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Wilms tumor survival in Kenya.
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2013-06)PURPOSE: Survival from Wilms Tumor (WT) exceeds 90% at 5 years in developed nations, whereas at last report, 2-year event-free survival (EFS) in Kenya reached only 35%. To clarify factors linked to these poor outcomes in ... -
WinFood data from Kenya and Cambodia: Constraints on field procedures
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background The prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is lauded as one of the more successful HIV prevention measures. However, despite some gains in the prevention of mother-to-child ... -
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Witchcraft Psychiatry?
(University of Nairobi,Department of Psychiatry,, 1996) -
Women and ARV-based HIV prevention - challenges and opportunities.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)ARV-based HIV prevention methods available in pill, gel or ring formulations (broadly referred to as microbicides) offer the possibility of protection against HIV for women who find it difficult because they cannot ask ... -
Women's experiences of care after stillbirth and obstetric fistula: A phenomenological study in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Stillbirth and (obstetric) fistula are traumatic life events, commonly experienced together following an obstructed labour in low- and middle-income countries with limited access to maternity care. Few studies ... -
The Women's Self-Help Movement in Kenya: A Historical Perspective, 1940–1980
(College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1988) -
Women’s Knowledge of vesicovaginal fistula
(University of NairobiCollege of health science, 2001)n/a -
The work and support of Embu district health managers with responsibility for primary health care.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 1986)The Ministry of Health is fully committed to implementation of Primary Health Care in the Country. However, since the Alma-Ata declaration in 1978 of which Kenya was a signatory, Primary Health care has only been carried ... -
Working Towards Safer Surgery In Africa; A Survey Of Utilization Of The WHO Safe Surgical Checklist At The Main Referral Hospitals In East Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background Mortality from anaesthesia and surgery in many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa remain at levels last seen in high-income countries 70 years ago. With many factors contributing to these poor outcomes, the World ... -
A workshop report on HIV mHealth synergy and strategy meeting to review emerging evidence-based mHealth interventions and develop a framework for scale-up of these interventions
(Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, 2011)mHealth is a term used to refer to mobile technologies such as personal digital assistants and mobile phones for healthcare. mHealth initiatives to support care and treatment of patients are emerging globally and this ... -
The World Health Organization multicountry survey on maternal and newborn health: study protocol
(BMC Health Services ResearchSchool of medicine, 2011)Background: Effective interventions to reduce mortality and morbidity in maternal and newborn health already exist. Information about quality and performance of care and the use of critical interventions are useful for ... -
The World Health Organization's cross-cultural study on neuropsychiatric aspects of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1). Preparation and pilot phase.
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Science, 1991-09)The WHO launched a multicentre study to explore the nature and prevalence of HIV-1-associated neurological, psychiatric, and neuropsychological abnormalities in persons living in different geographical and sociocultural ... -
Worldwide incidence of primary nervous system neoplasms geographical, racial and sex differences. 1960–1977
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1988-06)International and interregional comparisons of average annual age-adjusted incidence rates for primary tumours of the nervous system showed marked variations. The highest rates were observed in those areas having high ... -
Wound care in Orthapaedic
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Wound dressing techniques and costs at a county hospital
(Annals of African Surgery, 2019-02-14)Background: Wound management is one of the commonest procedures conducted in surgical departments across health facilities in Kenya. Objective: This study aimed at exploring wound dressing techniques used at Migori ... -
Wound infections in a General Surgical Unit of the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi.College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1975) -
Writing and publishing health sciences research: ethical considerations and experiences from EAMJ
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1999-12) -
Wuchereria bancrofti in a community with seasonal transmission: stability of microfilaraemia, antigenaemia and filarial-specific antibody concentrations.
(Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi,, 2001)The effect of seasonal transmission on microfilaraemia, antigenaemia and filarial-specific antibody levels in individuals infected with Wuchereria bancrofti was investigated in a follow-up study in an endemic community in ... -
X-ray records in developing countries
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1979-08)