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Mother-to-child HIV transmission in resource poor settings: how to improve coverage?
(University of Nairobi., 2003-05)
OBJECTIVES:
To review coverage of the current nevirapine prevention model in Coast Provincial General Hospital (CPGH) in Mombasa, Kenya, and to reflect on alternative models to reduce mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) ...
Exposure To Hiv-1 During Delivery And Mother-to-child Transmission
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
BACKGROUND:
The correlation between the presence of HIV-1 in maternal cervicovaginal secretions and in the infant's oro-pharyngal secretions at birth, and mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) were examined to obtain ...
Prevalence of vulvovaginal candidiasis and susceptibility to fluconazole in women.
(University of Nairobi,, 2012)
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of vaginal colonization by Candida with the use of a rapid detection method, to examine the determinants of vaginal candidiasis, and to evaluate ...
Vulnerability of women in an African setting: lessons for mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention programmes.
(University of Nairobi,, 2002)
After discussing advantages and risks, only a third of the 290 HIV-infected women included in an intervention study to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Mombasa, Kenya, informed their partners of their results. ...
The prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in Mombasa, Kenya.
(2011)
OBJECTIVES:
A human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence survey was done in Mombasa, Kenya, to improve the knowledge of HPV prevalence and genotype distribution in sub-Saharan African countries overall, and in women of ...
The impact of peer outreach on HIV knowledge and prevention behaviours of male sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya.
(2012)
INTRODUCTION:
Targeting most at-risk populations is an essential component of HIV prevention strategies. Peer education programmes have been found to increase HIV knowledge, condom use and safer sex behaviours among ...
Male Sex Workers Who Sell Sex to Men Also Engage in Anal Intercourse with Women: Evidence from Mombasa, Kenya
(2013)
Objective:
To investigate self-report of heterosexual anal intercourse among male sex workers who sell sex to men, and to
identify the socio-demographic characteristics associated with practice of the behavior.
Design:
Two ...
Associations of sexual risk taking among Kenyan female sex workers after enrollment in an HIV-1 prevention trial.
(2005-03)
BACKGROUND:
Female sex workers (FSWs) often lack the ability to negotiate safer sex and are at high risk for HIV-1 infection and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
METHODS:
Seronegative FSWs were enrolled in an ...
Acceptability of human immunodeficiency virus testing in patients with invasive cervical cancer in Kenya.Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2006 Mar-Apr;16(2):681-5
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Invasive cervical cancer (ICC) is common in areas where human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is also prevalent. Currently, HIV seroprevalence as well as acceptability of HIV testing in ICC patients in Kenya is unknown. The ...
Comparison of the Generic HIV Viral Load assay with the Amplicor HIV-1 monitor v1.5 and Nuclisens HIV-1 EasyQ v1.2 techniques for plasma HIV-1 RNA quantitation of non-B subtypes: the Kesho Bora preparatory study
(University of Nairobi., 2010-02)
The implementation of cost effective HIV-1 RNA quantitation assays in resource-poor settings is of paramount importance for monitoring HV-1 infection. A study comparing the analytical performance of three HIV-1 RNA assays ...