Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Author "Yard, E"
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HIV testing and counselling for women attending child health clinics: an opportunity for entry to prevent mother-to-child transmission and HIV treatment
Chersich, MF; Luchters, SM; Othigo, MJ; Yard, E; Mandaliya, K; Temmerman, M (College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 2008)This study assessed the potential for HIV testing at child health clinics to increase knowledge of HIV status, and entry to infant feeding counselling and HIV treatment. At a provincial hospital in Mombasa, Kenya, HIV ... -
Maternal morbidity in the first year after childbirth in Mombasa Kenya; a needs assessment
Chersich, MF; Kley, N; Luchters, SM; Njeru, C; Yard, E; Othigo, MJ; Temmerman, M (College of health sciences,University of Nairobi, 2009)BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, few services specifically address the needs of women in the first year after childbirth. By assessing the health status of women in this period, key interventions to improve maternal ... -
Morbidity in the first year postpartum among HIV-infected women in Kenya.
Chersich, MF; Luchters, SM; Yard, E; Othigo, JM; Kley, N; Temmerman, M (University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2008-01)OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects of HIV infection on morbidity and the needs of infected women for services in the first year postpartum. METHODS: A cross-sectional study with 500 women attending a child-health clinic ... -
A Safe Motherhood project in Kenya: assessment of antenatal attendance, service provision and implications for PMTCT.
Delva, W; Yard, E; Luchters, S; Chersich, MF; Muigai, E; Oyier, V; Temmerman, M (2010)OBJECTIVES: To investigate uptake and provision of antenatal care (ANC) services in the Uzazi Bora project: a demonstration-intervention project for Safe Motherhood and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV ...