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Is the promise of methadone Kenya’s solution to managing HIV and addiction? A mixed-method mathematical modelling and qualitative study
(BMJ, 2015)
Background and objectives: Promoted globally as an
evidence-based intervention in the prevention of HIV and
treatment of heroin addiction among people who inject
drugs (PWID), opioid substitution treatment (OST) can
help ...
Female sex workers in Africa: Epidemiology overview, data gaps, ways forward
(2012)
More than three decades after the first reported case of AIDS (1983), Africa continues to experience unacceptable levels of new HIV infections. East Africa and Southern Africa remain most affected by the epidemic with 34% ...
Community mobilisation programme for female sex workers in coastal Andhra Pradesh, India: processes and their effects
(J. of Epidemiol Community Health, 2012-10)
This paper describes the process of setting up community-based organisations (CBOs) of sex workers during the 5-year community mobilisation initiative of the Swagati project, an HIV prevention programme in nine coastal ...
Survival benefit of early infant antiretroviral therapy is compromised when diagnosis is delayed.
(University of Nairobi, 2012-07)
Late presentation is common among African HIV-1-infected infants. Incidence and correlates of mortality were examined in 99 infants with HIV-1 diagnosis by 5 months of age. Twelve-month survival was 66.8% (95% confidence ...
Towards Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: The Impact of a Rapid Results Initiative in Nyanza Province, Kenya
(2012)
Many HIV-positive pregnant women and infants are still not receiving optimal services, preventing the goal of eliminating mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) and improving maternal child health overall. A Rapid Results ...
Effects of a mobile phone short message service on antiretroviral treatment adherence in Kenya (WelTel Kenya1): a randomised trial
(2010)
Mobile (cell) phone communication has been suggested as a method to improve delivery of health services. However, data on the effects of mobile health technology on patient outcomes in resource-limited settings are limited. ...
Family Kinship Patterns and Female Sex Work in the Informal Urban Settlement of Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
(2012-06)
A basic ecological and epidemiological question is why some women enter into commercial sex work while other women in the same socio-economic environment never do. To address this question respondent driven sampling ...
Pathways and Barriers to Condom Use Among Ariaal Agro-pastoralists of Northern Kenya
(2011-06)
Recent sexual behavior surveys in the Ariaal community of Karare, Marsabit District, northern Kenya, indicate a rapid increase in male condom use among unmarried men and women. Increased condom use stems from the Kenyan ...
Utilisation of sexual health services by female sex workers in Nepal.
(2011-05)
BACKGROUND:
The Nepal Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) in 2006 showed that more than half (56%) of the women with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, in Nepal sought sexual health services. There is ...
Building capacity in implementation science research training at the University of Nairobi
(Univeraity of Nanirobi, 2016-03-08)
Background:
Health care systems in sub-Saharan Africa, and globally, grapple with the problem of closing the gap
between evidence-based health interventions and actual practice in health service settings. It is essential ...