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Prevalence and risk factors of sexually transmitted infections and cervical neoplasia in women's health clinics in Nicaragua.
(University of Nairobi,, 2002)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine prevalence and risk factors of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV, and cervical neoplasia in women attending women's health clinics in Nicaragua, and to assess the potential impact of ...
Should we adjust for gestational age when analysing birth weights? The use of z-scores revisited.
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
Birth weight is the single most important risk indicator for neonatal and infant mortality and morbidity, which has led to the idiom that 'every ounce counts'. Birth weight in turn, however, tends to vary widely across ...
Modified Granada Agar Medium For The Detection Of Group B Streptococcus Carriage In Pregnant Women.
(University of Nairobi, 2001)
OBJECTIVES:
To improve the detection rate of group B streptococci (GBS) in pregnant women, aiming at the prevention of early-onset septicemia in the newborn.
METHODS:
The yield from culturing two sites, vaginal and ...
Impact of single session post-partum counselling of HIV infected women on their subsequent reproductive behaviour
(University of Nairobi, 1990)
During an ongoing study investigating the impact of maternal HIV infection on pregnancy outcome at a large maternity hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, asymptomatic HIV positive women who had recently delivered were informed of ...
The impact of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV infection on pregnancy outcome
(University of Nairobi, 1991)
Gonorrhoea in pregnancy
(University of Nairobi, 1992)
HIV-1 and immunological changes during pregnancy: a comparison between HIV-1-seropositive and HIV-1-seronegative women in Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1995-09-09)
OBJECTIVE:
To assess changes in the proportion of CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocyte profiles during pregnancy, at delivery and postpartum, and to determine whether HIV-1 infection affects the normal profile.
DESIGN AND METHODS:
A ...
Declining syphilis prevalence in pregnant women in Nairobi since 1995: another success story in the STD field?
(1999)
Untreated maternal syphilis during pregnancy will cause adverse pregnancy outcomes in more than 60% of the infected women. In Nairobi, Kenya, the prevalence of syphilis in pregnant women of 2.9% in 1989, showed a rise to ...
HIV impact on acute morbidity and pelvic tumor control following radiotherapy for cervical cancer
(2005)
To determine the impact of HIV infection on acute morbidity and pelvic tumor control following external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for cervical cancer.
METHOD:
218 patients receiving EBRT who also had HIV testing after ...
Changes in sexual behaviour among HIV-infected women in west and east Africa in the first 24 months after delivery.
(University of Nairobi, 2012-05)
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 ...