Stillbirth is a baby born without any signs of life weighing at least 1000grams or with at least 28 weeks gestation. There is no burden affecting families is big and yet invisible in society and global arena as stillbirth. ...

Soil-Transmitted Nematodes (STNs) are roundworms transmitted through faecally contaminated soil. Globally, major STNs include Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm (Necator americanus and Ancylostoma ...

Children affected by HIV and AIDS (CAHA) are faced with psychological, social and economic challenges among others. HIV and AIDS has compounded the situation posing more suffering to children whose parents have died of the ...

The burden of diabetes is reflected not only in the increasing numbers of people with diabetes, but also in the growing numbers of premature deaths due to diabetes. One measure of burden of disease is disability-adjusted ...

Complications of unsafe abortion and those of incomplete abortion, led to 120,000 Kenyan women receiving Post Abortion Care (PAC) in 2012, and of these women, 70% had not used contraception before pregnancy and repeat ...

Type 2 diabetes results from body‟s ineffective use of insulin. Non-compliance to treatment makes metabolic control of type 2 diabetes mellitus impossible. There is need to educate, remind and empower patients with T2DM ...

Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is both a global and national social issue, as well as an epidemic in various societies. Many research studies classify CSA as a public health problem requiring early intervention practices and new ...

Postnatal care is the provision of health services to the mother and newborn after delivery. It offers the opportunity to assess the mother for any medical, mental, emotional and social issues, and early assessment of risk ...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disorder that is characterized by hyperglycaemia due to defective insulin action and/or secretion. Diabetes mellitus type-2 (DM2) is the most common and a major public health burden ...

Adolescents’ Risky Sexual Behaviours (ARSB) is a global public health concern as it is second among the top ten risk factors in the global burden of all diseases. It is estimated that 60% of adolescents in Homa-Bay County ...