Sökning: "kenya slum"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden kenya slum.

  1. 1. Voicing the Slum : Youth, Community Media and Social Change in Nairobi

    Författare :Jessica Gustafsson; Kari Andén-Papadopoulos; Thomas Tufte; Helge Rønning; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Community media; Youth; Social Change; Nairobi; Kenya; Democratisation; Youth Culture; Identity; Community broadcasting; Slums; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Communication Studies;

    Sammanfattning : Since late 2006, several small media projects have emerged in the slums of Nairobi with the aim to counterbalance the ignorance from mainstream media, provide the slums residents with news, information and an opportunity to voice their needs and discuss relevant issues. These media are best labelled community media, since their main concern is to serve the interests of the community, in this context the slums. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Uptake, adherence and discontinuation of antiretroviral treatment in the Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya

    Författare :Christian Unge; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Africa; slum; uptake; adherence; drop-out; HIV; ART; traditional medicine; religion;

    Sammanfattning : Background: As antiretroviral treatment (ART) is being scaled-up, long-term success depends on high adherence to ART and retention in care. Rapid urbanization and growing slum populations present specific challenges for sustaining HIV-infected patients on ART. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Making visible the invisible : Health risks from environmental exposures among socially deprived populations of Nairobi, Kenya

    Författare :Thaddaeus Wandera Egondi; Joacim Rocklöv; Nawi Ng; Remare Ettarh; Patrick Kinney; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; air pollution; urban health; temperature-related mortality; particulate matter; exposure assessment; child health; Epidemiology; epidemiologi; folkhälsa; Public health;

    Sammanfattning : Background: Most countries of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are experiencing a high rate of ur­banization accompanied with unplanned development resulting into sprawl of slums. The weath­er patterns and air pollution sources in most urban areas are changing with significant effects on health. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Mucosal immune responses in HIV-1 exposed uninfected individuals

    Författare :Taha Hirbod; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : The development of HIV vaccines and immunotherapeutics remains hampered by our lack of understanding correlates of immune protection to infection and disease. The major (perhaps only) piece of evidence indicating that long-term, solid resistance to HIV infection is indeed possible comes from HIV exposed yet uninfected individuals (EUI). LÄS MER