HIV/AIDS-related mortality in Africa and Asia : evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites [PDF]
, 2014 Background: As the HIV/AIDS pandemic has evolved over recent decades, Africa has been the most affected region, even though a large proportion of HIV/AIDS deaths have not been documented at the individual level.
Bhuiya, A. +5 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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International Journal of Population Data ScienceIntroduction Data collected by Health Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSSs) at the community level can support very powerful research questions if it was linked to records at health facilities. In particular, understanding multimorbidity and building
Daniel Nderitu +2 more
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ケニアのナイロビにおける母親への栄養教育が子どもの栄養と健康に及ぼす影響 [PDF]
, 2021 筑波大学University of Tsukuba博士（医学）Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Science2020doctoral ...
NYAMASEGE, CAROLYN KEMUNTO
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Maternal health in resource-poor urban settings: how does women's autonomy influence the utilization of obstetric care services? [PDF]
, 2009 Background Despite various international efforts initiated to improve maternal health, more than half a million women worldwide die each year as a result of complications arising from pregnancy and childbirth.
Jean-Christophe Fotso +35 more
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Family migration: a vehicle of child morbidity in the informal settlements of Nairobi City, Kenya? [PDF]
, 2008 Parental migration is often found to be negatively correlated with child health in Africa, yet the causal mechanisms are poorly understood. The paper uses a dataset that provides information from the respondent parent on child morbidity both in the rural
Konseiga, Adama
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Family Migration: A Vehicle of Child Morbidity in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi City, Kenya? [PDF]
Parental migration is often found to be negatively correlated with child health in Africa, yet the causal mechanisms are poorly understood. The paper uses a dataset that provides information from the respondent parent on child morbidity both in the rural
Konseiga, Adama
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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.
BASCHIERI Angela +3 more
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Assessing the effect of mother's migration on childhood mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi [PDF]
, 2006 Between one and two million migrants reside in cramped conditions in Nairobi's slums without proper access to sanitation or affordable clean water. Children in such areas are exposed to enormous risks, health risks in particular.
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Identifying gaps in HIV policy and practice along the HIV care continuum: evidence from a national policy review and health facility surveys in urban and rural Kenya. [PDF]
The last decade has seen rapid evolution in guidance from the WHO concerning the provision of HIV services along the diagnosis-to-treatment continuum, but the extent to which these recommendations are adopted as national policies in Kenya, and ...
Cawley, Caoimhe +14 more
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