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Walking Together: Towards a Collaborative Model for Maternal Health Care in Pastoralist Communities of Laikipia and Samburu, Kenya
(10/1/2017)
Purpose: In 2009 the Kenyan Government introduced health system reforms to address
persistently high maternal and newborn mortality including deployment of skilled birth
attendants (SBAs) to health facilities in remote ...
Feeding Habits Associated with Overweight and Obesity Amongst Secondary School Students in Private and Public Schools in Langata Nairobi Kenya
(IJSRP Publications, 2017-05)
Background; Obesity continues to pose major public
health challenges globally. This study was conducted to
determine the prevalence of overweight /obesity amongst
secondary school students in private and public schools ...
Factors Influencing Place of Delivery for Pastoralist Women in Kenya: A Qualitative Study
(2016)
Background: Kenya’s high maternal mortality ratio can be partly explained by the low proportion of women delivering in health facilities attended by skilled birth attendants (SBAs). Many women continue to give birth at ...
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Traditional Birth Attendants in Pastoralist Communities of Laikipia and Samburu Counties, Kenya: a Cross-sectional Survey
(Pan African Medical Journal, 11/26/2016)
Introduction: current efforts to reduce maternal and newborn mortality focus on promoting institutional deliveries with skilled birth attendants
(SBAs), and discouraging deliveries at home attended by traditional birth ...
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 ...