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Effectiveness of Kenya’s Community Health Strategy in Delivering Community-based Maternal and Newborn Health Care in Busia County, Kenya:
(Pan African Medical Journal, 12/26/2012)
Background: Maternal mortality ratio and neonatal mortality rate trends in Kenya have remained unacceptably high in a decade. In 2007, the
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation adopted a community health strategy to ...
Effectiveness of Kenya's Community Health Strategy in delivering community-based maternal and newborn health care in Busia County, Kenya: non-randomized pre-test post test study
(Pan African Medical Journal, 12/26/2012)
Background: Maternal mortality ratio and neonatal mortality rate trends in Kenya have remained unacceptably high in a decade. In 2007, the
Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation adopted a community health strategy to ...
Factors Influencing Deliveries at Health Facilities in a Rural Maasai Community in Magadi sub-County, Kenya
(Springer Nature, 1/3/2018)
Background
In response to poor maternal, newborn, and child health indicators in Magadi sub-county, the “Boma” model was launched to promote health facility delivery by establishing community health units and training ...
Factors influencing deliveries at health facilities in a rural Maasai Community in Magadi sub-County, Kenya
(Springer, 2018-01)
Background: In response to poor maternal, newborn, and child health indicators in Magadi sub-county, the “Boma”
model was launched to promote health facility delivery by establishing community health units and training
community ...
Understanding Different Positions on Female Genital Cutting Among Maasai and Samburu Communities in Kenya: A Cultural Psychological Perspective
(Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group, 4/19/2018)
This paper presents an analysis of different positions on female
genital cutting, either legitimising the practice or challenging it. The
framework it offers has been developed from cultural psychological
theory and ...
A Scorecard for Assessing Functionality of Community Health Unit in Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
The Pan African Medical Journal. 2016;25 (Supp 2):10
Adaptive Scenarios in Quality Improvement (QI): a Case Study of an International Health Development and Research Organization Embracing Change
(International Journal of Health Sciences & Research, 10/8/2015)
Background: Health care organizations are under immense pressure to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery. To date little research into how health organizations in resource-limited settings take up, ...
Community Perceptions of Malaria and Vaccines in the South Coast and Busia Regions of Kenya
(BioMed Central, 5/30/2011)
Background
Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children younger than 5 years in Kenya. Within the context of planning for a vaccine to be used alongside existing malaria control methods, this study ...
Determinants of Use of Skilled Birth Attendant at Delivery in Makueni, Kenya: A Cross Sectional Study
(Springer Nature, 2015-02-03)
Background: Kenya has a maternal mortality ratio of 488 per 100,000 live births. Preventing maternal deaths
depends significantly on the presence of a skilled birth attendant at delivery. Kenyan national statistics estimate ...