Primary healthcare and family medicine in KenyaPatrick Chege
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Revisiting primary health care in the 21st century: How Kenya is struggling with control of diarrheal disease in children. Objectives: To determines factors that lead to increased incidence of diarrhea and mortality 0f diarrhoea and how to control it in Kenya Methodology: Mothers, care takers and...
This article investigates nurses' perceptions of mental healthcare delivery within primary-care settings in Kenya. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 60 nurses from a public urban (n = 20), private urban (n = 20), and public rural (n = 20) hospitals. Nurses participated...
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A case study with CHWs within Kenya. Glob Health Action. 2015;8: 27168. Sharma R, Webster P, Bhattacharyya S. Factors affecting the performance of community health workers in India: a multi-stakeholder perspective. Glob Health Action. 2014;7:25352. Article PubMed Google Scholar Callaghan-...
Lay health workers (LHWs) are widely used to provide care for a broad range of health issues. Little is known, however, about the effectiveness of LHW interventions. To assess the effects of LHW interventions in primary and community health care on maternal and child health and the management...
Kisangau, D. P. & Herrmann, T. M. (2007). Utilization and conservation of medicinal plants used for primary health care in Makueni district, Kenya, International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management, 3:3, 184-192.Kisangau DP, Herrmann TM. 2007. Utilization and conservation of ...
PPPs were also used for the provision of diagnostic, treatment, and management of TB in Zambia, Vietnam, Indonesia, South India, Nigeria, Kenya, Nepal, Uganda, Korea, Bangladesh, and South Africa [4, 8, 13, 20, 22, 26, 29, 34, 40, 41, 43, 47, 50, 51, 56, 58, 59, 61, ...
In 2011, Kenya passed the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act, making FGM illegal.[13] However, FGM is still a physical threat and mental suffering for many Kenyan girls. The Kenyan Children act in 2001 also made early marriage before 18 years old illegal.[14] Anti-FGM and anti-...