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Assessing the Demand for Community Health Workers’ Social Support: A Qualitative Perspective of Mothers in Rural Rwanda
(Haraka Publishing Platform, 7/15/2018)Introduction: better utilization of community health workers (CHWs) is considered a key strategy that can improve access to health care services in low resource settings. Community acceptance of the supports that CHWs ... -
Demographic and Socio-cultural Factors Influencing the Willingness and Ability to Invest in Sanitation Facilities by Households in Busia County, Kenya
(Haraka Publishing Platform, 8/28/2018)Introduction: the UN General Assembly explicitly recognized the human right to sanitation and acknowledged it as essential to the realization of all human rights. The Kenyan constitution further recognizes that every Kenyan ... -
Double Burden of Malnutrition among Cancer Outpatients in Nairobi, Kenya: Challenges and Opportunities for Action
(Haraka Publishing Platform, 2/13/2018)Introduction: the Kenya National Guidelines for Cancer Management identify nutrition care for persons with cancer as an integral part of cancer treatment. However, contribution of nutrition to cancer disease progression ... -
Identification of Multidrug-resistant Salmonella Plasmid Variants Using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Based Replicon Typing Technique in Ghana
(Amref Health Africa, 12/12/2019)Introduction: Salmonella infections cause significant morbidity and mortality, especially in resource-limited countries. The situation is worsened by widespread presence of multidrug resistant (MDR) strains, largely encoded ... -
Opportunities for Civil Society Organizations to Integrate Non-communicable Disease Interventions into Existing Health Programmes: a Case of Amref Health Africa in Kenya
(Haraka Publishing Platform, 2/10/2018)Introduction: non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an increasing public health concern in Kenya. The Ministry of Health aims to reverse this trend however funding remains limited. Integration of NCDs into existing health ... -
Use of Performance Dashboards in Health Care Project Management - a Case of an International Health Development Organization in Kenya
(Haraka Publishing Platform, 2018-06-27)In this paper we document the use of dashboards in health care project management in an international health non-governmental organization. All projects at the organization monitor output performance on specific indicators ... -
Use of Performance Dashboards in Health Care Project Management: a Case of an International Health Development Organization in Kenya
(Haraka Publishing Platform, 6/27/2018)In this paper we document the use of dashboards in health care project management in an international health non-governmental organization. All projects at the organization monitor output performance on specific indicators ...
