and high standard quality control system in semi-finished products, plastic parts, accessories, production equipment, etc., which can ensure that customers who need to build factories can establish their own production system and supply system in an efficient, high standard a...
In areas of sub-Saharan Africa where malaria is endemic, pregnant women are at a greater risk of malaria than non-pregnant women leading to significant adverse consequences including anemia, intrauterine growth retardation, low birth weight (LBW), and pre-term delivery. The Kenya Ministry of Healt...
In Kenya, there is currently a case in the Supreme Court challenging the dissemination and implementation of health ministry clinical protocols on safe abortion. Participants from Zambia also reported that a proposed constitutional provision stating that life begins at conception could effectively eliminate...
In Kenya and Uganda, around 23% of neonatal deaths are attributed to gaps in the continuum of care [17]. The studies across various African countries reveal significant disparities in the completion of the maternal continuum of care. In Zambia, 38% of mothers completed the full continuum [18...
Provision and use of maternal health services among urban poor women in Kenya: what do we know and what can we do? J urban health: Bull New York Acad Med. 2008;85(3):428–42. Article Google Scholar Harpham T. Urban health in developing countries: what do we know and where do we ...
Despite the clinically proven advantages of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), utilisation has been low in many African countries. To increase uptake and achieve the desired effect, the W
IPTp-SP is freely provided to the mothers and is always available in all the public health centers, even in the remote areas; and the cost of an ANC consultation is officially free of charge. Furthermore, each delivering woman must show an ANC card when arriving at the delivery unit they...
Quinine may remain first line therapy due to greater availability, prescription habit and possibly lower cost (although this might be untrue thanks to increasing availability of subsidized ACT by various programmes, e.g. Global Fund, Presidents Malaria Initiative, and World Bank). In an antenatal ...
Echoka E, Kombe Y, Dubourg D, Makokha A, Olsen BE, Mwangi M, Byskov J, Olsen QE, Mutisya R: Existence and functionality of emergency obstetric care services at district level in Kenya: theoretical coverage versus reality. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013, 13: 113-10.1186/1472-6963-13-113. ...
analyze the household decision-making and gender relations, investigate the cost and distance to health facilities, assess healthcare infrastructure (antenatal care (ANC) services, drugs and ITNs stocks), and increase studies related to attitudes and practices of health workers, patient adherence, and...