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Health financing reform in Kenya - assessing the social health insurance proposal.
(WHO, 2007)
Kenya has had a history of health financing policy changes since its independence in 1963. Recently, significant preparatory work was done on a new Social Health Insurance Law that, if accepted, would lead to universal ...
Management pathway for congenital heart disease at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2007)
BACKGROUND:
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a significant cause of death amongst infants. The timing of treatment in relation to the natural history of the disease correlates with the treatment outcome.
OBJECTIVES: ...
Refractive errors in type 2 diabetic patients.
(2007)
To determine the prevalence and pattern of refractive errors among African type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and establish the relationship between baseline refractive status and degree of glycaemic control.
A hospital ...
A nested case-control study of sexual practices and risk factors for prevalent HIV-1 infection among young men in Kisumu, Kenya
(2007)
Objectives
To investigate sexual practices and risk factors for prevalent HIV infection among young men in Kisumu, Kenya.
Goal
The goal of this study was to identify behaviors associated with HIV in Kisumu to maximize ...
Hormonal contraception and HIV-1 disease progression among postpartum Kenyan women
(2007)
Objective
To assess the immediate and longer-term effects of the use of hormonal contraception on the progression of HIV-1 disease in postpartum women.
Design
A prospective cohort study.
Methods
Information on ...
Development of Orthopaedics in Kenya
(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 ...