Community mental health services in Nairobi, Kenya.Okonji, M M O
Improve Frontline Access to Evidence-based Interventions by Skilled Health Care Providers (25–27 June 2012), convened by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) and coordinated by the Regional Network on Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa (EQUINET) in Nairobi, Kenya. ...
A multi-disease CHC in rural Kenya found increased ART coverage and other health benefits with cost savings [26, 27]. CHCs are part of a community-based healthcare model, which has gained traction in recent years because it can mobilize a large proportion of a community, and may be less...
For example, a public health investigator may want to assess the effectiveness of a media campaign to increase seat belt use. The study may include randomizing at the community level – two neighborhoods exposed to radio and billboard ads, two other neighborhoods included as control sites. The ...
I come from Kitengela, a farming community on the edge(边缘) of Nairobi National Park of Kenya(肯尼亚). Since the age of nine. I have helped to look after my family's cows. As a child, in my free time. I enjoyed playing with electronics. I made my own inventions, such as ...
L. et al. Linkage to and engagement in HIV care in western Kenya: an ob- servational study using population-based estimates from home-based counselling and testing. Lancet HIV 2, e20–e26 (2015). 16. World Health Organization. Consolidated Guidelines on HIV Testing Services http://www. ...
Despite focused health policies and reform agenda, Kenya has challenges in improving households’ situation in poverty and ill health; interventions to address the Millennium Development Goals in maternal and child health, such as focused antenatal care and immunization of children, are yet to achieve...
Kenya, and South Sudan. The EAC Gender Equality and Development Bill, passed by the East African Legislative Assembly in March 2017, has also contributed towards expanding opportunities for women in trade liberalization and regio...
The World Health Organization and national governments, including the Government of Kenya, have endorsed principles of universal access to these interventions. Wide access will advance progress toward health targets in the millennium development goals[5]. However, achieving high access is challenging, ...
In Nigeria and Kenya, several CBHF schemes have emerged to meet the healthcare financing needs of low-income earners who have traditionally been largely left out of the private insurance system. CBHF schemes vary greatly in type and scope and range from small funds run by community welfare gro...