients Aged 18-65 in Nyamira, Kenya.
(International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health, 2023-03-01)Introduction: Globally the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that up to 334 million people suffer from asthma. In Kenya it is estimated that about 10% of the Kenyan population, or 4 million people, have asthma. Aim: ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Traditional Birth Attendants in Pastoralist Communities of Laikipia and Samburu Counties, Kenya: a Cross-sectional Survey
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)Introduction: current efforts to reduce maternal and newborn mortality focus on promoting institutional deliveries with skilled birth attendants (SBAs), and discouraging deliveries at home attended by traditional birth ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and the effects of COVID-19 among the youth in Kenya
(Springer Nature, 2021-05)Cases of the Corona Virus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) in Kenya have continued to increase rapidly, since the first case in the country was confirmed in March 2020. In the wake of the pandemic, the health and socio-economic ...