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Adequacy of Prenatal Care and its Association with Low Birth Weight in Ndola and Kitwe, Zambia
(Gavin Publishers, 2020-09-23)
Background: Prenatal care is one of the recommended interventions globally to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes. In most Sub-Saharan African countries, high rates of poor pregnancy outcomes coexist with high Antenatal ...
Factors Associated with Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa A systematic and meta-analysis
(ResearchGate, 2020-08-19)
Background
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are common complications of pregnancy globally,
including sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Although it has a high burden of maternal
and neonatal mortality and ...
Enabling and Hindering Factors of Health Surveillance Assistants’ Roles in the Provision of Contraceptive Services in Mangochi, Malawi
(Springer, 2020-04-20)
Background: Contraceptive services are essential for promoting people’s health, and economic and social wellbeing.
Despite increased contraceptive use over the past decades, unmet need is still high in Malawi. As a result ...
COVID-19 in Ethiopia: A Geospatial Analysis of Vulnerability to Infection, Case Severity and Death
(ResearchGate, 2021-01-27)
Background COVID-19 has caused a global public
health crisis affecting most countries, including Ethiopia,
in various ways. This study maps the vulnerability to
infection, case severity and likelihood of death from
COVID-19 ...
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 ...
Hypertension and Associated Inflammatory Markers Among HIV-Infected Patients in Tanzania
(Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research, 2021-08-17)
There remains a dearth of data regarding the association between chronic inflammation and hypertension (HTN) in sub-Saharan Africa, a region that accounts for >70% of the global burden of HIV infection. Therefore, we ...
Using Friendship Ties to Understand the Prevalence of, and Factors Associated With, Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Kenya: Cross-Sectional, Respondent-Driven Survey Study
(JMIR Publications, 12/31/2020)
Background: Optimization of innovative approaches is required for estimating the intimate partner violence (IPV) burden
among adolescents and young adults (AYA). Further investigation is required to identify risk and ...
Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and the effects of COVID-19 among the youth in Kenya
(Springer Nature, 2021-05)
Cases of the Corona Virus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) in Kenya have continued to increase rapidly, since the first case in the country was confirmed in March 2020. In the wake of the pandemic, the health and socio-economic ...
The Effect of COVID-19 and Its Control Measures on Sexual Satisfaction Among Married Couples in Kenya
(Elsevier Inc., 2021)
Background: COVID-19 was first diagnosed in Kenya in March 2020 following which the government instituted control measures which could have affected people's sexual satisfaction and overall quality of life including ...