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Sexual Risk Reduction Strategies Among HIV Infected Men Receiving ART in Kibera, Nairobi
(Taylor & Francis, 2/22/2011)This paper explores motivational factors and barriers to sexual behaviour change among men receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART). Twenty in-depth interviews were undertaken with male patients enrolled at the African ... -
Reasoning and Deciding PMTCT-Adherence During Pregnancy Among Women Living with HIV in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2011-08)This study explores type identities among rural and urban slum women on antiretroviral therapies who become pregnant. Narrative structuring was chosen to develop type narratives that illustrate how rural and urban women ... -
Major Reduction in Anti-Malarial Drug Consumption in Senegal after Nation-Wide Introduction of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests
(PLoS ONE, 4/6/2011)Background: While WHO recently recommended universal parasitological confirmation of suspected malaria prior to treatment, debate has continued as to whether wide-scale use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) can achieve this ... -
Is 'Opt-Out HIV Testing' a real option among pregnant women in rural districts in Kenya?
(BioMed Central, 3/8/2011)Background An 'opt-out' policy of routine HIV counseling and testing (HCT) is being implemented across sub-Saharan Africa to expand prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). Although the underlying assumption is ... -
‘Keeping Healthy in the Backseat’: How Motherhood interrupted HIV treatment in recently delivered women in Kenya
(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 6/22/2011)Although there is a large body of literature related to the experiences of motherhood and aspects of the change that it brings about, how the experience of motherhood affects the healthcare of women with chronic illness ... -
Perceptions of Malaria and Vaccines in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 10/1/2011)Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Kenya. To confront malaria, the Government of Kenya has been implementing and coordinating three approaches - vector control by distributing insecticide-treated bed ... -
The Influence of Traditional Medicine and Religion on Discontinuation of ART in an Urban Informal Settlement in Nairobi
(Taylor & Francis Online, 3/10/2011)Objective: The objective of this study was to explore the influence of traditional medicine and religion on discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in one of Africa's largest informal urban settlement, Kibera, in ... -
Daily chlorproguanil is an effective alternative to daily proguanil in the prevention of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kenya
(Transitional of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 8/5/1993)To test the efficacy of chlorproguanil prophylaxis, 156 malaria-free schoolchildren in the coastal region of Kenya were allocated at random to receive either 7.5 mg chlorproguanil daily, 50 mg chlorproguanil weekly, 100 ... -
Library services at health facilities in Kenya
(1993-01)INTRODUCTION Rural health workers in sub-Saharan Africa face an extremely demanding work situation. Their relatively brief basic training is usually ten to twenty years past, resource constraints are severe, and they ... -
Chlorproguanil/Dapsone for the Treatment of Non-severe Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria in Kenya: a pilot study
(Oxford University Press, 5/1/1988)Chlorocycloguanil, the active metabolite of chlorproguanil, was synergistic in vitro with dapsone against 2 culture-adapted Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Kenya; maximal synergy occurred at lower concentrations that ... -
Sociodemographic Variations in Communication on Sexuality and HIV/AIDS with Parents, Family Members and Teachers Among In-school Adolescents: A Multi Site Study in Tanzania and South Africa
(Sage Publications, 6/1/2009)Aims: To identify with whom in-school adolescents preferred to communicate about sexuality, and to study adolescents’ communication on HIV/AIDS, abstinence and condoms with parents/guardians, other adult family members, ... -
Condom use and sexuality communication with adults: a study among high school students in South africa and Tanzania
(BMC Public Health, 9/23/2013)Background: Fostering adolescents’communication on sexuality issues with their parents and other significantadults is often assumed to be an important component of intervention programmes aimed at promoting healthyadolescent ... -
Effects of Selected Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Community Health Workers on Performance of Home Visits during Pregnancy: A Cross-Sectional Study in Busia District, Kenya
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 7/26/2012)Objective: Appropriate performance of home visits facilitates adoption of best practices at home and increased demand for facility based services. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study in which community health workers were ... -
Acceptance of a Malaria Vaccine by caregivers of sick children in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 5/1/2014)Background Several malaria vaccines are currently in clinical trials and are expected to provide an improved strategy for malaria control. Prior to introduction of a new vaccine, policymakers must consider the socio cultural ... -
Community Perceptions of Malaria and Vaccines in the South Coast and Busia Regions of Kenya
(BioMed Central, 5/30/2011)Background Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children younger than 5 years in Kenya. Within the context of planning for a vaccine to be used alongside existing malaria control methods, this study ... -
Health insurance education strategies for increasing the insured among older population – a quasi experimental study in rural Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 5/13/2012)Introduction: The older population in most developing countries are uninsured and lack access to health services. This study assessed the extent to which a multi-strategy health insurance education intervention would ... -
Making Aid effective at the Community Level: The AMREF Experience
(Taylor & Francis, 2011-09)Effective use of donor aid is critical in achieving the sixth Millennium Development Goal –reversing the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2015. The Paris Declaration of 2005 identified five key principles for aid effectiveness: ... -
Effectiveness of Kenya's Community Health Strategy in delivering community-based maternal and newborn health care in Busia County, Kenya: non-randomized pre-test post test study
(Pan African Medical Journal, 12/26/2012)Background: Maternal mortality ratio and neonatal mortality rate trends in Kenya have remained unacceptably high in a decade. In 2007, the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation adopted a community health strategy to ... -
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 ... -
Contraception knowledge and practice among fistula patients at referral centers in Kenya
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2012-05)Objective To establish knowledge and practice of contraception among patients presenting with a fistula attending fistula care services at 4 centers in Kenya. Methods In a descriptive cohort study carried out between ...
