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Parental HIV care seeking behaviour and its impact on the quality of paediatrics HIV care
(2010)
Most HIV positive children (>90%) acquire HN infection from their parents (vertical
transmissionjThis may occur in -utero, during delivery or through breastfeeding. This implies
that the parents of HIV positive children ...
Serum Vitamin B12 antifollate in the Nonsmoker-nondrinker with Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Patient Willingness To Undergraduate Medical Student Involvement In Their Care At The Kenyatta National Hospital: A Cross Sectional Study.
(2010)
Research Question: How willing are patients to the participation of medical students in their
care.
Objective: To determine the level of patient willingness to medical student participation in
their care
Design: Cross ...
Factors Contributing To The Mortality Of Low Birth Weight Infants In The New Born Unit, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2010-01)
This is a retrospective, cross-sectional descriptive study based on determining factors
contributing to low birth weight infant (LBWI) deaths in Kenya. About 15.5% of all infants born worldwide (20 million) are born with ...
Establishing The Socio Economic Factors That Contribute To Cholera Outbreaks In Turkana South District, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2010-07)
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal illness caused by infection of the intestine by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
One gets it by drinking un-boiled water or eating food contaminated with cholera bacteria. It is treated by use ...
Etiology, risk factors and management of infectious diarrhoea in children at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Background: Infectious diarrhea is a common cause of mortality and morbidity in developing countries.
World Health Organization attributes 3.5 million deaths a year to diarrhea, with 80 percent of these deaths
occurring ...
Assessment of electrical safety in the operating room As practised by the anesthesia practitioners at the Kenyatta national hospital
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Objective - To assess the practices on electrical safety in the operating room by the anesthesia
practitioners at the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) during anesthesia and surgery
Setting - Kenyatta National Hospital ...
Establishing Socio-cultural Factors Influencing Health Seeking Behaviour Of Sti Infected Women Of Reproductive Age In Kisii Nyanza Province Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010-07)
Sexually Transmitted Infections are common infections among women of reproductive age. The health seeking behavior associated with STls has been explored to some extent, but associated socio-cultural factors have been a ...
Knowledge, Attitude And Practice Of H.i.v. Positive Post-natal Mothers On Breastfeeding In Ijara District, North Eastern Province.
(University of Nairobi, 2010-08)
This research will be carried out in the North Eastern Province of Kenya to assess the knowledge, attitude and
practice of HIV positive post-natal mothers towards breastfeeding.
It is a descriptive cross-sectional study ...