Browsing by Subject "Kenya"
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Abortion Related Stigma: A Case Study of Abortion Stigma in Regions with High and Low Incidences of Unsafe Abortion
(East African Medical Journal, 2016-03)Background: Abortion accounts for 35% of maternal mortality in Kenya. Kenya has reported an increase in the rate of unsafe abortions from 32 to 48 per 1000 women of reproductive age in 2002 and 2012 respectively. During ... -
Acceptance of a Malaria Vaccine by caregivers of sick children in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 5/1/2014)Background Several malaria vaccines are currently in clinical trials and are expected to provide an improved strategy for malaria control. Prior to introduction of a new vaccine, policymakers must consider the socio cultural ... -
Acceptance of a Malaria Vaccine by Caregivers of Sick Children in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 5/5/2014)Background: Several malaria vaccines are currently in clinical trials and are expected to provide an improved strategy for malaria control. Prior to introduction of a new vaccine, policymakers must consider the socio ... -
Advanced HIV Disease at Presentation to Care in Nairobi, Kenya: Late Diagnosis or Delayed Linkage to Care--a Cross-sectional sSudy
(BMC, 2016-04-18)Background Presenting to care with advanced HIV is common in sub-Saharan Africa and increases the risk of severe disease and death; however, it remains unclear whether this is a consequence of late diagnosis or a delay ... -
Advanced HIV disease at presentation to care in Nairobi, Kenya: late diagnosis or delayed linkage to care? - a cross-sectional study
(Springer Nature, 4/18/2016)Background Presenting to care with advanced HIV is common in sub-Saharan Africa and increases the risk of severe disease and death; however, it remains unclear whether this is a consequence of late diagnosis or a delay in ... -
Africa-Style 'House Calls' Saving Lives
(Los Angeles Times, 1978-03-10)ITALAL. Kenya-Dr "Michael Wood hopped into the pilot's seat. He checked .his gauges - "We've got oil pressure. That's good"- and headed down the runway, his single-engine plane climbing slowly into the choppy early ... -
Are Mentorship and Training the Key in Provision of Emergency Obstetric and New-Born Care (EmONC) Services? A Formative Evaluation of Pre and Post in Samburu County, Kenya
(Scientific Research, 2021-12-28)Background: In Kenya, the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is approximated to 362 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births while the stillbirth rate stands at 23 deaths per 100 live births which are far below the target of ... -
Assessing Mobile Phone Access and Perceptions for Texting-Based mHealth Interventions Among Expectant Mothers and Child Caregivers in Remote Regions of Northern Kenya_A Survey-Based Descriptive Study
(PMC PebMed Central, 2017-01-30)Background With a dramatic increase in mobile phone use in low- and middle-income countries, mobile health (mHealth) has great potential to connect health care services directly to participants enrolled and improve ... -
Assessing the Community-level Impact of a Decade of User Fee Policy Shifts on Health Facility Deliveries in Kenya, 2003-2014
(BMC, 2018-05-25)Background: The long-term impact of user fee removal policies on health service utilization in low- and middleincome countries may vary depending on the context in which they are implemented, including whether there ... -
Assessment of Reengineered Library Services and Spaces for Improved User Experience in Universities in Kenya
(Journal of Arts & Humanities (JAH), 2019-04)Innovation and transformation have been synonymous with the library environment, as they strive to rethink the services they offer amidst the changing information landscape. This paper assesses the ... -
Breast-feeding and the Working Mother in Nairobi
(Public Health Nutrition, 2002-03-17)Objective: In the fast growing city of Nairobi, women often combine the roles of mother and worker in trying to achieve better standards of living. The objective of this study was to document the effect of returning to ... -
Challenges Associated with Menstrual Hygiene among Adolescent Girls Attending Bocharia Primary School in Nyamira County, Kenya
(Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2023)Abstract Background: Approximately, half a million of adolescent girls in the world feel frustrated during their monthly period due to poor menstrual hygiene practices. In the low-and-middle income countries, about ... -
Challenges for Scaling up ART in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Retrospective Study in Kibera, Kenya
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009-04-01)Objective: To determine levels of dropout and adherence in an antiretroviral treatment (ART) program in sub-Saharan Africa's largest urban informal settlement, Kibera, in Nairobi, Kenya. Method: Retrospective cohort ... -
Chapter 1: Barriers to Behaviour Change as a Response to STD Including HIV/AIDS: The East African Experience
(Resistances to Behavioural Change to Reduce HIV/AIDS Infection, 1999)This chapter is based on a regional project being implemented in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Ethiopia by the African Medical Research Foundation. The project, which targets young people aged 10-25 years, is a five-year ... -
Chlorproguanil/Dapsone for the Treatment of Non-severe Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria in Kenya: a pilot study
(Oxford University Press, 5/1/1988)Chlorocycloguanil, the active metabolite of chlorproguanil, was synergistic in vitro with dapsone against 2 culture-adapted Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Kenya; maximal synergy occurred at lower concentrations that ... -
Client Perception on Quality of Health Care Offered To In Patients in Public and Faith Based Hospitals in Kiambu and Nairobi Counties , In Kenya: A Comparative Study
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2017-12)Introduction Quality is the ability to deliver services that satisfy the consumer’s needs whereas service quality is the ability to meet or exceed customer expectations, providing quality healthcare is an ethical obligation ... -
Cluster Randomized Evaluation of the Nia Project: Study Protocol
(CrossMark, 2018-12-19)Background: The onset of puberty and menarche is a specifically vulnerable time for girls, during which they begin to show interest in the opposite sex, while becoming exposed to a myriad of external pressures, including ... -
Community and Provider Perceptions of Traditional and Skilled Birth Attendants Providing Maternal Health Care for Pastoralist Communities in Kenya: A Qualitative Study
(BioMed Central, 2016-03-01)Background Kenya has a high burden of maternal and newborn mortality. Consequently, the Government of Kenya introduced health system reforms to promote the availability of skilled birth attendants (SBAs) and proscribed ... -
Community Health Workers: An Underappreciated Asset to Tackle NCD
(Elsevier Ltd., 2016-12-01)With continued undernutrition and escalating overnutrition, urbanization, and resource-strapped health systems, nations—particularly those in the low- and middle-income brackets—are facing the harsh reality of a growing ...
