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Using Friendship Ties to Understand the Prevalence of, and Factors Associated With, Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Kenya: Cross-Sectional, Respondent-Driven Survey Study
Memiah P, Kamau A, Opanga Y, Muhula S, Nyakeriga E, Humwa F, Cook C, Kingori C, Muriithi J. Using Friendship Ties to Understand the Prevalence of, and Factors Associated With, Intimate Partner Violence Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Kenya: Cross-Sectional, Respondent-Driven Survey Study. Interact J Med Res. 2020 Dec 31;9(4):e19023. doi: 10.2196/19023. PMID: 33382380; PMCID: PMC7808892.
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Impact Evaluation of Community Led Alternative Rite of Passage Model to Eradicate FGM/C in Kajiado County, Kenya
Amref Health Africa in Kenya commissioned an independent impact study of one of its interventions – the community led alternative rite of passage (CLARP), rolled out for the first time in 2009 in Kajiado county. The objectives of the study were: i) To determine the impact of the CLARP model on the following outcomes; Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C), child early and forced marriages (CEFM), teenage pregnancies (TP), and educational outcomes; ii) Explore and document experiences and stories of CLARP and non-CLARP beneficiaries, as they relate to child early a
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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices and Effects of COVID-19 among the Youth
The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Since the announcement of Kenya’s first case of COVID-19 on March 12, 2020, there has been a steady increase in the cases of infected persons across the country. In the current context, the unfolding COVID-19 pandemic can controlled by massive and rapid behavior change. With Kenya’s burgeoning youth population, an understanding of youth knowledge levels on COVID-19, perception of risk of infection, uptake of recommended behaviour, and effects on the
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Impact of COVID-19 on HIV/AIDS Programming in Kenya: Evidence from Kibera Informal Settlement and COVID 19 hotspot counties
Kenya has witnessed tremendous progress over the last decade in reducing the annual number of new HIV infection and AIDS-related deaths, resulting in improved quality of life for PLHIV and reduced risk of infection.
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Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on FGM/C and CEFM
WHO defines Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) as all procedures that involve partial or
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total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for
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COVID-19 Response Governance Mapping Initiative – Amref International University
Everywhere around the world, COVID-19 is changing the way we live as individuals but also as members of society. Faced with a deadly pandemic, governments, but also private companies and civil society, have taken unprecedented measures to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2. How are these decisions made? Who makes them? And how are people and their representatives informed and involved? These are fundamental questions for the sustainability and effectiveness of COVID-19 policies but also for the post-COVID-19 societies and health systems that will, one day, emerge.