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Perspectives of education sector stakeholders on a teacher training module to reduce HIV/AIDS stigma in Western Kenya

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background For adolescents living with HIV (ALWH), school may be the most important but understudied social sphere related to HIV stigma. Teachers are role models in the classroom and within the community, and their attitudes and behavior towards people ...
Ashley Chory, Winstone Nyandiko, Whitney Beigon, Josephine Aluoch, Celestine Ashimosi, Dennis Munyoro, Michael Scanlon, Edith Apondi, Rachel Vreeman   +8 more
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Promoting positive maternal, newborn, and child health behaviors through a group-based health education and microfinance program: a prospective matched cohort study in western Kenya

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background Chamas for Change (Chamas) is a group-based health education and microfinance program for pregnant and postpartum women that aims to address inequities contributing to high rates of maternal and infant mortality in rural western Kenya. In this
Lauren Y. Maldonado, Julia J. Songok, John W. Snelgrove, Christian B. Ochieng, Sheilah Chelagat, Justus E. Ikemeri, Monica A. Okwanyi, Donald C. Cole, Laura J. Ruhl, Astrid Christoffersen-Deb   +9 more
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A Protocol on Using the RE-AIM Framework in the Process Evaluation of the Primary Health Integrated Care Project for Four Chronic Conditions in Kenya

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Background: There has been a rapid increase in morbidity and mortality arising from non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) program has established a chronic disease management program in collaboration
Violet Naanyu, Violet Naanyu, Hillary Koros, Beryl Maritim, Jemima Kamano, Jemima Kamano, Kenneth Too, Obed Limo, Gladwell Gathecha   +8 more
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Are outpatient costs for hypertension and diabetes care affordable? Evidence from Western Kenya

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2023
Background: Diabetes and hypertension pose a significant socio-economic burden in developing countries such as Kenya, where financial risk-protection mechanisms remain inadequate.
Mwaleso Kishindo, Jemima Kamano, Ann Mwangi, Thomas Andale, Grace W. Mwaura, Obed Limo, Kenneth Too, Richard Mugo, Ephantus Maree, Wilson Aruasa   +9 more
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Correction to: Identifying common barriers and facilitators to linkage and retention in chronic disease care in western Kenya

BMC Public Health, 2018
After the publication of the original article [1], it was highlighted that Fig. 1 was incorrectly labeled.
Beth Rachlis, Violet Naanyu, Juddy Wachira, Becky Genberg, Beatrice Koech, Regina Kamene, Jackie Akinyi, Paula Braitstein   +7 more
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Improving maternal, newborn and child health outcomes through a community-based women’s health education program: a cluster randomised controlled trial in western Kenya

BMJ Global Health, 2020
Introduction Community-based women’s health education groups may improve maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH); however, evidence from sub-Saharan Africa is lacking.
Lauren Y Maldonado, Michael L Scanlon, Gertrude Anusu, Sheilah Chelagat, Anjellah Jumah, Justus E Ikemeri, Julia J Songok, Astrid Christoffersen-Deb, Laura J Ruhl   +8 more
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Identifying common barriers and facilitators to linkage and retention in chronic disease care in western Kenya

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background Sub-Saharan Africa is increasingly being challenged in providing care and treatment for chronic diseases, both communicable and non-communicable.
Beth Rachlis, Violet Naanyu, Juddy Wachira, Becky Genberg, Beatrice Koech, Regina Kamene, Jackie Akinyi, Paula Braitstein   +7 more
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Compression Therapy for HIV-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma Leg Lymphedema: Results of the Kenyan Improvised Compression for Kaposi Sarcoma Randomized Controlled Trial

JCO Global Oncology, 2022
PURPOSEEvaluate the effectiveness of compression while receiving chemotherapy compared with chemotherapy alone in the treatment of HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma (KS) lymphedema.METHODSA randomized controlled trial was conducted in a single oncology ...
Aileen Y. Chang, Rakhi Karwa, Haji Odhiambo, Phelix Were, Sara L. Fletcher, Edith C. Tonui, Michael A. Kohn, Jeannette Lee, Di Chang, Shelly Lensing, Diana Flora Namaemba, Naftali Busakhala, Samson K. Kiprono, Toby Maurer, Suzanne Goodrich, Sonak D. Pastakia   +15 more
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Correction to: Incentivizing appropriate malaria case management in the private sector: a study protocol for two linked cluster randomized controlled trials to evaluate provider- and client-focused interventions in western Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria

Implementation Science, 2021
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.
Aaron M. Woolsey, Ryan A. Simmons, Meley Woldeghebriel, Yunji Zhou, Oluwatosin Ogunsola, Sarah Laing, Tayo Olaleye, Joseph Kipkoech, Bomar Mendez Rojas, Indrani Saran, Mercy Odhiambo, Josephine Malinga, George Ambani, Emmah Kimachas, Chizoba Fashanu, Owens Wiwa, Diana Menya, Jeremiah Laktabai, Theodoor Visser, Elizabeth L. Turner, Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara   +20 more
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Incentivizing appropriate malaria case management in the private sector: a study protocol for two linked cluster randomized controlled trials to evaluate provider- and client-focused interventions in western Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria

Implementation Science, 2021
Background A large proportion of artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) anti-malarial medicines is consumed by individuals that do not have malaria.
Aaron M. Woolsey, Ryan A. Simmons, Meley Woldeghebriel, Yunji Zhou, Oluwatosin Ogunsola, Sarah Laing, Tayo Olaleye, Joseph Kipkoech, Bomar Mendez Rojas, Indrani Saran, Mercy Odhiambo, Josephine Malinga, George Ambani, Emmah Kimachas, Chizoba Fashanu, Owens Wiwa, Diana Menya, Jeremiah Laktabai, Theodoor Visser, Elizabeth L. Turner, Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara   +20 more
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