Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Subject "Nairobi"
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Corrected QT interval in patients with epilepsy attending Kenyatta National Hospital and the Kenya association for the welfare of people with epilepsy clinics in Nairobi
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2013-06-10)Background: Patients with epilepsy have a mortality rate two to three times that of the general population. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP)is a major cause in studies of mortality in epilepsy. SUDEP is defined ... -
Health and sexuality among out of school adolescents in an urban slum in Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, 1999)In the last decade, the reproductive health and sexuality of adolescents has received increasing recognition world-wide. Several factors have accounted for these new trend. more than half of the population in developing ... -
Knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about STD/HIV/Aids education among primary and secondary public school teachers in Nairobi and Machakos districts, Kenya
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, 2001)Children aged less than 15 years comprise 50% of Kenya's population while adolescents aged 10-19 years are 20% of the total population. Youth between 10-14 years comprise the population that is relatively free of AIDS ... -
Pattern of adult HIV infection-associated orofacial lesions and their relatonship with ARV therapy, immune status and tuberculosis in a Nairobi centre.
(Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, 2005-08)Background: Oral lesions, among them Kaposi's sarcoma, oral candidiasis and hairy leucoplakia have been a feature of the HIV infection from the time of the first reports and have been included in the classification of ... -
The pattern of MRI findings in patients with shoulder pain at three imaging centres in Nairobi
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2009)Introduction. Shoulder pain is a common reason for visiting a physician. It is the third most common cause of musculoskeletal disorder after low backache and cervical pain in USA. No data are available about our local ... -
Prevalence of HIV/Sexually transmitted infections among street based female sex workers in Nairobi
(Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2009-11)Background: Interventions that control the prevalence of STDs among sex workers are central 111 HIV prevention programs worldwide. The interplay between classical STDs and HIV is further compounded by FSW's clients who ...