Ekdale, Brian Aidoo, Ebenezer
Published in
Online Media and Global Communication
Purpose Scholarship about worker precarity, economic insecurity, and individualized risk in platform work tends to ignore that these trends are common features of informal economies in countries like Kenya, which has a culture of hustling rooted in economic opportunism and political resistance. Recognizing the parallels between the platform economy...
Wilbroda, Wasonga Anthony, Wanyoro Elizabeth, Kigondu Mumbi Michael, Gicheru Muita
Aims: HIV infection is managed by expensive ARVs that cause side effects and lead to drug resistance and drug failure. The use of nutritional remedies in the treatment of HIV/AIDS is becoming popular. Moringa oleifera is a nutrient-dense plant with medicinal properties that results from its wide range of phytochemicals. The main objective of this s...
Ombere, Stephen Okumu
Published in
Frontiers in Health Services
Introduction Universal health coverage is a global agenda within the sustainable development goals. While nations are attempting to pursue this agenda, the pathways to its realization vary across countries in relation to service, quality, financial accessibility, and equity. Kenya is no exception and has embarked on an initiative, including univers...
Mwangala, Patrick N. Guni, Joseph Newton Mwangi, Paul Makandi, Millicent Kerubo, Anita Odhiambo, Rachel Abubakar, Amina
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Frontiers in Psychiatry
Background The psychometric properties of the Primary Care PTSD Screen for DSM-5 (PC-PTSD-5) are undocumented in Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) at large. This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Swahili version of the tool, S-PC-PTSD-5, in a community sample of adults 18 years and older drawn from Nairobi, Mombasa and Kwa...
Gittard, Mélanie
Since 2000, Kenya has experienced an increase in the frequency of droughts, significantly affecting agriculture and driving labor force migration. This paper investigates strategic migration patterns among farmers and pastoralists in response to repetitive droughts. I use fine-grained data that enables the capture of shortdistance migration and het...
Jeong, Joshua McCann, Juliet K Bhojani, Alina Kim, Yuri Uyehara, Malia Maguet, Zane Ochuka, Wilson Ochieng, Michael
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
The Moments that Matter® parenting program aims to promote nurturing care and healthy early childhood development (ECD) through monthly home visits and monthly community group meetings that are delivered by ECD promoters and coordinated with faith leaders in rural Western Kenya. We designed a process evaluation in August 2023 during the first quart...
Loeb, Kristi Milner, Kieran Lemaille, Candice Martens, Brielle Stein, Derek Lajoie, Julie Shaw, Souradet Rimoin, Anne Mbala-Kingebeni, Placide Hoff, Nicole
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We identified a cluster of mpox exposures among key populations in Kenya through retrospective serologic screening. We identified strong seropositivity among sex workers and gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. These findings demonstrate the need for increased mpox surveillance among mpox-endemic and mpox-endemic-adjacent regions in ...
Bowen, Betzy Khisa, Kelvin George, Sharon
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E3S Web of Conferences
The global textile & apparel industry is undergoing rapid change driven by fast fashion trends, shift of consumer preferences towards eco-products and intensified environmental and social welfare-motivated regulations. A comprehensive survey was undertaken to determine the baseline status of the uptake of sustainability practices and compliance req...
Schue, Jessica L. Fesshaye, Berhaun Miller, Emily Singh, Prachi Limaye, Rupali J.
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Frontiers in Public Health
COVID-19 was responsible for more than 7 million deaths globally, as well as numerous morbidities and social and economic effects. While COVID-19 vaccines were seen as a marvel of science by the scientific community, much of the public had concerns related to COVID-19 vaccines, with certain groups—such as pregnant and lactating women—having specifi...
McCormick, Ian Nesemann, John Zhao, Jinfeng Mdala, Shaffi Kitema, Gatera Mwangi, Nyawira Gichangi, Michael Tang, Kevin Burton, Matthew Ramke, Jacqueline
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BACKGROUND: Travel time can be used to assess health services accessibility by reflecting the proximity of services to the people they serve. We aimed to demonstrate an indicator of physical access to cataract surgery and identify subnational locations where people were more at risk of not accessing cataract surgery. METHODS: We used an open-access...
