BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Globally, little evidence exists on sexual violence against boys. We sought to produce the first internationally comparable estimates of the magnitude, characteristics, risk factors, and consequences of sexual violence against boys in 3 diverse countries. METHODS We conducted nationally representative, multistage cluster Violence Against Children Surveys in Haiti, Ken...

BACKGROUND In 2007, 29% of HIV-infected Kenyans in need of antiretroviral therapy (ART), based on an immunologic criterion of CD4 ≤350 cells per microliter, were receiving ART. Since then, substantial treatment scale-up has occurred in the country. We analyzed data from the second Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey (KAIS 2012) to assess progress of treatment scale-up in Kenya. METHODS KAIS 2012 was ...

Department of Anthropology, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A. b Environmental Studies Program, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A. Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A. Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC, U.S.A. e Institute for Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, Nair...

Jacinta C. Beehner, Daphne A. Onderdonk, Susan C. Alberts, and Jeanne Altmann Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA, Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27701, USA, Institute of Primate Research, National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya, and Department of Conservation Biology, Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, IL 605...

6. Ministry of Health Kenya. We shall also conduct a cross border meeting with Somalia & Ethiopia on #Chikungunya in order to effectively manage the situation [cited 2016 Jul 19]. 7. Ministry of Health Kenya. It is important to coordinate intervention efforts with Somalia & Ethiopia given that Somalia recently experienced a #Chikungunya outbreak [cited 2016 Jul 29].

New Mydidae species are described from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions including the first records of this family from several countries in eastern Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda) and Mauritania in western Africa as well as Nepal and Thailand in Asia. The new species are, Leptomydinae: Leptomydas notossp. n. (south-western India), Leptomydas raptisp. n. (south-central Nepal), Leptomy...

The main aim of this paper was to examine and analyze the ethical and moral issues in the healthcare systems in Kenya, with special emphasis being given to physician performance, nursing care and professionalism. The research was carried out in 8 (eight) provinces of Kenya, due to their cultural similarity and findings established. Research questionnaires were prepared and hand delivered to top...

We thankMarge Koblinksy for her considered editorial on the Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) approach used in Kenya and lessons learned, described in our recent article published in GHSP. Her views on the potential effectiveness of MDSR in resource-limited settings, however, seem pessimistic. Firstly, Koblinsky argues that MDSR is too complicated and demanding in lowand middle-in...

Migration of people to urban areas from the rural areas usually comes with its challenges interms of infrastructural requirement and housing to cater for growing population. One of the challenge for the urbandwellers in Nigeria is that of adequate housing. The inability of the government to meet this demand has seen thepeople concerned seeking alternative solutions to housing need. The resultin...

Although a substantial body of research concurs that most urban areas have a challenge in providing adequate car parking space, there is a scarcity in the literature on how conformity to planning standards that regulates the provision of car parking spaces may be analyzed. This study, therefore, examines the extent to which the planning standards that regulate compliance with the provision of c...