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Health Seeking And Sexual Behaviour Among Primary Health Care Patients In Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
{ Observational studies have associated vitamin A deficiency with vaginal shedding of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1-infected cells and mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission. To assess the effect of vitamin A ...
Comparison of pap smear, visual inspection with acetic acid, human papillomavirus DNA-PCR testing and cervicography
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2005)
Objective
To assess the test qualities of four screening methods to detect cervical intra-epithelial neoplasia in an urban African setting.
Method
Six hundred fifty-three women, attending a family planning clinic ...
Placental inflammation and perinatal transmission of HIV-1.
(University of Nairobi,, 2002)
The effect of placental membrane inflammation on mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV-1 is reported. Placentas from HIV-1-infected women were examined as part of a perinatal HIV-1 project in Mombasa, Kenya. Polymerase ...
Congenital syphilis in a Nairobi maternity hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
OBJECTIVE:
To assess adverse pregnancy outcome associated with maternal syphilis and congenital syphilis rate based on FTA-ABS-19s-IgM.
DESIGN:
Descriptive cross-sectional study.
SETTING:
Pumwani Maternity ...
Cost-effectiveness of telemonitoring for high-risk pregnant women
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
PURPOSE:
Cost-minimization is a main topic in present-day health care. Clinicians are urged to keep hospital stays as short as possible, also in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Departments. At present stabilized high-risk ...
Changes in sexual behaviour among HIV-infected women in west and east Africa in the first 24 months after delivery
(2012)
OBJECTIVE:
Describe changes in sexual behaviour and determinants of unsafe sex among HIV-infected women in the 24 months after delivery.
DESIGN:
Cohort analysis nested within a prevention of mother-to-child transmission ...
Impact of five years of peer-mediated interventions on sexual behavior and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya
(2008)
BACKGROUND:
Since 2000, peer-mediated interventions among female sex workers (FSW) in Mombasa Kenya have promoted behavioural change through improving knowledge, attitudes and awareness of HIV serostatus, and aimed to ...
Maternal morbidity in the first year after childbirth in Mombasa Kenya; a needs assessment
(2009)
BACKGROUND:
In sub-Saharan Africa, few services specifically address the needs of women in the first year after childbirth. By assessing the health status of women in this period, key interventions to improve maternal ...
Placental malaria and perinatal transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
(University of Nairobi., 2003-12)
Prevalence of placental malaria in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1-infected and -uninfected women and the effect of placental malaria on genital shedding and perinatal transmission of HIV-1 were examined. Genital ...
Bacterial vaginosis is associated with uterine cervical human papillomavirus infection: a meta-analysis.
(2011)
Background:
Bacterial vaginosis (BV), an alteration of vaginal flora involving a decrease in Lactobacilli and
predominance of anaerobic bacteria, is among the most common cause of vaginal complaints for women of
childbearing ...