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Association of lifestyle modification and pharmacological adherence on blood pressure control among patients with hypertension at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya: a cross-sectional study.
(BMJ, 2019-01-17)
OBJECTIVE:
Association of lifestyle modification and pharmacological adherence among patients with hypertension attending a national referral hospital in Kenya.
DESIGN:
Descriptive, cross-sectional.
SETTING:
Medical ...
HIV-Related Deaths in Nairobi, Kenya: Results From a HIV Mortuary Surveillance Study, 2015.
(Kluwer, 2019-05-01)
BACKGROUND:
Death is an important but often unmeasured endpoint in public health HIV surveillance. We sought to describe HIV among deaths using a novel mortuary-based approach in Nairobi, Kenya.
METHODS:
Cadavers aged ...
Association between vaginal washing and vaginal bacterial concentrations.
(PLoS, 2019-01-24)
Vaginal washing is a common practice associated with adverse outcomes including bacterial vaginosis (BV) and HIV infection. Prior studies have not examined the associations between vaginal washing and individual vaginal ...
Validation of urinary sphingolipid metabolites as biomarker of effect for fumonisins exposure in Kenyan children.
(Francis & Taylor, 2019-06)
Fumonisins (FNs), a group of mycotoxins produced mainly by Fusarium species, are ubiquitous food contaminants, especially for maize. Fumonisin B1 (FB1) caused severe toxicities in farm animals, induced kidney and liver ...
Safety and Immunogenicity of a 2-Dose Heterologous Vaccine Regimen With Ad26.ZEBOV and MVA-BN-Filo Ebola Vaccines: 12-Month Data From a Phase 1 Randomized Clinical Trial in Nairobi, Kenya.
(Oxford Academic, 2019-06-05)
BACKGROUND:
During the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak, Ebola vaccine development was accelerated. The phase 1 VAC52150EBL1003 study was performed to investigate 2-dose heterologous vaccination with Ad26.ZEBOV and ...
The effects of exposures to mycotoxins on immunity in children: A systematic review.
(Elsevier, 2019-05)
The majority of childhood deaths occur in low-income countries, with vaccine-preventable infections contributing greatly. Of the many possible environmental factors that could hamper a child's immune response, mycotoxins ...
Political Economy of Kenya & the 2017 General Elections
(2019-03)
n 2017, Kenya held two presidential elections in succession after the
new apex court, the Supreme Court, annulled the August 2017 presidential
results in which the incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta was
declared the ...
Effectiveness of interventions for dementia in low- and middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review, pairwise and network meta-analysis.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
INTRODUCTION:
There are more people living with dementia in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) than in high-income countries. Evidence-based interventions to improve the lives of people living with dementia and ...
Electronically Divergent Triscyclometalated Iridium(III) 2-(1-naphthyl)pyridine Complexes and Their Application in Three-Component Methoxytrifluoromethylation of Styrene
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
A systematic study of the photophysical and electrochemical properties of triscyclometalated homoleptic iridium(III) complexes based on 2-(1-naphthyl)pyridine (npy) ligands is presented. A systematic investigation of ligand ...
Cytotoxicity Of Fagaramide Derivative And Canthin-6-one From Zanthoxylum (Rutaceae) Species Against Multidrug Resistant Leukemia Cells
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
In our continuous search for cytotoxic compounds from the genus Zanthoxylum, chromatographic separation of the MeOH/CH2Cl2 (1:1) extract of Z. chalybeum yielded one new alkamide; 4-(isoprenyloxy)-3-methoxy-3,4-deoxymethy ...