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Are Mentorship and Training the Key in Provision of Emergency Obstetric and New-Born Care (EmONC) Services? A Formative Evaluation of Pre and Post in Samburu County, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2021-12-28)Background: In Kenya, the Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) is approximated to 362 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births while the stillbirth rate stands at 23 deaths per 100 live births which are far below the target of ... -
AMREF News
(AMREF, 1999-07)AMREF News is a quarterly newspaper published by the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) -
New Stamps - Kenya Government Second Issue
(African Businesd, 1980-06)KENYA: Flying doctor service. Set of stamps issued as a tribute to the fine work done by the Flying doctor service. Values 50 cents, 1/-, 3/-, 5/-. Issued March 20, 1990 (Crown Agents) -
The Helper
(African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF), 1980-08-02)This newsletter is about people who help their neighbours to help themselves. What is the name for these people? Well, every place seems to have a different name. Some of the names used in Kenya are Public Health Aide, ... -
Africa-Style 'House Calls' Saving Lives
(Los Angeles Times, 1978-03-10)ITALAL. Kenya-Dr_ "Michael. Wood hopped into the piiot's seat. He checked .his gauges-"We've got oil pressure. That's good"-and headed down the runway, his single-engine plane climbing slowly into the choppy early ... -
AMref Pedal Power
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Effect of an Interactive Text-messaging Service on Patient Retention during the First Year of HIV Care in Kenya (WelTel Retain): An Open-label, Randomised Parallel-group Study
(Lancet Public Health, 2018-04-04)Background—Retention of patients in HIV care is crucial to ensure timely treatment initiation, viral suppression, and to avert AIDS-related deaths. We did a randomised trial to determine whether a text-messaging intervention ... -
Assessment of Reengineered Library Services and Spaces for Improved User Experience in Universities in Kenya
(Journal of Arts & Humanities (JAH), 2019-04)Innovation and transformation have been synonymous with the library environment, as they strive to rethink the services they offer amidst the changing information landscape. This paper assesses the ... -
Group Occupational Health Service in a Developing Country
(British Medical Journal, 1970-11-28)Summary: In 1967 an experimen:.11 group occupational health service was set up in Dar t!S Salaam to provide direct service to industrial firms. T 3rget companies were visited by a doctor, smaller firn . in rotation ... -
Adaptive Scenarios in Quality Improvement (QI): a Case Study of an International Health Development and Research Organization Embracing Change.
(International Journal of Health Sciences and Research - Research Gate, 2015-11)Background: Health care organizations are under immense pressure to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of care delivery. To date little research into how health organizations in resource-limited settings take up, ... -
Improved treatment services significantly reduce the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases in rural Tanzania - results of a randomized controlled trial
(AIDS: Rapid Science Publishers, 1997-08-07)Objective: To evaluate the impact of improved case management for sexually transmitted diseases (STD) at the primary health care level on the incidence and prevalence of STD. Design: Community-randomized controlled ... -
Institutionalizing Leadership Management and Governance for Health System Strengthening in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Partnership for Health System Strengthening in Africa (PHSSA) Programme
(European Journal of Business and Management Research, 2021-11-15)Health systems in an emerging economy, specifically Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are characterized as fragile with low implementation of Universal Health Coverage. While acknowledging that the cause of the inadequacy in emerging ... -
A Comparative Study of Echinococcus Granulos from Human and Animal Hosts in Kenya Using Isoelectric Focusing and Isoenzyme Analysis
(Australian Society for Parasitology, 1981-11-20)A comparative s1udy of Echinococcus granulosus from human and animal hosts in Kenya using isoelectric: focusing and isoenzyme analysis. International Journal for Parasitology 12: 515-521. The soluble enzyme extracts from ... -
The Problem of Communications in Medical Practice in East Africa
(East African Medical Journal, 1969-06-16)PERHAPS it is salutary for those of us who live in the luxury of Nairobi to consider for a moment the fi\edical problems at the periphery. It goes without question that the centre has to be built up first in order to ... -
Cardiovascular Disease in the Masai
(Journal of Atherosclerosis Research, Elseviers Publishing Company, 1963-08-09)The hypothetical relationship between dietary behavior and the development of atherosclerosis and consequent cardiovascular complications is not well established. While it is widely said that a large intake of animal fat ... -
Reducing COVID-19 Mortality in Senegal through Community Case Management
(PAMJ One Health, 2021-04-15)Like many countries across the world, Senegal is facing a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with an increase in hospital admissions and deaths, putting pressure on an already overstretched health workforce. This ... -
UN High-Level Meeting: Time to Act on Universal Health Coverage
(The Lancet, 2019-08-31)We are restless for change. UHC2030 is a multi-stakeholder platform that aims to strengthen the global movement for universal health coverage (UHC), and we are calling for urgent action. As stakeholders from governments, ... -
Universal Health Coverage
(Springer, Cham, 2020-12-17)Universal health coverage (UHC) aims at providing quality health services for all people in a society without suffering financial hardship. UHC embodies three related objectives: (1) equity in access to health services, ... -
Global Health in the Age of COVID-19: Responsive Health Systems Through a Right to Health Fund
(Health and Human Rights Journal, 2020-06)We propose that a Right to Health Capacity Fund (R2HCF) be created as a central institution of a reimagined global health architecture developed in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such ... -
HMD 115: Foundations of Health Systems
(Amref International University, 2021-08-05)
