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Depression among women with obstetric fistula in Kenya
(© 2011 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reservedSchool of medicine, 2011)Objective: To establish the prevalence of depression and describe associated factors among fistula patients attending an obstetric fistula surgical camp in Kenya. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted focusing ... -
Development of basic obstetric theater facility in a low-resource setting.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)In any given population or community, 15% of pregnant women can be expected to develop complications during pregnancy or delivery, and will require emergency obstetric care. Emergency preparedness should include establishing ... -
Development of Orthopaedics in Kenya
(Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2007)It is difficult to say at what point Orthopaedics in Kenya broke away from general surgery. All over the world, orthopaedics has developed as an off shoot of general surgery. There are various forms of practice of ... -
DFID scoping mission report on malaria in Uganda.
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Discovering The Christian Nurse
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Early Detection of of Lung Cancer
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East African Orthopaedic Journal
(African Journal Online, 2007)The aim of the journal is to give orthopedic surgeons, technologists and other personnel within the orthopedic specialty a forum of diverging their research findings to the rest of the world. The journal comprises of ... -
East and Central African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
(University of Nairobi, School of Pharmacy, 2002)The East and Central African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences is dedicated to all aspects of Pharmaceutical Sciences research and is published in English. The scientific papers published in the Journal fall into three ... -
The economic burden of malaria in kenya:a household-level investigation
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Economics, 2008)The economic impact of malaria on households and individuals is increasingly becoming a subject of considerable interest to researchers and policy makers. Available evidence indicates that malaria endemic countries stand ... -
Economic costs of malaria in Kenya.
(Department of Arts-Economics, 2006)This study measures the cost of malaria among households in Kenya. The overall objective of the study is to determine the economic burden of malaria among households in Kenya.The methodology involved the use ... -
Effect of an instructional programme on attitudes of registered nurses towards nursing care plans
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1991-10)The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of an instructional programme on registered nurses' attitudes towards nursing care plans and to compare these attitudes with registered nurses who did not take part ... -
The Effect of Ownership of Health Care Systems on Distribution and Quality of Health Services
(University of Nairobi, 1986)This paper investigates whether form of ownership of health facilities affects the pattern of distribution of health services, their quality and composition. Kenyan data show that public ownership of health facilities is ... -
The effect of penta-gastrin and cholecystokinin on radiological gastro-oesophageal competence.
(Department of radiology and surgery,University of Nairobi, 1975)Fourteen patients with clinically obvious gastro-oesophageal reflux were examined by conventional barium meal radiology. Neither exogenous penta-gastrin nor cholecystokinin appeared to influence the radiological competence ... -
The effect of rapid HIV-1 testing on uptake of perinatal HIV-1 interventions: a randomized clinical trial
(Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, SwitzerlandDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USADepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USADepartment of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USADepartment of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2003)Objective We examined whether HIV-1 testing using a rapid assay increases the proportion of pregnant women obtaining HIV-1 results and the uptake of perinatal HIV-1 interventions. Methods Pregnant women attending ... -
Effectiveness of commonly used methods in disposing pharmaceutical waste in pharmacies and hospitals: a case of pharmacies in Mombasa County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)The occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment has received growing attention since the 1980s. The major issues associated with the origins and occurrence of these chemicals in ... -
Effects of chemotherapy on the oral health in paediatric oncology patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi,, 2011)Aim: To determine the most prevalent oral adverse effects faced by children undergoing chemotherapy treatment. Study design: A descriptive cross sectional study, conducted at the Kenyatta National Hospital. Materials ... -
The effects of foreign Aid on human development in Kenya
(School of Economics, 2007-07)Countries in sub-Saharan Africa depend heavily on foreign aid to finance their development efforts. In this paper an account of the effect of foreign aid on human development in Kenya is provided. Several analytical ... -
Effects of HIV-1 infection on malaria parasitemia in Milo sub-location, Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)Abstract Background Malaria and HIV infections are both highly prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, with HIV-infected patients being at higher risk of acquiring malaria. HIV-1 infection is known to impair the immune response ... -
Effects of use of latex rubber gloves by dental students at the dental school, faculty of dental sciences
(University of NairobiSchool of Dental Science, 2008)Introduction: Latex is the material that rubber gloves are made of. The powder inside gloves and even the latex itself may elicit a latex reaction on the handler of the gloves or the patient. Latex reactions have become ...