The World Health Organization have established that poor sanitation and food handling
practices may be some of the factors contributing to food related illnesses in developing
countries including Kenya. The vending of ...
Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a safe and effective alternative to conventional
neonatal care of Low Birth Weight (LBW) infants. Continuous KMC can reduce
neonatal morbidity and mortality in LBW infants as well as improve ...
According to World Health Organization use of more than two micronutrients is
beneficial to pregnant women. However, anemia prevalence, labor duration, neonatal
Apgar score, blood loss and lochia loss, have not been ...
Water, sanitation and health are inseparably linked. Diarrhoea and other water related
diseases are the major causes of health problems in developing countries. Although the
need for water and sanitation interventions ...
Globally, 830 women die daily of preventable pregnancy-related complications; 90%
of these mortalities are from developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mitigating
against these deaths continue to be a challenge ...
Sand flies are small haematophagous insects that transmit Leishmania parasites.
Infection with Leishmania results in diseases known as leishmaniases which infects 14
million people worldwide with 2 million new cases ...
Substance abuse amongst university students is a major public health concern because it
predicts health-related problems later in life. The campus environment favours risky
behaviours such as substance use and risky ...
Gender-based violence is a prevalent problem affecting pregnant women globally. Many
adverse and often fatal maternal and fetal outcomes have been linked to violence during
pregnancy. The study objectives were; to determine ...
An estimated 16 million people who inject drugs worldwide are female. In Kenya it is
estimated that 18,327 people inject drugs and 10% are women with a HIV prevalence of
36%. Women who inject drugs (WWIDs) experience ...
The incidence of unsafe abortion has been on the rise over the last 10 years with Kenya
reporting one of the highest rates of unsafe abortions in sub-Saharan Africa region. Due
to controversy about abortion, anyone ...
Transmission of Influenza A viruses between humans and pigs is associated with
occupational and environmental exposures. The main objective of the study was to
identify the influenza viruses circulating among humans, ...
Skilled care through antenatal, delivery and postpartum period, is essential for the
mother-newborn health. Migori County in the Nyanza region had 53.4% births aided
by a skilled health professional compared to an average ...
There are various causes of liver disease including viruses, trauma and chemical
poisoning. The viruses causing liver disease includes hepatitis A, B, C and D while
ingestion of aflatoxinB1 contaminated food stuff may ...
Globally, gay men and other men who have sex with men are 19 times more likely to be
living with HIV than the general population. The prevalence of HIV/AIDS among Men
who have sex with men in Nairobi has been reported ...
Maize serves as a staple food in many Sub-Sahara African Countries with 90% of the
Kenyan population depending on it. Although the area under maize cultivation has been
increasing in Africa, its production has been ...
Childhood Immunization has been identified as the most cost-effective health
intervention in the last century. It is estimated to save more than two millions lives
annually. Completion, timeliness and sequencing of routine ...
Leishmaniasis is classified by the WHO as an emergent category of one of the
uncontrolled and NTDsco-exist with malnutrition and HIV/AIDS. Due to lack of
vaccine, control relies on ineffective, toxic and expensive ...
Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) is a life-threatening vector borne disease caused
by the obligate intra-macrophage protozoan parasites known as Leishmania donovani
and L. infantum in the Old World and L. chagasi in ...
HIV and AIDS remains a major health challenge in major parts of Kenya including
Kisii County where there is high HIV prevalence of 8.9% compared with national
prevalence of 5.9 %. Home based care emerged as an effective ...
Cancer is one of the major non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and together with
cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases they cause over
60% of total global mortality every year. In Sub-Saharan ...