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Increased risk of HIV acquisition among Kenyan men with human papillomavirus infection
(2010-06-01)
Background
Few data are available concerning the effect of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection on HIV acquisition.
Methods
HIV-seronegative, sexually active 18-24 year-old Kenyan men within a randomized trial ...
Psychiatric morbidity among sexually abused children and adolescents.
(2008-02)
OBJECTIVES:
To describe the social demographic profile and identify psychiatric morbidity in sexually abused children and adolescents.
DESIGN:
A Cross-sectional descriptive survey.
SETTING:
Nairobi Women's Hospital ...
Nutrition and Health survey of children below five years of Garissa and Ijala Districts, North Eastern Kenya
(2001)
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Low plasma vitamin B-12 in Kenyan school children is highly prevalent and improved by supplemental animal source foods.
(2007)
The high prevalence of vitamin B-12 deficiency in many regions of the world is becoming recognized as a widespread public health problem, but it is not known to what extent this deficiency results from a low intake of the ...
The potential of increased meat intake to improve iron nutrition in rural Kenyan schoolchildren
(2007)
Schoolchildren in developing countries often have inadequate intakes of iron, due primarily to poor bioavailability. Increasing meat in the diet could improve both the amount of iron consumed and its availability. The ...
The Role of Herbalists in the Prevention and Control AIDS of HIV/AIDS in Kenya
(1989)
This paper reports the detailed results of a study of the impact of the Health Workers for Change (HWFC) workshop series on clients' perceptions of health services, relationships within the health centre and relations ...
Cutaneous basal cell carcinoma in Kenya.
(1999)
Primary basal cell carcinoma(BCC) of the skin is the commonest tumour in Caucasians. Its incidence and mode of presentation in Kenyan Africans are unknown.
To study the incidence and mode of presentation of BCC in ...
Impact of counselling on exclusive breast-feeding practices in a poor urban setting in Kenya: a randomized controlled trial.
(2012-10)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the impact of facility-based semi-intensive and home-based intensive counselling in improving exclusive breast-feeding (EBF) in a low-resource urban setting in Kenya.
DESIGN:
A cluster ...
Animal source foods improve dietary quality, micronutrient status, growth and cognitive function in Kenyan school children: background, study design and baseline findings.
(2003)
A previous longitudinal three-country study in Egypt, Kenya and Mexico found significant positive associations between intake of animal source foods (ASF) and growth, cognitive development and physical activity. To test ...
Separation of erythromycin and related substances on base-deactivated reversed phase silica gel columns
(2000-02)
BACKGROUND: Malaria control in Africa relies primarily on early effective treatment for clinical disease, but most early treatments for fever occur through self-medication with shop-bought drugs. Lack of information to ...