In response to the global shortage of healthcare workers, including Kenya, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended utilizing Community Health Workers (CHWs), known as Community Health Volunteers (CHVs) in Kenya, ...

It is estimated that 463 million people were living with diabetes in 2019. This number is estimated to increase in two folds by 2045. Diabetes, being a chronic disease, needs frequent hospital visits and follow up by ...

Upper respiratory tracts (URTI) are acute, self-limiting infection. In 80% of cases, the cause is viral. Consequently, routine antibiotics prescribing to treat URTIs is not justified as they have no clinical benefit and ...

Vasectomy is a safe, cheap, easy to perform a method of contraception. However, its uptake in Burundi is low. Moreover, matters of family planning are packaged as a female responsibility than male, and it is not clear what ...

The Declarations of Alma Ata and Astana recognized traditional medicine as part of primary health care. About 80% of people in the world today depend on traditional medicine to meet their health needs, because they are ...

The government of Kenya plans to largely finance Universal Health Coverage through the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). However, most of the Kenyan population do not have health insurance cover. They rely mainly on ...

The vast majority of Kenyans lack any form of health insurance. Thus, they find it difficult to raise money for health expenditure. As a result, studies elsewhere have shown an obvious disadvantage to uninsured individuals ...

Background Gestational DM has been associated with increased risk of perinatal mortality and morbidity however, screening recommendations are not clearly described in Kenyan guidelines. Kenyan studies have shown wide-ranging ...

Background: Female Sex Workers (FSWs) have complex health needs that predispose them to a higher morbidity and mortality risk than the general population. They have unbounded challenges for example stigma and social exclusion ...

Pregnancy in itself poses a risk of complication to every individual mother carrying it from conception to postnatal period. Therefore antenatal care Clinic (ANC) is recommended to identify these complications early and ...