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Trends in childhood mortality in Kenya: the urban advantage has seemingly been wiped out

, 2014
Background: we describe trends in childhood mortality in Kenya, paying attention to the urban–rural and intra-urban differentials.Methods: we use data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Surveys (KDHS) collected between 1993 and 2008 and the Nairobi ...
Egondi, T., Elungata, P., Fotso, J.C., Madise, N.J., Kimani-Murage, E.W., Ziraba, A.K., Abuya, B., Kabiru, C.W.   +7 more
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A comparative analysis of hypertension risk in urban informal settlement in Kenya using hierarchical and marginalised models

Scientific African
Background:: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death globally and accounts for approximately 13% of all deaths in Kenya. Despite this burden, few statistical models accounting for the clustered structure of longitudinal public health ...
Sheila Opoku-Nyantakyi, Samuel Iddi, Issah Seidu, Jacob Ongala   +3 more
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Making visible the invisible : Health risks from environmental exposures among socially deprived populations of Nairobi, Kenya

, 2015
Background: Most countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are experiencing a high rate of ur­banization accompanied with unplanned development resulting into sprawl of slums.
Egondi, Thaddaeus Wandera
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Availability, price and affordability of anti-tuberculosis drugs in Europe: a TBNET survey.

, 2014
Data on availability and cost of anti-tuberculosis (TB) drugs in relation to affordability at national level are scarce. We performed a cross-sectional study on availability and cost of anti-TB drugs at major TB-reference centres in 37 European countries.
TBNET, van Leth, Frank, Gomez, Gabriela B, Lange, Christoph, Günther, Gunar, Rupert, Stephan, Gomez, GB, Rupert, S, Lange, C,, BNET, Günther, G, van, Leth F   +11 more
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Validation of a health literacy screening tool (REALM) in a UK population with coronary heart disease.

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Health literacy (HL) has been recognized as an important public health issue in other developed countries such as the US. There is currently no HL screening tool valid for use in the UK.
Gomez, GB, Chesnokov, Melanie, Rowlands, Gill, Reid, Fiona, Gomez, Gabriela B, Chesnokov, M, Shaw, A, Reid, F, Rowlands, G, Ussher, M, Shaw, Adrienne, Ibrahim, SY, Ussher, Michael, Ibrahim, Saima Y   +13 more
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Hunger and Food Insecurity in Nairobi's Slums: An assessment using IRT models' [PDF]

Although linked to poverty as conditions reflecting inadequate access to resources to obtain food, issues such as hunger and food insecurity have seldom been recognized as important in urban settings.
FAYE Ousmane, FALKINGHAM Jane, BASCHIERI Angela, MUINDI Kanyiva   +3 more
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Making visible the invisible [Elektronisk resurs] : Health risks from environmental exposures among socially deprived populations of Nairobi, Kenya

, 2015
Background: Most countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are experiencing a high rate of ur­banization accompanied with unplanned development resulting into sprawl of slums.
Ettarh, Remare,, Ng, Nawi,, Kinney, Patrick,, Egondi, Thaddaeus Wandera,, Rocklöv, Joacim,   +4 more
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Does recall time matter in verbal autopsies? Evidence from urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

, 2020
Donnie Mategula, Judy Gichuki
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Monitoring of Health and Demographic Outcomes in Poor Urban Settlements: Evidence From the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System [PDF]

Journal of Urban Health, 2011
The Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS) was set up in Korogocho and Viwandani slum settlements to provide a platform for investigating linkages between urban poverty, health, and demographic and other socioeconomic outcomes,
Alex Ezeh, Kanyiva Muindi, Eliya M Zulu
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Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS).

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2015
Alex Ezeh, Marylene Wamukoya, Blessing Mberu   +2 more
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