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Determinants of Antenatal Care Attendance among Women in the Reproductive Age at Guriel District, Somalia
(Kenyatta University, 2020-09)
Worldwide it is estimated that 303,000 of maternal deaths occurred in 2015.It is also estimated that in Somalia the maternal mortality rate is 669 deaths per 100,000 live births. Infect one out every 12 women dies due to ...
Determinants of Skilled Delivery Services Utilization Among Women of Reproductive Age in Migori County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-11)
Skilled delivery is a key intervention that greatly contributes to improvement of maternal and child health. By extension, skilled delivery is a component of maternal and childcare provided during pregnancy, at delivery ...
Assessment of Awareness on Vesico-Vaginal Fistula among Women of Reproductive Age in Kawangware Slums, Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019)
Obstetric Vesico-Vaginal Fistula is a reproductive health problem mainly caused by prolonged obstructed labour and delay in seeking emergency obstetric care after delivery. In developing countries such as those in sub-Saharan ...
Uptake of Antenatal Care Among Women of Reproductive Age In Kisumu County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-06)
Every pregnancy is at risk of complications and hence the need to follow up in Antenatal
clinic by a skilled health provider. The government of Kenya through the ministry of health
offers pregnant women a focused antenatal ...
Utilization of Free Skilled Birth Attendance Services among Women of Reproductive Age in Public Health Facilities in Kitui County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)
According to World Health Organization 358,000 maternal deaths occur annually worldwide with 99% of this deaths occurring in developing countries. Over the years Kenya has recorded poor maternal indicators among them high ...
Knowledge and Perceptions towards Utilization of Obstetric Fistula Screening Services among Women of Reproductive Age in Makueni County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)
Globally, it is estimated that more than half a million women of reproductive age die from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth with 99% of this occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Obstructed labor occurs ...
Practice of Female Genital Mutilation among Women of Reproductive Age in Kajiado County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)
Although Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Kenya is outlawed and there are strict
legislations that prohibit it, some communities still practice it. This is attributed to ethnic
and cultural diversity across the ethnic ...