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Are Blind People More Likely to Accept Free Cataract Surgery? A Study of Vision-Related Quality of Life and Visual Acuity in Kenya
(Universty of Nairobi, 2010-02)
Purpose: To determine possible differences in visual acuity, socio-demographic factors and vision-related Quality of Life (QoL) between people accepting and people refusing sponsored cataract surgery.
Methods: Three hundred ...
Assessment of correctness of inhalation technique among asthmatic children and Their caretakers at the Kenyatta national Hospital
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Background: Asthma is a major cause of morbidity among children throughout the world
and it is currently estimated to affect more than 300 million people. Its diagnosis is
mainly clinical based on history although it can ...
Malignant obstructive jaundice: Factors predictive of non Resectability at kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Malignant obstructive jaundice is a rising cause of mortality and morbidity in surgical
patients worldwide. Most patients at time of presentation have advanced disease. Surgery
remains the only curative mode of treatment ...
The “Psychiatric Masquerade”: The Mental Health Exception in New Zealand Abortion Law
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2010)
Although nearly 99% of abortions in New Zealand are permitted in order to prevent danger or injury to a woman’s mental health (the ‘mental health exception’), the reasons why mental health considerations should effectively ...
Dashed hopes and missed opportunities: Malaria: Malaria control policies in Kenya, 1896 – 2009”
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
38 Flavivirus epidemiology, evolution, dispersal and survival: the influence of anthropology 411
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Reproductive Health of Female Sex Workers in the Urban Informal Settlement of Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
(African Wildlife Foundation, Nairobi, 2010)
Female sex workers (FSWs) have long been recognized as important factors in the sub-Saharan HIV/AIDS epidemic. Because of their large number of sexual partners and high rate of partner change they may act as core groups ...
Entering sex work in the informal urban settlement of Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya
(African Wildlife Foundation, Nairobi, 2010)
Female sex work has long been recognized as an important factor in the urban sub-Saharan Africa HIV/AIDS pandemic, and in some cities remains a driving force for HIV transmission. However, despite a long history of ...