Childhood vaccination in informal urban settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: Who gets vaccinated?
BMC Public Health, 2011 Background Recent trends in global vaccination coverage have shown increases with most countries reaching 90% DTP3 coverage in 2008, although pockets of undervaccination continue to persist in parts of sub-Saharan Africa particularly in the urban slums ...
Ettarh Remare R +2 more
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Artery Research, 2016 Background: There are no data on ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) and arterial stiffness parameters in sub-Saharan African children. We performed 24-hour ABPM and pulse wave velocity (PWV) measurements in adolescents living in 2 slums in ...
Anthony Etyang
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Effect of mother’s education on child’s nutritional status in the slums of Nairobi
BMC Pediatrics, 2012 Background Malnutrition continues to be a critical public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. For example, in East Africa, 48 % of children under-five are stunted while 36 % are underweight.
Abuya Benta A +2 more
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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
Kyobutungi Catherine +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2018 IntroductionHigh incidence of HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) has been attributed to the numerous and often layered vulnerabilities that they encounter including violence against women, unfavourable power relations that are ...
Abdhalah Ziraba +8 more
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, 2015 Abstract Background Globally, the amount of people living in urban poor settings is increasing rapidly. In order to effectively direct resources and achieve equity in health, an understanding of how contextual factors are affecting mortality in marginalised groups is first needed.
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Prevalence and Social Risk Factors of Functional Limitations Among Slum-Dwelling Older Adults: Findings From the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System. [PDF]
Gerontol Geriatr Med, 2022 Gyasi RM, Aboderin I, Asiki G.
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Community advisory committee as a facilitator of health and wellbeing: A qualitative study in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. [PDF]
Front Public Health, 2022 Chumo I +5 more
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New Vaccine Introduction and Childhood Vaccination Timeliness in Two Urban, Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. [PDF]
Am J Trop Med Hyg, 2021 Janusz CB +3 more
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A socio-ecological framework examination of drivers of blood pressure control among patients with comorbidities and on treatment in two Nairobi slums; a qualitative study. [PDF]
PLOS Glob Public Health, 2023 Mohamed SF, Macharia T, Asiki G, Gill P.
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