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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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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 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 ... -
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 ... -
Mental Distress and Human Rights Violations During COVID-19: A Rapid Review of the Evidence Informing Rights, Mental Health Needs, and Public Policy
(Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021-01-08)Background: COVID-19 prevention and mitigation efforts were abrupt and challenging for most countries with the protracted lockdown straining socioeconomic activities. Marginalized groups and individuals are particularly ... -
Midwives’ Job Satisfaction and Intention to Leave their Current Position in Developing Regions of Ethiopia
(Elsevier, 2021-02-25)Background: The aim of this research was to analyze midwives’ job satisfaction and intention to leave in developing regions of Ethiopia. Methods: A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted amongst 107 midwives ... -
The missing piece: quality in community health programmes
(Lancet Glob Health, 2019-03-07)The missing piece: quality in community health programmes -
Mitigating the Mistreatment of Childbearing Women: Evaluation of Respectful Maternity Care Intervention in Ethiopian Hospitals
(BMJ Open, 2020-09-01)Objectives There is a lack of evidence on approaches to mitigating mistreatment during facility-based childbirth. This study compares the experiences of mistreatment reported by childbearing women before and after ... -
Motivators and Barriers to Uptake of Post-operative Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision Follow-up in Yala Division, Siaya County, Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)Introduction: follow-up visits are recommended to all voluntary medical male circumcision clients (VMMC), however, adherence is variable. High lost-to-follow-up cases limit knowledge about clinical status of clients and ... -
Moving from Legality to Reality: How Medical Abortion Methods were Introduced with Implementation Science in Zambia
(BioMed Central, 2017-02-16)Background Although abortion is technically legal in Zambia, the reality is far more complicated. This study describes the process and results of galvanizing access to medical abortion where abortion has been legal for ... -
My Government Annual Grant to AMREF
(Government of Kenya, 1973-05-13) -
National disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 257 diseases and injuries in Ethiopia, 1990–2015: findings from the global burden of disease study 2015
(Population Health Metrics, 2017)Background: Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) provide a summary measure of health and can be a critical input to guide health systems, investments, and priority-setting in Ethiopia. We aimed to determine the leading ...