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The opinion of clients and providers towards introduction of user fee for clinic-based family planning services in Kenya
(1995)
A descriptive study of client and provider opinions towards the
introduction of family planning user fees was conducted from 27th
April to 27th May 1994, in six MOH hospitals which are indicator
hospitals for the Health ...
Economic - social - political aspects of illicit drug use in Kenya
(1997)
The issues relating to illicit drug production, trafficking and consumption have been a
subject of three major conventions of the United Nations (UN.): the U.N. (1961).
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs; later amended ...
Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to management of snake-bites at a public health facility in Kenya
(2009-11)
Snakebites are a neglected medical problem worldwide; nevertheless they cause
considerable suffering to people especially in less privileged areas resulting in significant
morbidity and mortality with a considerable ...
Quality of health care services in Nyeri District, Kenya: patients perceptions and their effects on service utilization
(2004)
There is continued concern about unequal access to quality health care. In its policy
framework, the Ministry of Health recognizes the challenges these emerging health
issues entail.
The 1994 Health Policy Framework, ...
Gender differentials in tuberculosis case detection in a rural district in Kenya
(1995)
Tuberculosis remains a major health problem and it is estimated that each year, between
50 and 100 million people are infected by the tubercle bacillus and of these, 10 - 20 million
develop overt disease and 3 million ...
Factors associated with body mass index in people living with HIV/AIDS attending Thika district hospital comprehensive care clinic, Kenya
(2009-11)
Background: loday despite advanced therapeutic success of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in the developed countries, HIV related weight loss still continue to be important co-morbidity in many patients. The ...
Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about STD/HIV/Aids education among primary and secondary public school teachers in Nairobi and Machakos districts, Kenya
(2001)
Children aged less than 15 years comprise 50% of Kenya's population while
adolescents aged 10-19 years are 20% of the total population. Youth between 10-14
years comprise the population that is relatively free of AIDS ...
Health and sexuality among out of school adolescents in an urban slum in Nairobi, Kenya
(1999)
In the last decade, the reproductive health and sexuality of adolescents has received
increasing recognition world-wide. Several factors have accounted for these new trend.
more than half of the population in developing ...
Prescribing patterns and availability of Artemisinin based combination therapy anti-malarials compared to monotheraphy in Kirinyaga district, central province, Kenya
(2009)
Malaria, a protozoan infection with high mortality and morbidity, remains a major health
concern in Kenya and the world. New therapeutic agents and combinations continue to be
developed and researched on the treatment ...
Infectivity rates of vectors of bancroftian filariasis during wet and dry seasons in Malindi and Kwale Districts of Coast Province, Kenya.
(1999)
Bancroftianfilariasis, a disease caused by Wuchereria bancrofti, is on the increase on the
Kenyancoast with an estimated 2.5 million people at the risk of infection. 'Endemic zones
on the Kenyan coast are Malindi, Kwale, ...