Status of Respectful Maternal Care in Ndola and Kitwe Districts of Zambia The purpose of the assessment was to conduct an evaluation on the status of respectful maternalcare Ndola and Kitwe districts in the Copperbelt Province. Brenda Mubita , Rehema Chengo, Shiphrah Kuria, Paul Agina4 Herbert Tato Nyirenda1, David Mulenga, Tambulani Nyirenda… Read More

Factors influencing deliveries at health facilities in a rural Maasai Community in Magadi sub-County, Kenya In response to poor maternal, newborn, and child health indicators in Magadi sub-county, the “Boma” model was launched to promote health facility delivery by establishing community health units and training community health volunteers (CHVs) and traditional birth attendants (TBAs) as… Read More

Opportunities for civil society organizations to integrate non-communicable disease interventions into existing health programmes: a case of Amref Health Africa in Kenya Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are an increasing public health concern in Kenya. The Ministry of Health aims to reverse this trend however funding remains limited. Integration of NCDs into existing health programmes has been recommended as a cost effective approach. In… Read More

Double burden of malnutrition among cancer outpatients in Nairobi, Kenya: challenges and opportunities for action The Kenya National Guidelines for Cancer Management identify nutrition care for persons with cancer as an integral part of cancer treatment. However, contribution of nutrition to cancer disease progression or aversion is yet to be established in Kenya. Yvonne Opanga,… Read More

Use of performance dashboards in health care project management: a case of an international health development organization in Kenya In this paper we document the use of dashboards in health care project management in an international health non-governmental organization. All projects at the organization monitor output performance on specific indicators against set targets and report these as project outputs… Read More

Effect of an interactive text-messaging service on patient retention during the first year of HIV care in Kenya (WelTel Retain): an open-label, randomised parallel-group study Background: Retention of patients in HIV care is crucial to ensure timely treatment initiation, viral suppression, and to avert AIDS-related deaths. We did a randomised trial to determine whether a text-messaging intervention improved retention during the first year of HIV… Read More

Gender differences in health-related quality of life at the time of a positive HIV test–a cross-sectional study in a resource-poor, high prevalence setting in Nairobi, Kenya Few studies have examined gender differences in sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV disproportionately affects women. Objectives of this cross-sectional study were to determine gender differences in HRQoL at the time of a positive HIV test, and whether factors associated with HRQoL… Read More

Bridging the Gap in Implementation Science: Evaluating a Capacity-Building Program in Data Management, Analysis, Utilization, and Dissemination in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Building capacity in implementation science within health programs is dependent on training in theory and practice of epidemiology, statistics, and research in addition to high self-efficacy toward application of training. This article describes a training program providing technical assistance to… Read More