Preference of specimen collection methods for human papillomavirus detection for cervical cancer screening: a cross-sectional study of high-risk women in Mombasa, Kenya
Griffins O Manguro 1, Linnet N Masese 2, Kishor Mandaliya 3, Susan M Graham 4 5, R Scott McClelland 4 5, Jennifer S Smith 6 7 Affiliations 1Kenyatta National Hospital, P.O. Box 91109, Mombasa, 80103, Kenya. gmanguro@uw.edu. 2Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, P.O Box 357236, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA. 3Pathcare Laboratories, Mombasa, Kenya. 4Departments of Epidemiology, Global Health, and Medicine, University of Washington, P.O Box 359909, Seattle, […]
Vulnerabilities at First Sex and Their Association With Lifetime Gender-Based Violence and HIV Prevalence Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women Engaged in Sex Work, Transactional Sex, and Casual Sex in Kenya
Marissa L Becker 1, Parinita Bhattacharjee 1 2, James F Blanchard 1, Eve Cheuk 1, Shajy Isac 1 3, Helgar K Musyoki 4, Peter Gichangi 5, Sevgi Aral 6, Michael Pickles 1, Paul Sandstrom 7, Huiting Ma 8, Sharmistha Mishra 8 9 Affiliations 1Center for Global Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. 2Technical Support Unit, Partnership for Health and Development in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya. 3India Health Action Trust, Bangalore, India. 4National AIDS and STI […]
Protocol of an open, three-arm, individually randomized trial assessing the effect of delivering sexual and reproductive health information to young people (aged 13-24) in Kenya and Peru via mobile phones: adolescent/youth reproductive mobile access and delivery initiative for love and life outcomes (ARMADILLO) study stage 2
Lianne Gonsalves 1, Michelle J Hindin 2, Angela Bayer 3, Cesar P Carcamo 3, Peter Gichangi 4 5 6, Ndema Habib 7, Jefferson Mwaisaka 4, Lale Say 7 Affiliations collapse Affiliations 1Department of Reproductive Health and Research including UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Avenue Appia 20, 1201, Geneva, Switzerland. gonsalvesl@who.int. 2Population Council, Department of Reproductive Health, 1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New […]
“Our voices matter”: a before-after assessment of the effect of a community-participatory intervention to promote uptake of maternal and child health services in Kwale, Kenya
Vernon Mochache 1 2, Eunice Irungu 3, Hajara El-Busaidy 4, Marleen Temmerman 3 5 6, Peter Gichangi 3 5 7 Affiliations 1International Centre for Reproductive Health, Mombasa, Kenya. vmochache@yahoo.com. 2University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. vmochache@yahoo.com. 3International Centre for Reproductive Health, Mombasa, Kenya. 4County Government of Kwale, Department of Health, Kwale, Kenya. 5University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. 6Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya. 7University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. PMID: 30514292 PMCID: PMC6280535 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-3739-9 […]
Pattern and determinants of contraceptive usage among women of reproductive age from the Digo community residing in Kwale, Kenya: results from a cross-sectional household survey
Vernon Mochache 1 2 3, Amyn Lakhani 4, Hajara El-Busaidy 5, Marleen Temmerman 6 7 4, Peter Gichangi 6 7 8 Affiliations 1International Centre for Reproductive Health, Mombasa, Kenya. vmochache@yahoo.com. 2University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium. vmochache@yahoo.com. 3, P.O. Box 3921, Nakuru, 20100, Kenya. vmochache@yahoo.com. 4Faculty of Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya. 5Department of Health, County Government of Kwale, Kwale, Kenya. 6International Centre for Reproductive Health, Mombasa, Kenya. 7University […]
Effect of a ‘diagonal’ intervention on uptake of HIV and reproductive health services by female sex workers in three sub-Saharan African cities
Yves Lafort 1, Letitia Greener 2, Faustino Lessitala 3, Sophie Chabeda 4, Ross Greener 2, Mags Beksinska 2, Peter Gichangi 1 4 5, Sally Griffin 3, Jenni A Smit 2, Matthew Chersich 1 6, Wim Delva 1 7 8 9 Affiliations 1International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium. 2Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Durban, South Africa. 3International Centre for Reproductive Health-Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique. 4International Centre for Reproductive Health-Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya. […]
Key Programme Science lessons from an HIV prevention ‘Learning Site’ for sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya
Leigh M McClarty1, Parinita Bhattacharjee1, Shajy Isac1, Faran Emmanuel1, Japheth Kioko2,3, Margaret Njiraini3, Peter Gichangi4, Clifford Duncan Okoth5, Janet Musimbi-Mbole3, James F Blanchard1, Stephen Moses1, Helgar Muysyoki2, Marissa L Becker1 Correspondence to Leigh M McClarty, Department of Community Health Sciences, Centre for Global Public Health, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0T6, Canada; ummcclar@myumanitoba.ca Abstract Objectives In 2013, Kenya’s National […]
“They Destroy the Reproductive System”: Exploring the Belief that Modern Contraceptive Use Causes Infertility
Erica Sedlander, Jeffrey B Bingenheimer, Mary Thiongo, Peter Gichangi, Rajiv N Rimal, Mark Edberg, Wolfgang Munar PMID: 30411794 PMCID: PMC6518934 DOI: 10.1111/sifp.12076 Abstract A common reason for nonuse of modern contraceptives is concern about side effects and health complications. This article provides a detailed characterization of the belief that modern contraceptives cause infertility, and an examination of how this belief arises and spreads, and […]
A Prospective Cohort Study of Fertility Desire, Unprotected Sex, and Detectable Viral Load in HIV-Positive Female Sex Workers in Mombasa, Kenya
Kate S Wilson, George Wanje 1, Linnet Masese 1, Jane M Simoni 2, Juma Shafi 1, Lucy Adala 1, Julie Overbaugh 3, Walter Jaoko 1 4, Barbra A Richardson 3, Raymond S McClelland 1 5 4 Affiliations 1 2Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. 3Human Biology and Public Health Sciences Divisions, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. 4University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya. 5Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. PMID: 29543635 PMCID: PMC5997523 DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001680 Abstract Background: Little is known […]
Human papilloma virus correlates of high grade cervical dysplasia in HIV-infected women in Mombasa, Kenya: a cross-sectional analysis
Sonia Menon 1, Stanley Luchters 2 3 4, Rodolfo Rossi 5, Steven Callens 2 6, Mandaliya Kishor 7, Johannes Bogers 2 8, Davy Vanden Broeck 2 8 Affiliations 1International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRH), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185 P3, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. soniasimonemenon@gmail.com. 2International Centre for Reproductive Health (ICRH), Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185 P3, 9000, Ghent, Belgium. 3Burnet Institute, Melbourne, […]
