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An error corrected almost ideal demand system for major cereals in Kenya
(2010)
Despite significant progress in theory and empirical methods, the analysis of food consumption patterns in developing countries, particularly
those in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), has received very limited attention. An ...
Lack of efficacy of isoniazid chemoprophylaxis in the preventions of tuberculosis in hiv - 1 infected adults
(2008)
Background: Six months of daily isoniazid has been shown to be effective in preventing tuberculosis in the pre-HIV era. Because of underlying immune dysfunction and increased susceptibility to new infection this efficacy ...
Therapeutic strategies and traditional medical knowledge of the people of Bar Chando sublocation, Bondo District, Kenya
(2001)
The AA. examine the various ways through which the people of Bar Chando sublocation conceptualise, apprehend and experience disease as well as how they organize themselves in attempt to achieve good medical care. Disease ...
Access to justice: evaluating law, health and human rights programmes in Kenya.
(2013)
INTRODUCTION:
In Kenya, human rights violations have a marked impact on the health of people living with HIV. Integrating legal literacy and legal services into healthcare appears to be an effective strategy to empower ...
Psychiatric morbidity among HIV-infected children and adolescents in a resource-poor Kenyan urban community
(2012)
The course of HIV / AIDS in children has been transformed from an acute to a chronic one with the advent of Anti-Retroviral Therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of psychiatric morbidity ...
Male Spouse Perpetrated Psychological and Sexual Abuse among Pregnant Women in Nairobi, Kenya
(International Invention Journals, 2014)
The purpose of this comparative retrospective study was to evaluate the nature of male spouseperpetrated
gender based violence (GBV) during pregnancy. The objective was to establish whether
diagnosis of HIV infection ...
AIDS Vaccines and Preexposure Prophylaxis: Is Synergy Possible?
(2011)
While the long-term goal is to develop highly effective AIDS vaccines, first generation vaccines may be only
partially effective. Other HIV prevention modalities such as preexposure prophylaxis with antiretrovirals ...
Pregnancy rates among female participants in phase I and phase IIA AIDS vaccine clinical trials in Kenya
(2009-09)
Background: Female participants in AIDS candidate vaccine clinical trials must agree to use effective contraception to be enrolled into the studies, and for a specified period after vaccination, since the candidate vaccines’ ...