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Barriers to Enrolment into a Professional Upgrading Programme for Enrolled Nurses in Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 12/25/2012)
Introduction: Nurses play a key role in the provision of health care. Over 70% of the nurses in Kenya are Enrolled Community Health Nurses
(ECHNs). AMREF in partnership with Nursing Council of Kenya and the Ministry of ...
Situational Analysis and Expert Evaluation of the Nutrition and Health Status of Infants and Young Children in Five Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa
(The United Nations University, 10/4/2013)
Background. The poor feeding practices of pregnant
women, infants, and young children contribute to the
burden of malnutrition and subsequently to childhood
morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Gaining
insight ...
Enhancing the Supervision of Community Health Workers With WhatsApp Mobile Messaging: Qualitative Findings from 2 Low-Resource Settings in Kenya
(Global Health: Science and Practice, 5/26/2016)
An estimated half of all mobile phone users in Kenya use WhatsApp, an instant messaging platform that provides users
an affordable way to send and receive text messages, photos, and other media at the one-to-one, one-to-many, ...
Under Nutrition of Orphans and Vulnerable Children: A Comparison of Cash Transfer Beneficiaries and Non Beneficiaries in Korogocho Slums, Nairobi
(East African Journal of Public Health, 2012-09)
OBJECTIVE
To assess the prevalence and associated factors for undernutrition among the beneficiaries of Kenya Cash Transfer Program compared to non-beneficiaries in Korogocho, Nairobi. Optimal nutrition reduces the ...
Utilization Rates and Perceptions of (VCT) Services in Kisii Central District, Kenya
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 11/1/2012)
Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) services have been set up in most Districts in Kenya due to the rising
surge of HIV/AIDS. However, the use of these services among married persons has not been fully explored. In
Kissi, ...
Enhancing the Supervision of Community Health Workers With WhatsApp Mobile Messaging: Qualitative Findings From 2 Low-Resource Settings in Kenya
(ResearchGate, 2016-05-26)
An estimated half of all mobile phone users in Kenya use WhatsApp, an instant messaging platform that provides users
an affordable way to send and receive text messages, photos, and other media at the one-to-one, one-to-many, ...
Utilization Rates and Perceptions of (VCT) Services in Kisii Central District, Kenya
(ResearchGate, 2014-05-31)
Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) services have been set up in most Districts in Kenya due to the rising
surge of HIV/AIDS. However, the use of these services among married persons has not been fully explored. ...
Determinants of Use of Skilled Birth Attendant at Delivery in Makueni, Kenya: A Cross Sectional Study
(Springer Nature, 2015-02-03)
Background: Kenya has a maternal mortality ratio of 488 per 100,000 live births. Preventing maternal deaths
depends significantly on the presence of a skilled birth attendant at delivery. Kenyan national statistics estimate ...
Breast-feeding and the Working Mother in Nairobi
(Public Health Nutrition, 2002-03-17)
Objective: In the fast growing city of Nairobi, women often combine the roles of
mother and worker in trying to achieve better standards of living. The objective of this
study was to document the effect of returning to ...