Maternal mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi city: what do we know?
Reproductive Health, 2009 Background Current estimates of maternal mortality ratios in Kenya are at least as high as 560 deaths per 100,000 live births. Given the pervasive poverty and lack of quality health services in slum areas, the maternal mortality situation in this setting
Nyovani Madise +2 more
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Campbell Systematic Reviews, Volume 19, Issue 4, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Background Nutritional counseling, which includes two‐way interactive education, has been hypothesized to improve the health and nutritional status of pregnant women, but little is known about the impact such practice of care might have on maternal and infant health and behavioral outcomes of pregnant women living in low income, low‐middle ...
Omar Dewidar +16 more
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HIV mortality in urban slums of Nairobi, Kenya 2003-2010: a period effect analysis. [PDF]
, 2013 RIGHTS : This article is licensed under the BioMed Central licence at http://www.biomedcentral.com/about/license which is similar to the 'Creative Commons Attribution Licence'.
Egondi, Thaddaeus +5 more
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Household food (in)security and nutritional status of urban poor children aged 6 to 23 months in Kenya [PDF]
, 2015 Background Millions of people in low and low middle income countries suffer from extreme hunger and malnutrition. Research on the effect of food insecurity on child nutrition is concentrated in high income settings and has produced mixed results ...
Kabiru, Caroline +3 more
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Birth spacing and child mortality: an analysis of prospective data from the Nairobi urban health and demographic surveillance system. [PDF]
, 2012 The majority of studies of the birth spacing-child survival relationship rely on retrospective data, which are vulnerable to errors that might bias results.
Cleland, John +4 more
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Malaria mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites. [PDF]
, 2014 BACKGROUND: Malaria continues to be a major cause of infectious disease mortality in tropical regions. However, deaths from malaria are most often not individually documented, and as a result overall understanding of malaria epidemiology is inadequate ...
Alam, N +57 more
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Do Migrant Children Face Greater Health Hazards in Slum Settlements? Evidence from Nairobi, Kenya [PDF]
, 2010 Between 60% and 70% of Nairobi City’s population live in congested informal settlements, commonly referred to as slums, without proper access to sanitation, clean water, health care and other social services.
Philippe Bocquier +5 more
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The health and well-being of older people in Nairobi's slums
Global Health Action, 2010 Background: Globally, it is estimated that people aged 60 and over constitute more than 11% of the population, with the corresponding proportion in developing countries being 8%.
Catherine Kyobutungi +2 more
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Food Security and Nutritional Outcomes among Urban Poor Orphans in Nairobi, Kenya [PDF]
, 2010 The study aims to inform policies and practice targeted at improving the welfare of orphans living in urban poor communities. The relationship between orphanhood and nutritional status remains unclear, suggesting further context specific studies.
Elizabeth W. Kimani-Murage +6 more
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Contraceptive Adoption, Discontinuation, and Switching among Postpartum Women in Nairobi's Urban Slums. [PDF]
, 2015 Unmet need for contraception is highest within 12 months post-delivery, according to research. Using longitudinal data from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System, we assess the dynamics of contraceptive use during the postpartum ...
Cleland, John +4 more
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