Familiarity with key national malaria documents was limited—only 28.6% had read the 2015 Kenya Malaria Indicator Survey, 25.8% had read the 6th Edition Kenya Malaria Treatment Guidelines, and 34.6% had read the Kenya Malaria Strategy 2019–2023. In regard to capacity building, 48.4% health care...
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We analyzed data from the Kenya Population Based Infectious Disease Surveillance system in Asembo (rural, malaria-endemic) and Kibera (urban slum, non-malaria-endemic). We examined records of children aged 2–59 months with diarrhea (≥3 loose stools in 24 h) presenting for care from Au...
Awareness of malaria control methods based on mosquitoes that cannot transmit malaria increases the willingness to participate. Conclusion: The study showed a high level of willingness to accept and participate in a Microsporidia MB-based strategy in the community, which is influenced by several ...
(2010). Malaria eradication in the Americas: A retrospective analysis of childhood exposure. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2(2), 1–45. Google Scholar Chari, A. V., Heath, R., Maertens, A., & Fatima, F. (2017). The causal effect of maternal age at marriage on child...
Similar to service provision, malaria and HIV RDTs had the highest response rate of over 96% representing 2,700 out of 2821 facilities forming the sample. The status of CRAG and blood grouping tests were the least reported, with less than 45% of facilities responding (Table 2). Table 2 ...
Combined with the persisting burden of infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV/AIDS, the increasing prevalence of high body mass and related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has created a double burden of disease within a strained health system. Strategies that target the ...
Programme theory and linked intervention strategy for large-scale change to improve hospital care in a low and middle-income country-a study pre-protocol. Wellcome Open Res. 2020;5:265. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Leis JA, Shojania KG. A primer on PDSA: executing plan–do...
Behaviour change communication (BCC) interventions constitute a promising strategy to improve the health and nutrition of young children by empowering caregivers with the skills to provide healthy feeding for their children [5, 9]. BCC is defined as an interactive process with communities to develop ...
Alternative long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) use for purposes other than sleeping protection from mosquitoes is widely debated as a limitation to successful malaria control efforts, yet rarely rigorously studied. A cross-sectional survey of 1217 hous