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Effect of Community-Led Total Sanitation on Open Defecation in Uganda: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis
(PLOS, 2025)This study assessed the effectiveness of Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) interventions in reducing open defecation in Uganda. Using a propensity score-matched approach, the analysis compared households exposed to ... -
Effect of Safe Water Delivery Plus Water and Sanitation Hygiene Behavior Change Communication on Diarrheal Disease Prevalence Among Children Under 5 Years in A Slum Setting in Nairobi, Kenya: A Quasi-Experimental Study.
(BMC, 2025)This study evaluated the combined effect of safe water delivery interventions and behavior change communication on diarrheal disease prevalence among children under five in Nairobi's informal settlements. Using a ... -
Examining Gender as An Issue of Policy Priority: A Case Study of Four Kenyan Health Policy Implementation Strategies
(Frontiers Media, 2025)This study analyzed how gender considerations are integrated into four major health policy implementation strategies in Kenya. Through document review and stakeholder interviews, the study found that although gender is ... -
Effects of The Informed Health Choices Secondary School Intervention on The Ability of Lower Secondary Students in Kenya To Think Critically About Health Choices: 1-Year Follow-Up of a Cluster-Randomized Trial.
(BioMed Central (BMC) / Springer Nature, 2025)This follow-up study examined the long-term effects of the Informed Health Choices (IHC) curriculum on secondary school students critical thinking about health claims in Kenya. One year after the original cluster-randomized ... -
Accounting for Clustering for Self-Reported Outcomes in The Design and Analysis of Population-Based Surveys: A Case Study of Estimation of Prevalence of Epilepsy in Nairobi, Kenya
(Frontiers Media SA, 2025)This methodological study explored approaches for appropriately accounting for clustering in self-reported outcomes within population-based surveys, using epilepsy prevalence estimation in Nairobi as a case example. Several ... -
Tobacco and Nicotine Product Use Among Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa: Protocol for A Cross-Sectional Multi-Country Household Survey.
(Frontiers Media, 2025)This paper outlines the protocol for a cross-sectional, multi-country household survey designed to assess tobacco and nicotine product use among adolescents across Sub-Saharan Africa. The study describes sampling strategies, ... -
Obesity Phenotypes and Dyslipidemia in Adults from Four African Countries: An H3Africa AWI-Gen Study
(PLOS ONE, 2025)In this large multi-county SSA study we observed that the mean lipid levels were higher in Southern (Agincourt, Dikgale and Soweto) and Eastern Africa (Nairobi, Kenya) compared to the two sites in West Africa (Nanoro, ... -
Incident Type 2 Diabetes and its Risk Factors in Men and Women Aged 40 - 60 Years from Four Sub-Saharan African Countries: Results from the AWI-Gen Study
(The Lancet, 2025)The incidence of type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa is expected to increase, but few longitudinal studies have characterised its risk factors. This study aimed to determine the incidence of type 2 diabetes over 33 481 ... -
Health Workers' Conceptualisation and Experiences of Common Mental Symptoms and Work-Related Psychosocial Stressors in Central and Southern Ethiopian Regions: A Qualitative Study
(BMJ, 2025)Despite the growing recognition of mental health challenges among health workers, limited information regarding their self-identification of common mental symptoms (CMSs) and their perceptions of causal pathways to ... -
Polygyny and Intimate Partner Violence among Married Women: Sub-national Estimates from a Cross-Sectional Study in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(PLOS Global Public Health, 2025)Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global issue with several social and health consequences. Global estimates indicate that one-third of women have experienced lifetime IPV. In 2013, sub-Saharan Africa recorded the highest ...
