Major health problems encountered by women in one village situated in the northwestern area outside of Nairobi, Kenya, are addressed in this paper. A retrospective, desciiptive account of the nature and cost of health services provided to clients is provided, with a particular focus on the ...
In this study, we examine the effect of the poverty status of an individual on the choice of a health care provider by the individual when sick or injured in Kenya. The general objective of the study is to, therefore, establish how poverty influences health care demand through its effects o...
Background: Past attempts to estimate the cost of migration were limited to education costs only and did not include the lost returns from investment. The objective of this study was to estimate the social cost of emigration of doctors and nurses from Kenya to two developed countries (the UK ...
Kenya news: Cholera cases at Nairobi Hospital rise to 52The affected employees work at the Nairobi Hospital's staff canteen which was closed. The hospital's management had denied a cholera outbreak at its facility. Nairobi county was put on high alert as county health officials warned of the ...
Through qualitative methodologies, this paper explores the lived experiences and associated health risks of women working in the informal sanitation sector in urban Ghana and Kenya. Our findings show that female informal sanitation workers were exposed to injuries and infections, stigma and discrimination...
doi:10.1016/j.avb.2019.02.009Kennedy MkutuTessa Rhodes MkutuElsevier ScienceAggression and Violent Behavior
NAIROBI, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Embassy in Kenya and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday held a ceremony to mark the successful completion of a China-funded project to promote maternal, newborn and children's health in the East African Nation. ...
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a crucial and marginalized at risk population for HIV in Africa but are poorly studied. Like other areas of Africa, homosexuality is illegal in Kenya. We assessed MSM comfort in accessing health services and willingness to participate in HIV prevention resea...
Oral rehydration therapy and social marketing in rural Kenya In just a few years, oral rehydration therapy (ORT) has become the standard treatment to reduce infant diarrhoeal disease mortality in the developing world... PR Kenya,S Gatiti,LN Muthami,... - 《Social Science & Medicine》 被引量...
It is the World Mental Health Awareness week. Unlike other years in the past, the current celebration is happening in an unprecedented health, financial and social gloom.