• Anti-Politics and Free Maternal Health Services in Kilifi County, Kenya 

  Ombere, Stephen Okumu; Nyambedha, Erick Otieno; Haller, Tobias; Merten, Sonja (Routledge, 2023-01-02)

  Maternal healthcare is a global agenda. Kenya introduced free maternity services (FMS) in 2013 to allow women to give birth for free in all government public health facilities. The introduction of FMS was timely due to the ...
• Introduction: Religion and Inequality in Africa 

  Chitando, Ezra; Maseno, Loreen; Tarusarira, Joram (Bloomsbury, 2023-01-12)
• 10 Securitization of COVID-19 and the Imagination of Post-COVID-19 Burial Ceremonies in Kenya and Zimbabwe 

  Maseno, Loreen; Sibanda, Fortune (Taylor & Francis, 2023)

  The years 2020 and 2021 will go down in history as the most tragic period in the second decade of the new millennium as the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic resulted in death and untold suffering the world over (Sibanda ...
• 3 Sitting on a Grave 

  Maseno, Loreen (Taylor & Francis, 2023)

  COVID-19 in Kenya necessitated an enforcement of Ministry of Health (MOH) burial guidelines. These were met with resistance at various levels, even as the State demanded that these guidelines be unilaterally enforced. After ...
• Local perspectives on policy implementation of free maternity health services in Kenya: Implications for universal health coverage. 

  Ombere, O. Stephen; Nyambedha, O. Erick; Haller, Tobias; Merten, Sonja (African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2023-05-02)

  Kenya introduced free maternity services (FMS) in 2013 to enable all pregnant women to give birth for free in all government public health facilities. Currently, Kenya is rolling out universal health coverage (UHC), which ...
• Olikoye Ransome-Kuti: a treasured advocate for primary health care and a pioneer of good health governance 

  Friday Okonofua, Natalia Kanem, Eyitayo Lambo, Isaac F Adewole, Nimi D Briggs, Elizabeth Millar, Fikadu Mitiku, Honelgn N Hiruy, Janine Barden-O’Fallon, Subeen Lim, Hocheol Lee, Jongin Lee, Nigatu R Geda, Eunwoo Nam, Victoria K Uka, Esienumoh E Ekpoanwan, Alberta D Nsemo, Josephine B Etowa, Stephen O Ombere, Erick O Nyambedha, Tobias Haller, Sonja Merten, Tolulope F Olufunlayo, Olayinka A Abosede, Adebayo T Onajole, Olumuyiwa O Odusanya, Nnabuike C Ngene, Olive P Khaliq, Jagidesa Moodley, Sanae Elomrani, Bouchra Assarag, Vincent De Brouwere, Soufiane Aithammou, Rachid Bezad, Bouchra Benazzouz (African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2023-05-31)

  Given the phenomenal contributions he made to primary health care worldwide, and to the promotion of sexual and reproductive health care in the African region, the African Journal of Reproductive Health (AJRH) has ...
• Tourism memories – a collaborative reflection on inclusion and exclusion 

  Jernsand, Eva Maria; Kraff, Helena; Törngren, Sayaka Osanami; Adolfsson, Caroline; Björner, Emma; Omondi, Lillian; Pederson, Thomas; Ulver, Sofia (Taylor and Francis online, 2023-05-15)

  The purpose of this paper is to explore how people’s differentiated privileged and marginalised positions in society create instances of inclusion and exclusion in tourism. Eight authors utilised their diverse disciplinary ...
• Media Exposure and Awareness Creation: Examination of a Vernacular Radio Health Programme on Type 2 Diabetes 

  Misiani, Daniel Otieno; Nyambug, Charles (Scholars Middle East Publishers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2023-04-30)

  Communication research has established a cause-effect relationship between amount of media exposure and audience awareness about issues in the society. Against this, different media programmes have been rolled out in an ...
• Expectations, Culture, and Adaptation to Higher Education Institutions by First-Year Students 

  Aloka Peter Jo, Mwajuma Christine Opondo, Ooko Mary (IGI Global, 2023)

  This chapter analyzed expectations, culture, and adaptation to higher education institutions by first-year students. By adopting a conceptual review as framework, data were obtained from published literature. The results ...
• Nafasi ya Ikolojia ya Lugha katika Mtagusano wa Kiswahili na Kibukusu katika Mawanda ya Dini katika Kaunti ya Bungoma 

  Barasa Martin Mulwale, Ngesa Florence Indede, Asiko Beverlyne Ambuyo (EAST AFRICANNATURE & SCIENCEORGANIZATION, 2023-03-27)

  Nyanja mbalimbali katika jamii hutegemea matumizi ya lugha. Hali hii huzua changamoto ya namna ya kutumia raslimali za lugha zinazopatikana katika jamiilugha fulani. Juhudi ya kufahamu na kutagusana na ulimwengu huhitaji ...
• Kubainisha Usawiri wa Ukahaba naWahusika Makahaba katika Riwaya ya Nyota ya Rehema na Ndoto ya Almasi 

