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Simulation-based surgical education for glaucoma versus conventional training alone: the GLAucoma Simulated Surgery (GLASS) trial. A multicentre, multicountry, randomised controlled, investigator-masked educational intervention efficacy trial in Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe
(University of Nairobi, 2021-01)
Background/aim: Glaucoma accounts for 8% of global blindness and surgery remains an important treatment. We aimed to determine the impact of adding simulation-based surgical education for glaucoma.
Methods: We designed ...
A hybrid, effectiveness-implementation research study protocol targeting antenatal care providers to provide female genital mutilation prevention and care services in Guinea, Kenya and Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2021-02)
Background: In settings with high prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM), the health sector could play a bigger role in its prevention and care of women and girls who have undergone this harmful practice. However, ...
Breast health awareness campaign and screening pilot in a Kenyan County: Findings and lessons
(University of Nairobi, 2021-07)
Background and aim: Breast cancer is the leading cancer in terms of incidence in Kenya. We conducted a breast cancer awareness and screening pilot to assess feasibility of rolling out a national screening program in ...
Does Nutrition Education Influence Retention of Vitamin a Bio-fortified Orange-fleshed Sweet Potato in Farms Evidence From Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) still remains a major nutritional concern in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Orange-Fleshed Sweet potato (OFSP) is bio-fortified with Vitamin A and has been globally
recognized as the best food-based ...
Multiple Cytokines Elevated in Patients with Keloids: Is It an Indication of Auto-Inflammatory Disease?
(University of Nairobi, 2021-06)
Background: Inflammation seems to play a major role in the pathophysiology of keloids. However, the role of cytokines in keloid pathophysiology has not been fully evaluated with only a few cytokines studied. We undertook ...
Determinants of Market Participation by Smallholder Soybean Farmers in Kakamega County, Kenya”
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Production of soybean in Kenya has remained low despite the crop’s importance in
nutrition, feed manufacturing and soil fertility management. Inefficiencies in marketing have
been established as the major challenge to ...
Enhancing Access and Use of Climate Information Through ICTs
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Although the role of ICTs in improving human life in Kenya is acknowledged widely, the focus of much of ICT-related developments has been on human experiences at the level of disease and needs for communication and mobility. ...
Difficult tracheal extubation due to endotracheal tube malfunction: A challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Nairobi, 2021-06)
Tracheal extubation is an aerosol-generating medical procedure. A difficult tracheal extubation results in a serious complication that increases the risk of respiratory aerosol and pathogen spread, especially during the ...
The Role of ICT Tools in the Access of Climate Information by Rural Communities
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
This paper, seeks to explore how rural communities especially women in Kitui county use ICT tools to access localized climate information and how Digital Capital facilitates or impedes the process. Our view is that the ...
Usability, acceptability, and feasibility of the World Health Organization Labour Care Guide: A mixed-methods, multicountry evaluation
(University of Nairobi, 2021-03)
Introduction: The World Health Organization's (WHO) Labour Care Guide (LCG) is a "next-generation" partograph based on WHO's latest intrapartum care recommendations. It aims to optimize clinical care provided to women and ...