FRONTIERS
Projects in Kenya

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type.

2008
Abdi, Maryam Sheikh. “A religious oriented approach to addressing FGM/C among the Somali community of Wajir, Kenya,” FRONTIERS Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (updated May 2008) (PDF, 518 KB)

Abdi, Maryam Sheikh, Guyo Jaldesa, and Ian Askew. "Managing and preventing female genital cutting (FGM/C) among the Somali community in Kenya,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 167 KB)

Birungi, Harriet. "Adapting focused antenatal care: Lessons from three African countries," FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 11. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.7 MB)

Joyce, Stephanie, Ian Askew, Anta Fall Diagne, Nafissatou Diop, and Humphres Evelia. "Multisectoral youth RH interventions: The scale-up process in Kenya and Senegal," FRONTIERS Program Brief no. 13. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.7 MB)

"Kenya: Integrating services for FP and HIV improves quality and HIV testing," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 78. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

"Kenya: Islamic scholars find no religious justification for FGM/C," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 73. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

"Kenya: Training can enhance providers’ management of FGM/C and willingness to advocate against the practice," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 71. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Liambila, Wilson, Charlotte Warren, Saiqa Mullick, Ian Askew, Rick Homan, Ibrahim Mohammed, Robert Ayisi, Margaret Gitau, Josephine Kibaru, Mary Gathitu, Judith Maua, Helton Jilo, Juma Mwangi, John Njoroge, Anthony K. Wanyoro, Peter Mohammed Njuguna, and Andrew Mboche. "Feasibility, acceptability, effect, and cost of integrating counseling and testing for HIV within family planning services in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

"Malaria in pregnancy pilot projects nationally adopted in Kenya and Malawi," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 77. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

Mwangi, Annie and Charlotte Warren. "Taking critical services to the home: Scaling-up home-based maternal and postnatal care, including family planning, through community midwifery in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 779 KB)

Mwangi, Annie, Charlotte Warren, Nancy Koskei, and Holly Blanchard. "Strengthening postnatal care services including postpartum family planning in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF)

2007
Askew, Ian and Humphres Evelia. “Mainstreaming and scaling up the Kenya Adolescent Reproductive Health Project,” FRONTIERS Report. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF, 229 KB)

Erulkar, Annabel and Francis Ayuka. "Addressing early marriage in areas of high HIV prevalence: A program to delay marriage and support married girls in rural Nyanza, Kenya," Promoting Healthy, Safe, and Productive Transitions to Adulthood Brief no. 19. New York: Population Council. (PDF)

Kenya Ministry of Health. "Management of complications, pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period in the presence of FGM/C: A reference manual for health service providers." Nairobi: Division of Reproductive Health, Ministry of Health. (PDF, 1.2 MB)

“Kenya: Begin community dialogue on FGM/C by discussing cultural justification,” FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 59. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

“Kenya: Mobilize health care providers to advocate against FGM/C,” FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 60. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

"Kenya: Multisectoral engagement increases support for youth RH," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 65. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2006
Birungi, Harriet and W. Onyango-Ouma. "Acceptability and sustainability of the WHO focused antenatal care package in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 557 KB)

Munguti, Nzoya, Moses Mokua, Rick Homan, and Harriet Birungi. "Cost analysis of reproductive heath services in PCEA Chogoria Hospital, Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 89 KB)

2005
Jaldesa, Guyo W., Ian Askew, Caroline Njue, and Monica Wanjiru. “Female genital cutting among the Somali of Kenya and management of its complications,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 460 KB)

2004
Askew, Ian, Jane Chege, Carolyne Njue, and Samson Radeny. “A multi-sectoral approach to providing reproductive health information and services to young people in Western Kenya: The Kenya adolescent reproductive health project,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.5 MB)

Njue, Carolyne and Ian Askew. “Medicalization of female genital cutting among the Abagusii in Nyanza Province, Kenya,” FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 829 KB)

2003
"Kenya: Communities support adolescent reproductive health education, " FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 33. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2002
"Kenya: Community sensitization must precede alternative coming-of-age rite," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 27. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 284 KB)

"Kenya: On-site antenatal syphilis services are cost-effective," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 22. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 263 KB)

2001
Chege, Jane, Ian D. Askew, and Jennifer Liku. "An assessment of the alternative rites approach for encouraging abandonment of FGC in Kenya," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 1.2 MB)

"Kenya update: FRONTIERS adolescent reproductive health project," FRONTIERS Project Update no. 1. Nairobi: Population Council. (PDF, 113 KB)

2000
"Kenya: Identifying RTIs remains problematic: Prevention is essential," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 9. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 318 KB)

"Kenya: Offer family planning in hospital wards," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 5. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 308 KB)

1999
Fapohunda, Bolaji M. and Naomi Rutenberg. "Expanding men’s participation in reproductive health in Kenya." Nairobi: African Population Policy Research Center. (PDF, 251 KB)

Copies of conference reports, summaries, program briefs, and research updates are available free of charge. Contact frontiers@popcouncil.org. FRONTIERS publications are also available on the USAID/DEC Web site, www.dec.org.

---