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Spiritual issues of people living and dying with advanced heart failure in Kenya: a qualitative serial interview study.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
BACKGROUND:
Exploring patients' spiritual issues is vital for informing holistic care. The spiritual concerns of patients living and dying with advanced heart failure in sub-Saharan Africa remains unknown. Our aim was ...
Mapping international university partnerships identified by East African Universities as strengthening their medicine, nursing, and public health programs
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Background
International university partnerships are recommended for increasing the capacity of sub-Saharan African universities. Many publications describe individual partnerships and projects, and tools are available ...
Determinants of Discontinuation of Contraceptive Methods among Women at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(2016)
Background: Contraceptive use prevalence in Kenya is at 58% according to the 2014 Kenya Demographic Health
Survey. Several factors lead to discontinuation and switch of contraceptives. Discontinuation rate as per ...
Quality Indicator framework for assessing DEel programs in Kenya: A Technological and Educational functional parameters approach
(University of Nairobi, 2016-04)
The demand for university education has continued to grow and hence there has been a phenomenal expansion in enrolments that is not matching with the expansion of facilities. Several policy reports commissioned by the ...
Application of the UTAUT Model to understand factors influencing the use of Web 2.0 tools in e-learning in Kenyan Public Universities
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
The introduction of Web 2.0 tools has led to enhanced communication and collaboration in both social and academic environments. The focus of this study was to identify factors influencing the use of Web 2.0 tools in ...
Treatment of chronic heart failure in adults at a referral hospital in Kenya: adverse drug reactions and determinants of adherence
(2016)
Background: Chronic Heart Failure is a major health problem with a prevalence of between 1 and 12% in USA and
Europe, and approximately 5.7% in Sub-Saharan Africa, and has socio-economic relevance owing to its high
prevalence, ...
Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Responses in a Large Longitudinal Sub-Saharan HIV Primary Infection Cohort.
(2016)
Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) are thought to be a critical component of a protective HIV vaccine. However, designing vaccines immunogens able to elicit bnAbs has proven unsuccessful to date. Understanding the ...
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry for comprehensive indexing of East African ixodid tick species
(2016)
The tick population of Africa includes several important genera belonging to the family Ixodidae. Many of these ticks are vectors of protozoan and rickettsial pathogens including Theileria parva that causes East Coast ...
Changes in Vaginal Microbiota and Immune Mediators in HIV-1-Seronegative Kenyan Women Initiating Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
(2016)
Background: Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) is associated with HIV acquisition. We studied changes in vaginal microbiota and inflammatory milieu after DMPA initiation.
Methods: In a cohort of HIV-negative Kenyan ...
Uptake and Effectiveness of a Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Children in Urban and Rural Kenya, 2010 to 2012.
(2016)
In Africa, recent surveillance has demonstrated a high burden of influenza, but influenza vaccine is rarely used. In Kenya, a country with a tropical climate, influenza has been shown to circulate year-round, like in other ...