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USAID Imarisha Jamii Program Brief
(2021)
USAID Imarisha Jamii is a 5-year program funded by the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to increase the use of quality county-led health and social ...
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 ...
Mental Distress and Human Rights Violations During COVID-19: A Rapid Review of the Evidence Informing Rights, Mental Health Needs, and Public Policy
(Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021-01-08)
Background: COVID-19 prevention and mitigation efforts were abrupt and challenging
for most countries with the protracted lockdown straining socioeconomic activities.
Marginalized groups and individuals are particularly ...
“Slash and Clear”, a Community-Based Vector Control Method to Reduce Onchocerciasis Transmission by Simulium sirbanum in Maridi, South Sudan: A Prospective Study
(Pathogens, 2021-10-15)
Abstract: Background: High ongoing Onchocerca volvulus transmission was recently documented in
Maridi County, South Sudan. To complement community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI)
as the main onchocerciasis ...
Determinants of Quality In-home-based Management of Malaria by Community Health Volunteers in Rural Kenya
(The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2020-12-16)
Abstract
Introduction: Kenya adopted the World Health Organization’s recommendation of community case management of malaria (CCMM) in 2012. Trained community health volunteers (CHVs) provide CCMM but information on quality ...
Impact of the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV/AIDS Programming in Kenya: Evidence from Kibera Informal Settlement and COVID-19 Hotspot Counties
(MDPI, 2021-06-03)
The study sought to determine the impact of COVID-19 on HIV/AIDS programming
in the Kibera informal settlement and COVID-19 hotspot counties during the first wave of the
pandemic. The study was conducted in two phases. ...
Geographic Variation and Determinants of Help Seeking Behaviour Among Married Women Subjected to Intimate Partner Violence Evidence from National Population Survey
(Springer Nature, 2021-01)
Background: Help seeking behaviour amongst married women who experienced Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
has received limited attention in Africa. This study examines the geographic variation and investigates determinants
of ...
Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and the Effects of COVID-19 Among the Youth in Kenya
(Research Square, 2021-01-11)
Background: 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 ...