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Determinants of cervical cancer screening in a poor area: results of a population-based survey in Rivas, Nicaragua.
(University of Nairobi., 2002-11)
To obtain baseline information for designing a community-based intervention programme aimed at increasing the cervical cancer screening coverage of women most at risk.
METHODS:
A population-based survey, using proportional ...
Local treatment of bacterial vaginosis with a bioadhesive metronidazole tablet.
(University of Nairobi,, 2002)
OBJECTIVES:
Oral metronidazole is still the drug of choice in the treatment of bacterial vaginosis. Yet, side effects have been reported, and dosage as well as duration of therapy are still controversial. This study ...
Delayed childbearing and maternal mortality.
(University of Nairobi., 2004-05)
OBJECTIVES:
To assess the maternal age trend in pregnant women in Flanders, Belgium, and examine the impact of maternal age on maternal mortality.
STUDY DESIGN:
Retrospective analysis of a population based regional ...
Mother-to-child HIV transmission in resource poor settings: how to improve coverage?
(University of Nairobi., 2003-05)
OBJECTIVES:
To review coverage of the current nevirapine prevention model in Coast Provincial General Hospital (CPGH) in Mombasa, Kenya, and to reflect on alternative models to reduce mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) ...
Exposure To Hiv-1 During Delivery And Mother-to-child Transmission
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
BACKGROUND:
The correlation between the presence of HIV-1 in maternal cervicovaginal secretions and in the infant's oro-pharyngal secretions at birth, and mother-to-child HIV transmission (MTCT) were examined to obtain ...
Prevalence of vulvovaginal candidiasis and susceptibility to fluconazole in women.
(University of Nairobi,, 2012)
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of vaginal colonization by Candida with the use of a rapid detection method, to examine the determinants of vaginal candidiasis, and to evaluate ...
Vulnerability of women in an African setting: lessons for mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention programmes.
(University of Nairobi,, 2002)
After discussing advantages and risks, only a third of the 290 HIV-infected women included in an intervention study to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Mombasa, Kenya, informed their partners of their results. ...
The prevalence of human papillomavirus infection in Mombasa, Kenya.
(2011)
OBJECTIVES:
A human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence survey was done in Mombasa, Kenya, to improve the knowledge of HPV prevalence and genotype distribution in sub-Saharan African countries overall, and in women of ...
The impact of peer outreach on HIV knowledge and prevention behaviours of male sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya.
(2012)
INTRODUCTION:
Targeting most at-risk populations is an essential component of HIV prevention strategies. Peer education programmes have been found to increase HIV knowledge, condom use and safer sex behaviours among ...
Male Sex Workers Who Sell Sex to Men Also Engage in Anal Intercourse with Women: Evidence from Mombasa, Kenya
(2013)
Objective:
To investigate self-report of heterosexual anal intercourse among male sex workers who sell sex to men, and to
identify the socio-demographic characteristics associated with practice of the behavior.
Design:
Two ...