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Prevalence and characteristics of psychotic-like experiences in Kenyan youth
(2012)
Current evidence suggests that there may be significant differences in psychotic symptom prevalence in Africa compared with other cultures. However, there have been few studies evaluating these symptoms in the continent. ...
Pattern of aortic aneurysms in an African country
(University of Nairobi., 2010-10)
OBJECTIVE:
We sought to describe the regional, age, and sex distribution; diagnosis; treatment; and outcome of aortic aneurysms in a Kenyan population.
METHODS:
This was a retrospective study at Kenyatta National ...
Menarcheal age among urban Kenyan primary school girls
(University of Nairobi., 2011-05)
AIM:
To determine the mean menarcheal age among urban primary school girls in Kenya.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS:
A structured questionnaire was administered to 820 primary grade 6-8 girls aged between 12 and 17 years in ...
The prevalence of substance use among psychiatric patients: the case study of Bugando Medical centre, Mwanza (northern Tanzania).
(2011)
World Health Organization (2004) documented that substance use or abuse and mental disorders are important causes of disease burden accounting for 8.8% and 16.6% of the total burden of disease in low income and lower ...
Mucosal Th17 cell function is altered during HIV infection and is an independent predictor of systemic immune activation.
(University of Nairobi, 2013-09)
Mucosal Th17 cells maintain the gut epithelial barrier and prevent invasion by luminal bacteria through a delicate balance of immunosuppressive and proinflammatory functions. HIV infection is characterized by mucosal Th17 ...
The Afya Bora Consortium: an Africa-US partnership to train leaders in global health.
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
The Afya Bora Consortium is a partnership of 8 academic health institutions, 4 in Africa and 4 in the United States. The Consortium is developing a Global Health Leadership Fellowship for medical, nursing, and public health ...
How late is too late? Timeliness to scheduled visits as an antiretroviral therapy adherence measure in Nairobi, Kenya and Lusaka, Zambia.
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2010-11)
Collecting self-reported data on adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can be complicated by patients' reluctance to report poor adherence. The timeliness with which patients attend visits might be a ...
Safety and effectiveness of antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy, delivery and breastfeeding for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1: the Kesho Bora Multicentre Collaborative Study rationale, design, and implementation challenges.
(University of Nairobi, 2011-01)
To evaluate strategies to reduce HIV-1 transmission through breastfeeding, a multicentre study including a nested randomized controlled trial was implemented in five research sites in West, East and South Africa (The Kesho ...
Non-invasive sampling of schistosomes from humans requires correcting for family structure.
(2013)
For ethical and logistical reasons, population-genetic studies of parasites often rely on the non-invasive sampling of offspring shed from their definitive hosts. However, if the sampled offspring are naturally derived ...
An Intrinsic Dislocation Density – Finite Element Formulation Of Metal Plasticity
(2012)
A computational model was developed to simulate elastic and plastic behavior in Body Centered Cubic (BCC) metals and
alloys. The model provided for simultaneous simulation of the micro and macro length scales and used ...