Despite the relatively high antenatal attendance rate the rate of delivery in health facilities is low in Kenya. Only 43 percent of live births in the five years preceding the 2008-09 KDHS took place ...

Kenya has prioritised purchasing reforms in her quest to achieve UHC 9 and has implemented several reforms through the NHIF. The NHIF is the main public purchaser in Kenya that has been chosen a...

Teenagers hold the future of society in terms of the provision of societal functionsrndifferentiated by their gender roles and parity. Consequently the excellence of teenagersrnplaces society in a bet...

Evidence-based planning and budgeting within the health sector are essential in strengthening the health systemrnbuilding blocks. Decentralization has presented opportunities for collecting local and ...

Elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is achievable through prevention of mother-to-child transmission PMTCT interventions. For HIV-positive mothers to access PMTCT services they must be ...

Provision of improved sanitation facilities has been pointed out as one of the commonrnstrategies of preventing sanitation-related diseases such as diarrhea. However despiterngovernment efforts of imp...

The study offered information that will inform the policy makersrnon better approaches to employ in addressing the health outcomes for people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virusrnunder treatm...

Kangaroo Mother Care KMC entails infants and mothers having constant skin-to-skin contact. KMC is done in the hospital after delivery to preterm infants or after early discharge. Mothers or caregivers...

While allowing patient choice was a key step for NHIF to implement key strategic purchasing actions relatedrnto both providers and citizens18 no study has examined how members perceived the available ...

Herbal usages for Urinary tract infections UTI in diabetes have been used for centuries in Kitui County. The plant Jatropha curcasis of numerous natural yields traditional hea...