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Special issue on External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine: Current Challenges and Future Trends
(Biochemia Medica, 2017-02)
Quality assurance in the modern clinical laboratory is evidenced through the complementary processes of internal quality control and external
quality assessment, also known as proficiency testing. By these processes and ...
Community Health Workers: An Underappreciated Asset to Tackle NCD
(Elsevier Ltd., 2016-12-01)
With continued undernutrition and escalating overnutrition, urbanization, and resource-strapped health
systems, nations—particularly those in the low- and
middle-income brackets—are facing the harsh reality of a
growing ...
Implementing a Regional Integrated Laboratory Proficiency Testing Scheme for Peripheral Health Facilities in East Africa
(Biochemia Medica, 2016-10-27)
Introduction: Regular participation in external quality assessment (EQA) is critical for maintaining laboratory performance and is required for laboratory accreditation. Proficiency testing (PT) is effective for providing ...
Epidemiology of Cervical Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions in HIV Infected Women in Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Mason Publishing, 2015-03)
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women worldwide. Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and its related immunosuppression are associated with an increased risk of prevalent, incident, ...
Ever-use of Contraceptives among Sexually Experienced Kenyan Secondary School Girls
(AMREF, 1992-09)
A nationwide /{AP study was conducted in September 1992 to establish aspects of Adolescent Fernale
/-lea/th and Sexuality including contraception among girls attending secondary schools in Kenya. Using
randomising and ...
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 ...
Legislation Against Girl Circumcision a Cultural Psychological Understanding of Prohibition
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-04-30)
Introduction
In Kenya, the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation
Act1 was passed in 2011. This law calls for
a complete ban on girl circumcision. Community
policing structures are in place to help with
enforcing ...
Computer-Automated Malaria Diagnosis and Quantitation Using Convolutional Neural Networks
(CVF, 2017-10)
The optical microscope remains a widely-used tool for
diagnosis and quantitation of malaria. An automated
system that can match the performance of well-trained
technicians is motivated by a shortage of trained
microscopists. ...
Integration of Non-communicable Diseases in Health Care: Tackling the Double Burden of Disease in African Settings
(ResearchGate, 2014-07-05)
Sub-Saharan African countries now face the double burden of Non Communicable and Communicable Diseases. This situation represents a major
threat to fragile health systems and emphasises the need for innovative integrative ...
Preliminary report - Effectiveness of expanded delivery mechanisms channels and empowerment of caregivers in improving access of ORS and Zinc in Narok County, Kenya
(Ministry of Health, Kenya, 2015-09)
Millennium development goal 4 calling for a reduction of child deaths by two thirds by 2015 up from the 1990 levels is unlikely to be achieved in Africa. Pneumonia, diarrhoea and malaria account for more than 50% of deaths ...