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Monitoring of health and demographic outcomes in poor urban settlements: evidence from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011The Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS) was set up in Korogocho and Viwandani slum settlements to provide a platform for investigating linkages between urban poverty, health, and demographic and other socioeconomic outcomes, and to facilitate the evaluation of interventions to improve the wellbeing of the urban poor.DocumentImproved land management in the Lake Victoria basin: annual technical report July 2001 to June 2002
World Agroforestry Centre, 2002This report addresses the challenges of land management in the Lake Victoria basin of East Africa. In 1999 the World Agroforestry Centre launched a major effort to identify, diagnose and reverse degradation in the Lake Victoria basin, focusing primarily on the Kenyan part of the basin.DocumentReducing subsistence farmers’ vulnerability to climate change: the potential contributions of agroforestry in western Kenya
World Agroforestry Centre, 2011This study explores whether and, if so, how agroforestry techniques can help subsistence farmers reduce their vulnerability to climate change. Climate models predict that climate change will cause, among other things, decreasing rainfall in arid areas, warmer temperatures, and increasing severity and frequency of extreme weather events (Nelson 2010).DocumentTiming and sequencing of events marking the transition to adulthood in two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2011Young people living in poor urban informal settlements face unique challenges as they transition to adulthood.DocumentUtilization of maternal health services among young women in Kenya: Insights from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, 2003
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010Use of maternal health services is an effective means for reducing the risk of maternal morbidity and mortality, especially in places where the general health status of women is poor.DocumentAgeing and adult health status in eight lower-income countries: the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE collaboration
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010Globally, ageing impacts all countries, with a majority of older persons residing in lower- and middle-income countries now and into the future. An understanding of the health and well-being of these ageing populations is important for policy and planning; however, research on ageing and adult health that informs policy predominantly comes from higher-income countries.DocumentCircular migration patterns and determinants in Nairobi slum settlements
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010This paper measures migration flows and determinants in two slum settlements in Nairobi City between 2003 and 2007. The results confirm the high intensity of migration with a quarter of the total slum population and a third of those aged 15-30 being renewed annually.DocumentThe correlates of HIV testing and impacts on sexual behavior: evidence from a life history study of young people in Kisumu, Kenya
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010HIV counseling and testing is considered an important component of HIV prevenDocumentThe health and well-being of older people in Nairobi’s slums
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010Globally, it is estimated that people aged 60 and over constitute more than 11% of the population, with the corresponding proportion in developing countries being 8%. Rapid urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), fuelled in part by rural urban migration and a devastating HIV/AIDS epidemic, has altered the status of older people in many SSA societies.DocumentVerbal autopsy interpretation: a comparative analysis of the InterVA model versus physician review in determining causes of death in the Nairobi DSS
African Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya, 2010Developing countries generally lack complete vital registration systems that can produce cause of death information for health planning in their populations. As an alternative, verbal autopsy (VA) - the process of interviewing family members or caregivers on the circumstances leading to death - is often used by Demographic Surveillance Systems to generate cause of death data.Pages