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Determinants of Maternal Health Care Choices among Women in Lunga Lunga Sub County in Kwale County-Kenya
(World Journal of Innovative Research (WJIR), 2020-05)
Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality are major public health concerns in most developing countries and in under resourced settings. Provision of safe motherhood is of utmost importance in the reduction of maternal ...
Factors Influencing Preconception Care Services Among Women of Reproductive Age at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kisumu
(World Journal of Innovative Research (WJIR), 2021-04-04)
Preconception care involves the provision of health interventions to women and couples before conception and aims at improving their health status, reducing behaviors, individual and environmental factors that contribute ...
Uptake of Preconception Care Services among Women of Reproductive Age at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kisumu
(World Journal of Innovative Research (WJIR, 2021-04)
Preconception care involves the provision of health interventions to women and couples before conception and aims at improving their health status, reducing behaviors, individual and environmental factors that contribute ...
Diabetes Awareness and Risk Reduction Behaviors among Pre-Diabetic Patients in Busia County, Western Kenya
(International Journal of Development Research, 2021-01-30)
One-third of people with pre-diabetic condition progress to type 2 diabetes within five years. However, with adequate knowledge on diabetes risk reduction behaviors, progression to diabetes can be controlled. We therefore ...
Determinants of the Uptake of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine in Sabatia Sub County, Western Kenya
(BMC, 2021)
Annually, 125.2 million pregnant women worldwide risk contracting malaria, including 30.3 million and 1.5 million in Sub-Saharan Africa and Kenya respectively. At least three doses of sulphadoxine pyrimethamine for ...
Determinants of Malaria Prevalence among Children below Five Years in North West Kisumu Ward, Kisumu County, Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Middle East Journal of Applied Science & Technology, 2021-12-09)
Globally, malaria remains a major public health problem. In 2019 an estimated 229 million cases of malaria were reported, WHO African region accounted for 94% of total cases. In Kenya, malaria is a leading cause of morbidity ...
Determinants of HIV Status Disclosure among Adolescents in Bondo Sub-county of Siaya County in Kenya
(Mediterranean Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (MJBAS), 2021-08-26)
With the widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy, the epidemic of HIV has evolved into a chronic disease. HIV is extremely stigmatizing, resulting in highly emotionally charged responses to disclosure. World ...
Determinants of the Uptake of Free Maternity Services among Pregnant Mothers in Malava Sub-County, in Kakamega County, Kenya
(Middle East Journal of Applied Science & Technology, 2021-09-20)
Over the past decade, Kenya has made tremendous efforts to enhance maternal and child health. Secure maternity policies such as free maternity care are one of the initiatives that have enhanced maternal and child health ...
Essential Drugs Inadequacy is an Impediment to Utilization of Universal Health Coverage; the Case of Seme Sub-County in Kisumu County, Kenya
(International Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021-02-26)
Many countries have been putting more effort in Universal Health Coverage
through Strengthening Health Systems to provide affordable, safe and high quality care. The Kenya government prioritized attainment of Universal ...
Spatiotemporal Distribution of Rift Valley Fever and Malaria Vectors in Baringo County, Kenya: Implications on Vector Control
(International Journal of Mosquito Research, 2021-12-17)
Rift Valley Fever and malaria are zoonotic and human diseases respectively that pose major production and health challenges to pastoralists. This study aimed to determine the spatiotemporal distribution of mosquito vectors ...