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The Effect of Prelacteal feeding on Full breastfeeding in Nairobi.
(East African Journal of Public Health, 2011-03-24)To assess the effect of pre-lacteal feeding on full breastfeeding in the first six months of life in selected hospitals, Nairobi Province. Pre-lacteal feeding has been internationally discouraged because of its negative ... -
Reasoning and Deciding PMTCT-Adherence During Pregnancy Among Women Living with HIV in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2011-08)This study explores type identities among rural and urban slum women on antiretroviral therapies who become pregnant. Narrative structuring was chosen to develop type narratives that illustrate how rural and urban women ... -
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: ... -
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 ... -
Under Nutrition of Orphans and Vulnerable Children: A Comparison of Cash Transfer Beneficiaries and Non Beneficiaries in Korogocho Slums, Nairobi
(East African Journal of Public Health, 2012-09)OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence and associated factors for undernutrition among the beneficiaries of Kenya Cash Transfer Program compared to non-beneficiaries in Korogocho, Nairobi. Optimal nutrition reduces the ... -
The Background, Social Support and Behavioural Characteristics Associated with Health Insurance Coverage among the Older Population in Kisii County, Kenya
(African Journal of Health Sciences, 2012-09)Introduction: Universal health coverage has increasingly become the focus for improved health systems worldwide. In Kenya, the older populations are characterized by low health insurance coverage, resulting in either limited ... -
Quality of Life in Pre- and Post Treatment among Obstetric Fistula Patients at Kisii Hospital, Kenya
(Clinical Health Promotion, 2012-10)Background Urinary incontinence has been noted to be a major barrier to social activities, entertainment or physical recreation. Ample evidence suggests that urinary incontinence affects a person’s quality of life. Objective ... -
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 ... -
The place of knowledge management in influencing lasting health change in Africa: an analysis of AMREF's progress
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012-12-25)AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation) developed a Knowledge Management Strategy that focused on creating, capturing and applying health knowledge to close the gap between communities and health systems in Africa. ... -
AMREF's evidence in advancing the health of women and children
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012-12-25)Health development in Africa, and specifically improved health for mothers and children, needs to be based on tested approaches with demonstrable results. In light of the increasing health investments currently being made ... -
Behavioral Change Communication Strategy Vital in Malaria Prevention Preventions in Rural Communities Nakasongola District, Uganda
(PanAfrican Medical Journal, 2012-12-25)Introduction: Malaria is a leading killer disease in Uganda and it accounts for significant morbidity in pregnant women and children. Pregnant women are more susceptible to malaria, which causes adverse effects including ... -
Improving Health Service Delivery in Developing Countries: From Evidence to Action
(The World Bank, 2013)Reliable information on how health service strategies affect the poor is in short supply. In an attempt to redress the imbalance, Improving Health Service Delivery in Developing Countries presents evidence on strategies ... -
Evaluation of health care quality accorded to patients in Selected Public and Faith-Based Hospitals in Kiambu and Nairobi Counties in Kenya
(Primary Health Care: Open Access, 2013-03-27)To evaluate the level of quality health care provided to patients in public and private hospitals in Kiambu and Nairobi counties. This study evaluated the level of quality health care provided to patients in Mbagathi ... -
Incidence of Cleft Deformities Among Neonates in Mulago National Referral Hospital, Uganda
(COSECSA/ASEA Publication, 2013-04)Background: Cleft deformities (lip and palate) have been reported to be the most common congenital craniofacial anomaly in several settings. In Uganda, though two previous studies were conducted to determine the incidence ... -
The Age Specific Practices and Outcomes in Women Undergoing Unsafe Abortions in Rural Communities of Kenya
(Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, 2013-04)Unsafe Abortion is common among young women. It is not however known whether the young women decide on their own to terminate the pregnancies, whether the methods they use are similar to those of older women, and whether ... -
Implementation of Misoprostol for Post-abortion Care in Kenya and Uganda: A Qualitative Evaluation
(COACTION Publishing, 2013-04-24)Objective: Evaluate implementation of misoprostol for postabortion care (MPAC) in two African countries. Design: Qualitative, program evaluation. Setting: Twenty-five public and private health facilities in Rift Valley ... -
Sociodemographic Variations in Communication on Sexuality and HIV/AIDS with Parents, Family members and Teachers among In-school Adolescents: a Multi-site Study in Tanzania and South Africa
(National Library of Medicine, 2013-06)Aims: To identify with whom in-school adolescents preferred to communicate about sexuality, and to study adolescents' communication on HIV/AIDS, abstinence and condoms with parents/guardians, other adult family members, ... -
Psychometric Evaluation of a Cross-Culturally Adapted Felt Stigma Questionnaire Among People Living with HIV in Kenya.
(ResearchGate, 2013-08)Psychometric properties of an 18-item HIV felt stigma questionnaire were evaluated utilizing data collected froma diverse ethnic and socioeconomic group of 370 people living with HIV/AIDS and receiving HIV/AIDS-relatedhealth ... -
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, ... -
Facilitating Women’s Access to Misoprostol through Community-based Advocacy in Kenya and Tanzania
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd., 2014)Objective: To explore the feasibility of educating communities about gynecologic uses for misoprostol at the community level through community-based organizations in countries with restrictive abortion laws.Methods: In ...