[HTML][HTML] Understanding HIV risks among adolescent girls and young women in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Lessons for DREAMS

A Ziraba, B Orindi, S Muuo, S Floyd, IJ Birdthistle… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Introduction High incidence of HIV infection among adolescent girls and young women
(AGYW) has been attributed to the numerous and often layered vulnerabilities that they …

[HTML][HTML] Experiences of violence among adolescent girls and young women in Nairobi's informal settlements prior to scale-up of the DREAMS Partnership: Prevalence …

BO Orindi, BW Maina, SW Muuo, I Birdthistle… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction We sought to estimate the prevalence, severity and identify predictors of
violence among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in informal settlement areas of …

Gender-based violence and its association with mental health among Somali women in a Kenyan refugee camp: a latent class analysis

M Hossain, RJ Pearson, A McAlpine… - J Epidemiol …, 2021 - jech.bmj.com
Background In conflict-affected settings, women and girls are vulnerable to gender-based
violence (GBV). GBV is associated with poor long-term mental health such as anxiety …

Barriers and facilitators to care-seeking among survivors of gender-based violence in the Dadaab refugee complex

S Muuo, SK Muthuri, MK Mutua… - Sexual and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In humanitarian settings, timely access to care is essential for survivors of gender-based
violence (GBV). Despite the existence of GBV support services, challenges still exist in …

[HTML][HTML] Awareness and uptake of layered HIV prevention programming for young women: analysis of population-based surveys in three DREAMS settings in Kenya …

A Gourlay, I Birdthistle, NT Mthiyane, BO Orindi… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background The DREAMS Partnership is an ambitious effort to deliver
combinations of biomedical, behavioural and structural interventions to reduce HIV …

Childhood vaccination in Kenya: socioeconomic determinants and disparities among the Somali ethnic community

NB Masters, AL Wagner, BF Carlson, SW Muuo… - International journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives Kenya has a significant refugee population, including large numbers of Somali
migrants. This study examines the vaccination status of Kenyan children and …

[HTML][HTML] Status of birth and pregnancy outcome capture in Health Demographic Surveillance Sites in 13 countries

P Waiswa, J Akuze, C Moyer, D Kwesiga… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Objectives We compared pregnancy identification methods and outcome capture across 31
Health Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) sites in 14 countries in sub-Saharan …

Disability, violence, and mental health among Somali refugee women in a humanitarian setting

M Hossain, R Pearson, A McAlpine, L Bacchus… - Global Mental …, 2020 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThere is limited evidence on the relationship between disability, experiences of
gender-based violence (GBV), and mental health among refugee women in humanitarian …

'They say our work is not halal': experiences and challenges of refugee community workers involved in gender-based violence prevention and care in Dadaab, Kenya

C Izugbara, S Muthuri, S Muuo, C Egesa… - Journal of refugee …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Notwithstanding the growing centrality of refugee community workers (RCWs) in the current
response to gender-based violence (GBV) in the Dadaab refugee camps, they remain poorly …

[HTML][HTML] Who are the male sexual partners of adolescent girls and young women? Comparative analysis of population data in three settings prior to DREAMS roll-out

AM Doyle, S Floyd, K Baisley, B Orindi, D Kwaro… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background The DREAMS (Determined Resilient Empowered AIDS-free, Mentored and
Safe) Partnership aims to reduce HIV incidence among adolescent girls and young women …