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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 ...
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 ...
Fintechs’ Future in Kenya: Does Social Influence Matter?
(Journal of African Business by Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-11-07)
This paper investigates the role of social influence on continuous intention to use Fintech mobile money lending app services in Kenya. A sample of 342 respondents was selected using convenience sampling. Data was analyzed ...
Health providers´ knowledge on maternal and newborn care: implications on health systems strengthening in Vihiga County, Kenya
(The Pan African medical journal, 2020)
Pregnant women need access to skilled attendance at birth and emergency obstetric care (EmOC) to avert maternal deaths. While poor EmOC services may explain the high maternal mortality, inadequate knowledge of providers ...
Fragmented health systems in COVID-19: rectifying the misalignment between global health security and universal health coverage
(Lancet, 2021-01-02)
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed enormous strain on countries around the world, exposing long-standing gaps in public health and exacerbating chronic inequities. Although research and analyses have attempted to draw important ...