Open AccessHealth problems of street children in Eldoret, Kenya
Author(s) -
Samuel Ayaya,
Fabian Esamai
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v78i12.8930
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , disease , addiction , demography , environmental health , psychiatry , pathology , sociology
The street children phenomenon is an increasing problem in most cosmopolitan cities of the world including Eldoret, which is a fast growing town. With the growth of the town so is the increasing number of street children. It is therefore important to have baseline data on their health problems.