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In 2013, Nigeria was ranked among the world’s poorest performing health systems. According to the 2013 Nigerian Demographic and Health Surveillance, maternal mortality ratio in
This study seeks to develop and validate a decision-support algorithm within an m-Health application to improve Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH) outcomes in the urban
Dr. Elizabeth Kimani-Murage was awarded an International Engagement Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust to engage those in urban poor settings in Kenya on their constitutional
Around the world, 46 million abortions take place every year. Of these, it is estimated that nearly 22 million are unsafe. In the past decade,
This is a three year implementation research project that builds on previous observational research in the same study population of adults who are resident in
It is estimated that about 40 percent of all pregnancies in developing countries are unintended, that is, not wanted at all, or occurring at a
It is estimated that about 40 percent of all pregnancies in developing countries are unintended, that is, not wanted at all, or occurring at a
Nairobi’s informal settlements are home to nearly six in 10 of the megacity’s young population, a number that is only growing. Characterized by abject poverty,
This project generated- through a systematic secondary analysis of (sub-) nationally representative data from Kenya, Nigeria, Namibia and Zambia – a first body of sound
It is estimated that by 2025, more than half of the populations in developing countries will be living in urban areas. The expansion in economic
The purpose of the study is to analyse the public sector cost of unsafe abortion and explore the constraints providers encounter in offering quality abortion
Many different healthcare models have been tested in the urban informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya. Yet, little has been done to assess which have stood