KenyaPoliticsQualitative researchObjectives: The aim of the present study was to systematically review the progress and challenges on the devolved healthcare system in Kenya.Masaba, B. B.Moturi, J. K.Taiswa, J.Mmusi-Phetoe, R. M.Univ South Africa Pretoria South AfricaPublic health...
Effectiveness of an mHealth system on access to eye health services in Kenya: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet Digit Health. 2021 Jul;3(7):e414-e424. doi: 10.1016/S2589-7500(21)00083-2. PMID: 34167763; PMCID: PMC8239618. [2] GBD 2019 Blindness and Vision Impairment ...
NAIROBI, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's Ministry of Health on Wednesday launched a mobile electronic platform to enhance the monitoring of quality, safety and efficacy of medicine and health products in order to protect consumers from harm. Rashid Aman, the chief administrative secretary in the Mi...
The public nursing conference whose theme is "Public health nurses achieving sustainable development goals (SDG) 3-Good health and wellbeing," is being held in Africa for the first time. "In my work and visits to health centers across Kenya, I have witnessed the role of nurses and community...
Although their work is crucial to improving health outcomes in communities across Kenya, they have, until now, carried out this work with no salary or, at best, with irregular stipends. They have not received formal recognition in the health system, nor ha...
Psychosocial functioning and depressive symptoms among HIV-positive persons receiving care and treatment in Kenya, Namibia, and Tanzania. Prev. Sci. 15, 318–328 (2014). Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Degroote, S., Vogelaers, D. & Vandijck, D. M. What determines health-...
Implementation of a cloud-based electronic medical record to reduce gaps in the HIV treatment continuum in rural Kenya J.E. Haberer (Ed.), PLoS One, 10 (2015), p. e0135361, 10.1371/journal.pone.0135361 Google Scholar [6] Google, About Google Maps. <http://maps.google.com/support/bin...
Health financing in Kenya is fragmented and there is very limited risk and income cross-subsidisation. The country has made little progress towards achieving international benchmarks including the Abuja target of allocating 15% of government's budget to the health sector. The Kenyan health system...
Overview of the health system in Kenya. In: Kenya Service Provision Assessment Survey 2004. National Government Publication, p. 13–24. Ministry of Health. Strategic Plan of Kenya Taking the Kenya Essential Package for Health to the Community. 2006. Kang’a S, Puttkammer N, Wanyee S, Ki...
Natural, geographical barriers have historically limited the spread of communicable diseases. This is no longer the case in today’s interconnected world, paired with its unprecedented environmental and climate change, emphasising the intersection of evo