Research Papers: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
The existence of Dracunculus medinensis (Linnaeus, 1758) in Turkana, Kenya
(Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1981)Summary Dracontiasis has been previously reported in southern Sudan, northern Uganda and north-west Eritrea but this is the first report of autochthonous cases in Turkana, Kenya. Five Turkana tribesmen, three females ... -
Communication (Surgery in East Africa - Technology and Training)
(1981)Perhaps our most disturbing deficiency is nor our lack of knowledge but our inability to use the knowledge we have (Bryant 1969). Introduction The situation quoted above may be a key to an understanding of the ... -
"Supplying the Surgical Needs of Developing Countries"
(1977)Introduction It has been my good fortune over the last 30 years to have connections with some 75 rural hospitals in East Africa and I have been able to visit others in different parts of Africa and the Middle East and ... -
Radiotherapy in the treatment of keloids in East Africa
(East African Medical Journal, 1973-08)SUMMARY Seventy nine patients (73 Africans and six Asians) with 138 keloids, have been treated at Department of Radiotherapy, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi and followed at least two months after the completion of ... -
Group Occupational Health Service in a Developing Country
(British Medical Journal, 1970)Summary: In 1967 an experiment of 11 group occupational health service was set up in Dar es Salaam to provide direct service to industrial firms. Target companies were visited by a doctor, smaller firm in rotation ... -
The missing piece: quality in community health programmes
(Lancet Glob Health, 2019-03-07)The missing piece: quality in community health programmes -
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 ... -
Strengthening health systems in communities: the experiences of Amref Health Africa
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2016-11-25)Africa is grappling with a set of challenges including; a multiple disease burden, malnutrition, illiteracy, environmental degradation, inequality, inequity, debilitating poverty situation and governance of the available ... -
AMREF's evidence in advancing the health of women and children
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012-12-25)Health development in Africa, and specifically improved health for mothers and children, needs to be based on tested approaches with demonstrable results. In light of the increasing health investments currently being made ... -
Response to an African-driven health agenda
(Lancet, 2017-12-23)There is no question that Africa faces a myriad of health challenges and The Lancet Editorial (July 8, p 96)1 captured it well in the statement that “health is much more than just health care,” which reflects the absence ... -
The place of knowledge management in influencing lasting health change in Africa: an analysis of AMREF's progress
(The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012-12-25)AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation) developed a Knowledge Management Strategy that focused on creating, capturing and applying health knowledge to close the gap between communities and health systems in Africa. ... -
Critical success factors in library reengineering: a case of academic libraries in Kenya
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019)Purpose: Academic libraries are reengineering their services to address the gap brought about by the convergence of physical and virtual information landscape. Despite the reengineering efforts, as many as 70 per cent of ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
