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Global estimates of syphilis in pregnancy and associated adverse outcomes: analysis of multinational antenatal surveillance data.
(2013)BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization initiative to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of syphilis aims for ≥ 90% of pregnant women to be tested for syphilis and ≥ 90% to receive treatment by 2015. We calculated ... -
Health work, female sex workers and HIV/AIDS: global and local dimensions of stigma and deviance as barriers to effective interventions
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2008)This study validates my own clinical experience that sex workers are sometimes stigmatized. discriminated against and denied services. Advanced Sign out This article is about how stigma can and does interfere with ... -
Hepatitis B infection is highly prevalent among patients presenting with jaundice in
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Viral hepatitis is a major concern worldwide, with hepatitis A (HAV) and E (HEV) viruses showing sporadic outbreaks while hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV) viruses are associated with chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and hepatocellular ... -
HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviors Among Female Sex Workers in Botswana: Results from the 2012 HIV/STI Bio-Behavioral Study
(2014)To evaluate HIV/STI prevalence among female sex workers (FSWs) in Botswana, and assess HIV-related risk behaviors. Cross-sectional study using time-location sampling in three districts of Botswana. Adjusted HIV prevalence ... -
HIV prevention and street-based male sex workers: an evaluation of brief interventions.
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2006)This study shows that brief interventions to reduce HIV risk were acceptable to male sex workers (MSWs) and are efficacious for reducing unprotected anal sex during paid sexual encounters. These methods should be developed ... -
HIV-neutralizing Activity Of Cationic Polypeptides In Cervicovaginal Secretions Of Women In Hiv-serodiscordant Relationships.
(University of NairobiUnit of Infectious Diseases, 2012)BACKGROUND: HIV exposed seronegative (HESN) women represent the population most in need of a prophylactic antiviral strategy. Mucosal cationic polypeptides can potentially be regulated for this purpose and we here aimed ... -
HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among the General Population: A Survey
(Centre for HIV Prevention And Research, 2012)This article, although from a different continent, confirms the fact that people in the general population, but not exclusively so, do not perceive themselves at risk of acquiring HIV infection, even when they have had ... -
Identifying barriers to contraceptive use in Kenya
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The impact of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) on HIV epidemics in Africa and India: a simulation study.
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2008)21 May 2008 INew Finding In this study, condoms were found to be a necessary addition and not a substitute to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This, once again, underscores behaviour modification as important in the fight ... -
Increased Cervical CD4 + CCR5 + T Cells Among Kenyan Sex Working Women Using Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) is the most common hormonal contraceptive used by women in sub- Saharan Africa, however, it has been epidemiologically associated with HIV infections. To assess whether DMPA has ... -
Inherent Challenges of Immediate Implant Placement in the Aesthetic Zone: a Case Report
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Replacement of missing teeth with implant borne prostheses has become generally become acceptable in the field of dentistry. The traditional “Branemark protocol” has advocated for a period of healing after extraction before ... -
Introduction of a sexual health practice nurse is associated with increased STI testing of men who have sex with men in primary care
(Centre for HIV Prevention And Research, University of Nairobi, 2013)BACKGROUND: The study objective was to investigate the effect of the introduction of a sexual health practice nurse on HIV and STI testing in a general practice that specialized in gay men's health. METHODS: This ... -
Knowledge About Sexually Transmitted Infections (STls) and Attitudes Toward Female Sex Workers With STI Symptoms Among Health Care Providers in Laos
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2011)This article which studied female sex workers in Thailand and Vietnam is interesting because Kenya's Ministry of Health found the knowledge of care providers in relation to sexually transmitted infections (STls) and sex ... -
Length of coronary sinus in a black Kenyan population: Correlation with heart length
(2015)Length of coronary sinus is important in the design of cannulation devices used in cardiac resynchronization therapy and percutaneous mitral valve annuloplasty. It displays gender and population variations that may account ... -
Levels of advertised unprotected vaginal and oral sex by independent indoor female sex workers in West Yorkshire, UK.
(BMJ, 2014)OBJECTIVES: To assess the proportion of independent indoor female sex workers (FSW) in West Yorkshire, UK who advertise unprotected sex, and to investigate any association with cost, location and provision of anal ... -
Looking upstream to prevent HIV transmission: can interventions with sex workers alter the course of HIV epidemics in Africa as they did in Asia?
(2014)BACKGROUND:: High rates of partner change in 'upstream' sex work networks have long been recognized to drive 'downstream' transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We used a stochastic microsimulation model ... -
Maternal mortality in Garissa Provincial Hospital
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Meloxicam emulgels for topical management of rheumatism: Formulation development, in vitro and in vivo characterization.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Purpose The study designed, formulated and evaluated meloxicam emulgels as a potential alternative topical treatment option for rheumatism. Methods A 32 factorial design was employed to formulate nine preliminary ... -
Missed nursing care in acute care hospital settings in low-middle income countries: a systematic review protocol
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Missed nursing care (care left undone or task incompletion) is viewed as an important early predictor of adverse patient care outcomes and is a useful indicator to determine the quality of patient care. Available ... -
Mucosal Blood Group Antigen Expression Profiles And Hiv Infections: A Study Among Female Sex Workers In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Background The ABO blood group antigens are carbohydrate moieties expressed on human red blood cells however; these antigens can also be expressed on some other cells particularly the surface of epithelial cells and may ...