Browsing Research Papers by Subject "East Africa"

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    • Evaluation of the Alkaline Haematin D-575 Method for Haemoglobin Estimation in East Africa 

      Lema, O.E.; Carter, J.Y.; Arube, P.A.; Munafu, C.G.; Wangai, M.W.; Rees, P.H. (World Health Organization, 1994)
      In many health facilities in east Africa, haemoglobin estimation is performed using visual colour comparison methods. Efforts to establish colorimetric methods face numerous constraints, including the unavailability of ...

    • Is Sexual Autonomy a Protective Factor for Neonatal, Child, and Infant Mortality? A Multi-country Analysis 

      Memiah, Peter; Opanga, Yvonne; Bond, Tristi; Cook, Courtney; Mwangi, Michelle; Fried, Jenna; Joseph, Marie A.; Owuor, Kevin; Mochache, Vernon; Machira, Yvonne Wangui (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 ...

    • Prevalence and diversity of cystic echinococcosis in livestock in Maasailand, Kenya 

      Addy, Francis; Alakonya, Amos; Wamae, Njeri; Magambo, Japhet; Mbae, Cecilia; Mulinge, Erastus; Zeyhle, Eberhard; Wassermann, Marion; Kern, Peter; Romig, Thomas (Springer, 8/23/2012)
      Abstract Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease caused by several members of the Echinococcus granulosus species complex. In East Africa, several species/strains are known to occur in livestock and humans, but ...

    • Radiotherapy in the treatment of keloids in East Africa 

      Edsmyr, F.; Larson, L. G; Onyango, J.; Wanguru, S.; Wood, M. (East African Medical Journal, 1973-08)
      SUMMARY Seventy nine patients (73 Africans and six Asians) with 138 keloids, have been treated at Department of Radiotherapy, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi and followed at least two months after the completion of ...

    • The Short-Term Economic Effects of Covid-19 on Low-income Households in Rural Kenya: An Analysis Using Weekly Financial Household Data 

      Janssens, Wendy; Pradhan, Menno; de Groot, Richard; Sidze, Estelle; Donfouet, Hermann Pythagore Pierre; Abajobir, Amanuel (Elsevier, 2020-11-25)
      This research assesses how low-income households in rural Kenya coped with the immediate economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. It uses granular financial data from weekly household interviews covering six weeks ...

    • "Supplying the Surgical Needs of Developing Countries" 

      Wood, Michael (1977)
      Introduction It has been my good fortune over the last 30 years to have connections with some 75 rural hospitals in East Africa and I have been able to visit others in different parts of Africa and the Middle East and ...