Search
Now showing items 2211-2220 of 2246
Planning for PPM-DOTS implementation in urban slums in Kenya: Knowledge, attitude and practices of private health care providers in Kibera slum, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
SETTING: Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the tuberculosis (TB) knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of private health care providers (PHCPs) to identify their training needs and ...
An evaluation of Health Workers for Change in seven settings: a useful management and health system development tool
(2001)
This paper presents the findings of a multi-centre study assessing the impact of Health Workers for Change (HWFC) workshops in seven different primary care sites, based on the common core protocol described in this paper. ...
Changing concepts of health and illness among children of primary school age in Western Kenya
(2004)
This paper examines changes in children’s concepts of health and illness following an action‐oriented health education intervention in Bondo district of Western Kenya. The study is a feasibility study exploring a specific ...
Understanding the HIV/STI risks and prevention needs of men who have sex with men in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
Background
Improving access to paediatric HIV treatment requires large-scale antiretroviral treatment
programmes and medication adapted to infants and children’s needs. The World Health
Organisation recommends ...
Engaging men who have sex with men in operations research in Kenya
(2009-11)
Research on men who have sex with men (MSM) in Africa is severely constrained. This paper examines the process of engaging MSM in research in a context where same-sex relationships are criminalised and socially stigmatised. ...
Changing Household Composition and Food Security among the Elderly Caretakers in Rural Western Kenya
(Springer US, 2009)
A descriptive cross-sectional study including quantitative and qualitative methods was carried out in rural western Kenya to examine household composition and food security among the elderly caretakers. The findings indicate ...
Developing Countries At Crossroads: Aid,public Participation, And The Regulation Of Trade In Genetically Modified Foods
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
This Article reviews the experience of developing countries with the regulation of trade in GM
food products in light of such bilateral pressures and argues that there is a need for broader public
participation in the ...
Privately Sponsored Students and Other Income-Generating Activities at the University of Nairob
(CODESRIA, 2004)
Beginning in the 1994-1995 academic year, the government sharply cut university funds from the Kenyan exchequer, challenging the University of Nairobi to diver sify its revenue sources. In response, the university adopted ...
Urban slums reports: The case of Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
Become a large and flourishing place with the settlement consisting mainly of the railway buildings and separate areas for Europeans and Indians, the latter being mainly the labourers employed on the construction of the ...
Informal Labour In The Construction Industry In Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
Presents findings of a study of construction workers in a low income settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Finds that workers are predominantly employed on a casual or temporary basis without contracts, and with ...