What is it about?
The Health Kiosks in Markets is a community based health intervention whose objective is to improve access to health promotion services to prevent cardiovascular diseases. Market users walk in for free screening, lifestyle advice, and referral to the link facility.
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Why is it important?
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a significant cause of premature mortality with Kenya and other low and middle income countries (LMICs) facing a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition and a rising burden of CVD. The triple burden of disease being witnessed in LMICs like Kenya continues to overwhelm the capacity of the current health system. There is therefore need to arrest the rising cases through early screening and identification of cases hence the importance of this study.
Perspectives
Writing this article together with co-authors who shares the strong belief that our health system should work was a great pleasure. With the rising cases of cardiovascular diseases and the many cases of other diseases silently affecting and killing the community, the recommendations herein if taken and implemented by the relevant persons, we will have directly impacted positively.
Jarim Omogi
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Health Kiosks in Market: A qualitative study of factors influencing the transferability of the program to a target context in Kenya, PLOS One, October 2025, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321357.
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