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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 ...
Morbidity in the first year postpartum among HIV-infected women in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2008-01)
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the effects of HIV infection on morbidity and the needs of infected women for services in the first year postpartum.
METHODS:
A cross-sectional study with 500 women attending a child-health clinic ...
HIV testing and counselling for women attending child health clinics: an opportunity for entry to prevent mother-to-child transmission and HIV treatment
(2008)
This study assessed the potential for HIV testing at child health clinics to increase knowledge of HIV status, and entry to infant feeding counselling and HIV treatment. At a provincial hospital in Mombasa, Kenya, HIV ...
Secrecy, disclosure and accidental discovery: perspectives of diaphragm users in Mombasa, Kenya
(2008)
The diaphragm is receiving renewed attention as a promising female-controlled method of preventing HIV and other sexually-transmitted infections. It is anticipated that female-controlled technologies will reduce women's ...
Short- and long-term efficacy of modified directly observed antiretroviral treatment in Mombasa, Kenya: a randomized trial
(University of Nairobi, 2008-08)
Objectives:To determine short- and long-term efficacy of modified directly observed therapy (m-DOT) on antiretroviral adherence. Design:Randomized controlled trial. SETTING AND ANALYTIC APPROACH: From September 2003 to ...