Kenya and Health
- Capital:
Nairobi - Population:
40046566 - Size:
582650.0 Km2
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- Assessing changing nutrition patterns amongst children in Kenya
- S.P. Murphy; C. Gewa; M. Grillenberger; N. Bwibo; C. Neumann / Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
- This paper compares the results of two nutrition studies carried out during the 1980s amongst children in Kenya. The aim is to compare the nutrient intakes and energy levels. Nutrient intakes of school children in the Embu District we...
- Increased IQ in Kenya attributed to parent literacy, family structure, and child nutrition and health
- T.C. Daley; S.E. Whaley; M. Sigman; C. Neumann / Global Livestock CRSP, 2002
- Multiple studies have documented significant IQ gains over time, labelled the “Flynn Effect”. This study documents the Flynn Effect in a rural area of a developing country. Data for this project were collected as part of two...
- Accidental damage – what is the outlook for unwanted babies?
- Cicely Marston; John Cleland / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- ‘Unintended’ pregnancies are either ‘unwanted’ or ‘mistimed’ (coming sooner than desired). What does this mean for a child’s health? Researchers from the University of London tackle this question usi...
- How are African hospitals coping with the rising burden of HIV?
- Katherine Floyd; Gilly Arthur; Charles Gilks / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- How is the HIV/AIDS epidemic affecting healthcare systems in developing countries? Can existing services cope? Two-thirds of people infected with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa. Research by the UK Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine...
- Insights Health Editorial: Delivering the goods - HIV treatment for the poor
- Nicola Hargreaves; Anthony Harries / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- HIV has spread like wildfire, causing untold suffering and death and creating profound development challenges. Anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) are standard treatment for HIV in wealthy countries and should be included in a package of car...
- Net cost - affording bednets in rural highland Kenya
- Helen Guyatt; Sam Ochola; Robert Snow / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- How can the poor afford insecticide treated bednets to protect them at night from insects carrying malaria? The Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories, Nairobi, together with the Kenyan Ministry of Health, carried out research in rural ...
- Malarone in Kenya and the politics of donated drugs
- Rima Shretta; Bob Snow / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Malarone is a treatment for malaria. Its manufacturer, Glaxo-Wellcome Inc, launched the Malarone Donation Programme in Kenya in 1996. Researchers from the Kenya Medical Research Institute, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Med...
- Behaving badly? Young men and sexual health
- Kim Rivers; Peter Aggleton / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- How can young men change their attitudes to sex and sexual health? What methods can be used to challenge their views? Researchers from the Thomas Coram Research Unit at the Institute of Education, University of London and Southampton ...
- Birth rights: new approaches to safe motherhood
- id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Each year, 525 000 women die from maternal causes. For each woman who dies in the north, 99 will die in the south. This report looks behind these indicators of the widening gap between rich and poor – within and between countries...
- Antenatal care reborn? Healthcare for pregnant women in developing countries
- Monica Magadi; Nyovani Madise; Roberto Rodrigues / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Antenatal care is important for identifying and responding to risk factors in pregnancy. But do mothers in the developing world receive adequate and appropriate antenatal care? Researchers from the Population Council and the UK Univer...
- Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)
- Kenya's national institute for health science research
- African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya (APHRC)
- Conducts policy-relevant research on population and health in Africa
