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Impacts of the COVID-19 Lockdown on Cooking Fuel Use Patterns, Income and Food Security in an Informal Settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
(Environmental Health Perspectives, 2020-10-26)
Approximately 2.5 billion individuals use solid fuels (e.g. wood, coal) for cooking, exposing them to health-damaging household air pollution (HAP). A COVID-19 lockdown may impact the cooking habits, earning power, food ...
The Short-Term Economic Effects of Covid-19 on Low-income Households in Rural Kenya: An Analysis Using Weekly Financial Household Data
(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 ...
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 ...
Reducing Unmet Need for Contraceptive Services among Youth in Homabay and Narok counties, Kenya: The Role of Community Health Volunteers – A Qualitative Study
(Springer Nature, 5/1/2021)
Background: Access to contraceptive services is a cornerstone of human well-being. While Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) promote family planning in Kenya, the unmet need for contraceptives among youth remains high. CHVs ...
Factors that hinder the utilization of Family Planning Services among Men of Reproductive Age in Langata Sub-County, Nairobi, Kenya
(International Academic Journal of Advanced Practices in Nursing, 2021-08-10)
In Kenya, most family planning services are ut ilized by female clients
and this has led to this study to establish the factors hindering the ut ilizat ion of
family planning services among men of reproduct ive age in ...
Geographical and Linguistic Structure in the People of Kenya Demonstrated Using 21 Autosomal STRs
(Elsevier, 2021-07)
Kenya is a diverse and populous nation that employs DNA evidence in its criminal justice system, and therefore requires reliable information on autosomal STR allele frequency variation across the country and in its many ...