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Where is the global in global mental health? A call for inclusive multicultural collaboration.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)No abstract available -
Where will this illness take me? Reactions to HIV diagnosis from women living with HIV in Kenya
(Department of Nursing, University of Nairobi, 2011-04)The purpose of our study was to develop an in-depth understanding of the reactions of 40 urban and rural HIV-infected Kenyan women to HIV diagnosis. We employed narrative inquiry principles to guide this qualitative ... -
WHISPER or SHOUT study: protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial assessing mHealth sexual reproductive health and nutrition interventions among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Introduction New interventions are required to reduce unintended pregnancies among female sex workers (FSWs) in low- and middle-income countries and to improve their nutritional health. Given sex workers’ high mobile phone ... -
White blood cell (WBC) counts in children with sickle cell anaemia.
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1981)No abstract available -
White patches of the Oral Mucosa
(University of NairobiSchool of Dental Sciences, 1992) -
The WHO AWaRe Antibiotic Book: providing guidance on optimal use and informing policy
(University of Nairobi, 2022)MS reports grants from: (1) the ADILA project (Antimicrobial Resistance, Prescribing, and Consumption Data to Inform Country Antibiotic Guidance and Local Action; funder, Wellcome Trust; grant holder, St Georges; April, ... -
WHO Expert Committee on specifications for pharmaceutical preparations.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2010)The Expert Committee on Specifications for Pharmaceutical Preparations works towards clear, independent and practical standards and guidelines for the quality assurance of medicines. Standards are developed by the Committee ... -
WHO International survey of orofacial mutilations and NOMA (Cancrum oris) at Kenyatta National Hospital.
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Who is to blame?
(2011)Background: Kenya, like many developing nations, continues to experience high childhood mortality in spite of the many efforts put in place by governments and international bodies to curb it. This study sought to ... -
WHO Neuropsychiatric AIDS study, cross-sectional phase I. Study design and psychiatric findings.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 1994-01)BACKGROUND: Most available studies on the psychiatric, neuropsychological, and neurological complications of HIV-1 infection and AIDS have been conducted in Western countries, on samples of well-educated, mostly white, ... -
WHO Neuropsychiatric AIDS study, cross-sectional phase II. Neuropsychological and neurological findings.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 1994-01)BACKGROUND: The neuropsychological and neurological complications of HIV-1 infection and AIDS were explored within the cross-sectional phase of the WHO Neuropsychiatric AIDS Study. Special attention was devoted to the ... -
WHO next-generation partograph: revolutionary steps towards individualised labour care.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)No abstract available -
Who wants to be a Surgeon? A survey of medical students at the University of Nairobi, Kenya
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Human Anatomy, University of Nairobi, 2010)In Sub Saharan Africa, surgical conditions account for a significant disease burden. Surgical workforce is however inadequate, and thus strategies such as attracting medical students to surgical specialties could avert ... -
WHO's essential medicines and AWaRe: recommendations on first- and second-choice antibiotics for empiric treatment of clinical infections
(University of Nairobi, 2024)The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) prioritizes medicines that have significant global public health value. The EML can also deliver important messages on appropriate medicine use. Since 2017, in response to ... -
WHO, the Global Fund, and medical malpractice in malaria treatment
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Whole genome characterization of human influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses isolated from Kenya during the 2009 pandemic.
(Elsevier, 2016-06)An influenza pandemic caused by a novel influenza virus A(H1N1)pdm09 spread worldwide in 2009 and is estimated to have caused between 151,700 and 575,400 deaths globally. While whole genome data on new virus enables a ... -
Whooping cough in Uganda.
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1971)No abstract available -
Who’s Afraid of Female Sexuality
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Why has the dihydrofolate reductase 164 mutation not consistently been found in Africa yet?
(Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacy Practice, 2005)Resistance to the antifolate sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP), the current mass-treatment antimalarial drug, is associated with selection of point mutations in dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase. Among these ...