Since Immemorial society has always perceived sex work as immoral even though it is a source of income to the sex workers. Sex work breeds stigma to those who practice it. Studies on stigma among sex workers have been ...

This chapter uses the idea of urban legends to decode Kenyan youth sexuality and gender relations in the context of HIV and AIDS. Two narratives, the first a confessional letter that was purportedly posted on a university ...

In research ethics community, the ‘bright line’ between health care and health research continues to be emphasized as important. While this distinction may be clear for many health researchers and practitioners, it may not ...

Background: Lack of an adequate and well-performing health workforce has emerged as the biggest barrier to scaling up health services provision in sub-Saharan Africa. As the global community commits to the Sustainable ...

Disparity in economic development between high-income countries (HICs) and low- and medium-income countries (LMICs) has necessitated collaborations, some in health-related activities. Globalisation frameworks indicate ...

Psychiatric genetic research investigates the genetic basis of psychiatric disorders with the aim of more effectively understanding, treating, or, ultimately, preventing such disorders. Given the challenges of recruiting ...

Despite growing research, academic investment and intervention programming on food security at national and household level, countries are still facing enormous challenges in attaining food security. In Kenya, albeit ...

One of the most common characteristics of human behavior is that it is socially ordered, organized and structured. Individual interactions and identities are not only shaped by personal interactions, but also by the ...

This paper emanates from a study that was carried out to assess smallholder farmers’ adaptive capacity to climate change effects in Busia County. Qualitative and quantitative data was collected from 376 respondents ...

Crime rates in rural Kenya continue to increase, with a majority of farms experiencing more and more crime. These experiences have prompted rural farmers to opt for tactics that have the potential to minimize their own ...