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Challenges and Opportunities for promoting Maternal, New born, and Child Health in urban informal settlements: perspectives of Community Health Volunteers in Nairobi, Kenya
(2016-10)
Across the world, Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) are recognised as first line health care providers. Overtime, the Kenyan government has acknowledged CHVs as an integral component in provision of first line health care ...
Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in Africa: methods used for Phase 1 of the AWI-Gen population crosssectional study
(2018-09-27)
There is an alarming tide of cardiovascular and metabolic disease (CMD) sweeping across Africa. This may be a result of an increasingly urbanized lifestyle characterized by the growing consumption of processed and calorie-dense ...
Treatment of Tungiasis with Dimeticone: A Proof-of- Principle Study in Rural Kenya
(2014-07)
Tungiasis (sand flea disease) is a neglected tropical disease, prevalent in resource-poor communities in South America and sub-Saharan Africa. It is caused by an inflammatory response against penetrated female sand fleas ...
The effect of enhanced public–private partnerships on Maternal, Newborn and child Health Services and outcomes in Nairobi–Kenya: the PAMANECH quasi-experimental research protocol
(2014-09-30)
Introduction: Rapid urbanisation in Kenya has resulted in growth of slums in urban centres, characterised by poverty, inadequate social services and poor health outcomes. The government's initiatives to improve access to ...
Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Kenyan Adolescents With the Sickle Cell Trait
(2017-05-22)
The potential association between sickle cell trait (SCT) and increased arterial stiffness/blood pressure (BP) has not been evaluated in detail despite its association with stroke, sudden death, and renal disease. We ...
Treatment of tungiasis with a twocomponent dimeticone: a comparison between moistening the whole foot and directly targeting the embedded sand fleas
(2017)
Background: Tungiasis (sand flea disease) is caused by the penetration of female sand fleas (Tunga penetrans, Siphonaptera) into the skin. It belongs to the neglected tropical diseases and is prevalent in South America, ...
Analysis of Patterns of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in an Urban Slum Setting in Nairobi, Kenya
(2016-03)
Background: Insufficient physical activity and sedentary behavior are key risk factors for the emergence of noncommunicable diseases in the sub-Saharan African setting. Given the limited evidence base, research is required ...
Fully immunized child: coverage, timing and sequencing of routine immunization in an urban poor settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
(2016-05)
Background: More efforts have been put in place to increase full immunization coverage rates in the last decade. Little is known about the levels and consequences of delaying or vaccinating children in different schedules.Vaccine ...
Interlinkage among cardio-metabolic disease markers in an urban poor setting in Nairobi, Kenya
(2016-02-09)
Introduction: The main cardio-metabolic diseases _ mostly cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and ischemic disease _ share common clinical markers such as raised blood pressure and blood glucose. The pathways of development ...
Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Kenyan Adolescents With a+Thalassemia
(2017-03)
Background-—Recent studies have discovered that a-globin is expressed in blood vessel walls where it plays a role in regulating vascular tone. We tested the hypothesis that blood pressure (BP) might differ between normal ...