  Karuhanga Deusdedit, Indede Florence, Nanyama Deborah Amukowa (Jarida la Afrika Mashariki la Masomo ya Kiswahili, 2022-12-28)

  Utafiti huu ulichunguza ukahaba katika riwaya ya Nyota ya Rehema (Mohamed S.Mohamed) na Ndoto ya Almasi (Ken Walibora). Kitendo cha ukahaba kimesababisha mashaka mengi sana katika maisha ya mwanadamu kama vile kupoteza ...
• Effects of COVID-19 on Kenya’s Healthcare System: Healthcare Providers’ Experiences with Maternal Health Services Utilization in Coastal Kenya 

  Okumu Stephen Ombere, Adiedo Agnetta Nyabundi (MDPI, 2023-02-28)

  The COVID-19 pandemic overstretched health systems in developed and developing nations. Like other African nations, Kenya has a frail health system, making responding to the pandemic a problem. Recent studies during COVID-19 ...
• Pseudo-Reduplication in Lukisa Dialect 

  Oyoko Amos Maina, Atieno Jackline Okelo, Ogoti David Ongarora (East African Scholars Publisher, Kenya, 2022)

  : Reduplication is a grammatical aspect found in a wide range of African languages and it is sometimes interchangeably used with repetition. Reduplication is both a morphological and a phonological process of forming a ...
• Form of Idioms which are Susceptible to Misinterpretation by the Fans of Witimbule Programme in Radio Mambo FM 

  Chenenje SL, Ongarora DO, Okelo JA (Indiana, 2023-03-03)

  Idioms are notoriously applicable in Witimbule Programme of Radio Mambo FM broadcast among the fans from the Luhya speaking communities to make their language native-like, for face-saving and regulation of human behavior. ...
• Phonemic Representation and Transcription for Speech to Text Applications for Under-resourced Indigenous African Languages: The Case of Kiswahili 

  Awino Ebbie, Wanzare Lilian, Muchemi Lawrence , Wanjawa Barack, Ombui Edward, Indede Florence , McOnyango Owen, Okal Benard. (arxiv, 2022-10-29)

  Building automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems is a challenging task, especially for underresourced languages that need to construct corpora nearly from scratch and lack sufficient training data. It has emerged that ...
• Parenting, Adolescent Sensation Seeking, and Subsequent Substance Use: Moderation by Adolescent Temperament 

  Sabina Kapetanovic, Susannah Zietz, Jennifer E Lansford, Dario Bacchini, Marc H Bornstein, Lei Chang, Kirby Deater-Deckard, Laura Di Giunta, Kenneth A Dodge, Sevtap Gurdal, Paul Oburu, Daranee Junla, Concetta Pastorelli, Ann T Skinner, Emma Sorbring, Sombat Tapanya, Laurence Steinberg, Liliana Maria Uribe Tirado, Saengduean Yotanyamaneewong, Liane Peña Alampay, Suha M Al-Hassan (Springer US, 2023-03-24)

  Although previous research has identified links between parenting and adolescent substance use, little is known about the role of adolescent individual processes, such as sensation seeking, and temperamental tendencies for ...
• Measures adopted by indigent mothers in Kilifi County to tackle maternal health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study 

  Ombere Stephen O, Nyambedha Erick O , Haller Tobias, Sonja Merten (AJOL, 2022)

  Many sub-Saharan African countries have experienced various challenges that threaten the quality of health services offered to the population. The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted access to healthcare services in many countries ...
• Awareness and utilization of free maternal healthcare services among women in Mt. Elgon SubCounty, Kenya 

  Oliver Furechi (Med Rxiv, 2023)

  Maternal mortality remains a matter of public health concern with over 300,000 women dying while giving birth annually. This has driven policy makers to come up with free maternal healthcare services as policy intervention. ...
• Phonemic Representation and Transcription for Speech to Text Applications for Under-resourced Indigenous African Languages: The Case of Kiswahili 

  Awino, Ebbie ; Wanzare, Lilian; Muchemi, Lawrence ; Wanjawa, Barack ; Ombui, Edward ; Indede, Florence ; McOnyango, Owen ; Okal, Benard (Arxiv.org, 2022)

  Building automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems is a challenging task, especially for under resourced languages that need to construct corpora nearly from scratch and lack sufficient training data. It has emerged ...
• Research Methods for Public Policy 

  Mbula, Susan Kilonzo, Ayobami Ojebode (Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2022)

  As implied by the topic, this chapter focuses on research methods applied or applicable in public policy research. Though the overriding focus is on specifc research methods, we deemed it necessary to preface these ...

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