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“We don’t want our clothes to smell smoke”: changing malaria control practices and opportunities for integrated community-based management in Baringo, Kenya
(Springer Nature, 2018-05-09)
Background: The decline in global malaria cases is attributed to intensified utilization of primary vector control interventions and artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs). These strategies are inadequate in many ...
Experience and perceptions on preterm births among women attending ANC Clinic at Kisumu County Hospital, Kenya
(Researchjournali’s Journal of Public Health, 2018-03)
Preterm birth is one of the main causes of neonatal death, and it is now the second leading cause of death after
pneumonia in children under the age of five. Kenya is estimated to have 12.3% preterm births and 22 ...
Knowledge, practices and perception of health care workers on diagnosis of childhood tuberculosis: a case study of Bureti Sub County, Kericho, Kenya
(INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH, 2018)
Background: Despite the advances in the diagnosis of tuberculosis, effective diagnosis remains a challenge among children. Several countries have rolled out effective diagnostic methods but capacity of health care workers ...