David Ojakaa

• Factors related to women’s use of health insurance cover in Navakholo, Kakamega County, Kenya

  Open Access•Rachel Ambalu, Sadiq Rashid et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2023

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  In Navakholo sub-county of Western Kenya, all-health-insurance coverage is lower than the national aggregate estimated from sample surveys. Age, perception of household condition, and wealth ranking are very significantly related to use of a health insurance cover. Frequent household registrations should be conducted to help monitor the trends and impact of health insurance campaigns. Training - upstream and downstream - on community household re…

• Gender differences in health-related quality of life at the time of a positive HIV test – a cross-sectional study in a resource-poor, high prevalence setting in Nairobi, Kenya

  Mia L van der Kop, Samuel Muhula et al.•ARTICLE•AIDS Care•2018

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  Few studies have examined gender differences in sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV disproportionately affects women. Objectives of this cross-sectional study were to determine gender differences in HRQoL at the time of a positive HIV test, and whether factors associated with HRQoL differed between men and women. Adults testing HIV-positive were recruited from two clinics located in informal settlements. HRQoL was measured with the SF-12. Multiple line…

• Mobile health for early retention in HIV care

  Kirsten Smillie, Natasha Van Borek et al.•ARTICLE•African Journal of AIDS Research•2014

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  Many people newly diagnosed with HIV are lost to follow-up before timely initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). A randomised controlled trial (RCT), WelTel Kenya1, demonstrated the effectiveness of the WelTel text messaging intervention to improve clinical outcomes among patients initiating ART. In preparation for WelTel Retain, an RCT that will evaluate the effect of the intervention to retain patients in care immediately following HIV diag…

• Making aid effective at the community level

  David Ojakaa, Elizabeth Okoth et al.•ARTICLE•Development in Practice•2011•Citada por: 1

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  Effective use of donor aid is critical in achieving the sixth Millennium Development Goal –reversing the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2015. The Paris Declaration of 2005 identified five key principles for aid effectiveness: ownership, alignment, harmonisation, mutual accountability and managing for results. As civil society organisations play a critical role in implementing HIV/AIDS interventions, it is important that they adhere to these principles. Oft…

• Making aid effective at the community level

  David Ojakaa, Elizabeth Okoth et al.•ARTICLE•Development in Practice•2011•Citada por: 1

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  Effective use of donor aid is critical in achieving the sixth Millennium Development Goal –reversing the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2015. The Paris Declaration of 2005 identified five key principles for aid effectiveness: ownership, alignment, harmonisation, mutual accountability and managing for results. As civil society organisations play a critical role in implementing HIV/AIDS interventions, it is important that they adhere to these principles. Oft…

• Making aid effective at the community level

  David Ojakaa, Elizabeth Okoth et al.•ARTICLE•Development in Practice•2011•Citada por: 1

  Añadir item

  Effective use of donor aid is critical in achieving the sixth Millennium Development Goal –reversing the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2015. The Paris Declaration of 2005 identified five key principles for aid effectiveness: ownership, alignment, harmonisation, mutual accountability and managing for results. As civil society organisations play a critical role in implementing HIV/AIDS interventions, it is important that they adhere to these principles. Oft…

• Mobile health for early retention in HIV care

  Kirsten Smillie, Natasha Van Borek et al.•ARTICLE•African Journal of AIDS Research•2014

  Añadir item

  Many people newly diagnosed with HIV are lost to follow-up before timely initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). A randomised controlled trial (RCT), WelTel Kenya1, demonstrated the effectiveness of the WelTel text messaging intervention to improve clinical outcomes among patients initiating ART. In preparation for WelTel Retain, an RCT that will evaluate the effect of the intervention to retain patients in care immediately following HIV diag…

• Gender differences in health-related quality of life at the time of a positive HIV test – a cross-sectional study in a resource-poor, high prevalence setting in Nairobi, Kenya

  Mia L van der Kop, Samuel Muhula et al.•ARTICLE•AIDS Care•2018

  Añadir item

  Few studies have examined gender differences in sub-Saharan Africa, where HIV disproportionately affects women. Objectives of this cross-sectional study were to determine gender differences in HRQoL at the time of a positive HIV test, and whether factors associated with HRQoL differed between men and women. Adults testing HIV-positive were recruited from two clinics located in informal settlements. HRQoL was measured with the SF-12. Multiple line…

• Factors related to women’s use of health insurance cover in Navakholo, Kakamega County, Kenya

  Open Access•Rachel Ambalu, Sadiq Rashid et al.•ARTICLE•BMC Public Health•2023

  Añadir item

  In Navakholo sub-county of Western Kenya, all-health-insurance coverage is lower than the national aggregate estimated from sample surveys. Age, perception of household condition, and wealth ranking are very significantly related to use of a health insurance cover. Frequent household registrations should be conducted to help monitor the trends and impact of health insurance campaigns. Training - upstream and downstream - on community household re…

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