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Does a voucher program improve reproductive health service delivery and access in Kenya?
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Current assessments on Output-Based Aid (OBA) programs have paid limited attention to the experiences and perceptions of the healthcare providers and facility managers. This study examines the knowledge, attitudes, and ... -
Does antiretroviral therapy initiation increase sexual risk taking in Kenyan female sex workers? A retrospective case–control study
(Department of Community HealthDepartment of Medical Microbiology, 2012)Although antiretroviral therapy (ART) prolongs life and reduces infectiousness, in some contexts, it has been associated with increased sexual risk taking. Design Retrospective case–control study. Setting ... -
Does assessment of signs and symptoms add to the predictive value of an algorithm to rule out pregnancy?
(Family Health InternationalSchool of medicine, 2006)Background A World Health Organization-endorsed algorithm, widely published in international guidance documents and distributed in the form of a ‘pregnancy checklist’, has become a popular tool for ruling out pregnancy ... -
Does audit and feedback improve the adoption of recommended practices? Evidence from a longitudinal observational study of an emerging clinical network in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Audit and feedback (A&F) is widely used in healthcare but there are few examples of how to deploy it at scale in low-income countries. Establishing the Clinical Information Network (CIN) in Kenya provided an ... -
Does Continuity Equal Quality In The Assessment Of Well-child Care?
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Does integrating family planning into HIV care and treatment impact intention to use contraception? Patient perspectives from HIV-infected individuals in Nyanza Province, Kenya.
(ElsevierDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, 2013)OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether HIV-infected women and men in HIV care and not using highly effective methods of contraception thought they would be more likely to use contraception if it were available at the HIV ... -
Does Keloid Histology Influence Recurrence?
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Keloids are fibroproliferative disorders characterized by high recurrence rates, with few factors known to influence the same. We conducted a study to determine whether keloid histology influences recurrence. This was a ... -
Does pneumocystis carinii occur in Kenya?
(University of Nairobi, 1982)An experiment was carried out exposing immuno-suppressed mice to the atmosphere to determine if transmission of Pneumocystis carinii occured in Kenya. Mice were killed at weekly intervals for four months and the lungs ... -
Does prospective monitoring improve cataract surgery outcomes in Africa?
(Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2007-06)Aims: To determine if prospective monitoring influences cataract surgical outcomes in east Africa. Methods: A prospective observational study of all routine extracapsular cataract extractions with posterior chamber lens ... -
Does shortening matter after clavicular fractures?
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1999)Healing of clavicular fractures with shortening of 15 mm or more has been associated with poor function and open reduction and internal fixation has been recommended as the appropriate initial treatment. We studied 41 ... -
Does the "Baby Cloche" heat shield keep low birth-weight infants warm?
(Far East Journal of Theoretical StatisticsDepartment of Paediatrics, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1992)To determine whether the "Baby Cloche" heat shield improves temperature control in low birth-weight infants we compared serial temperatures in 11 preterm infants nursed with or without the Cloche. Mean birth weights were ... -
Does the Informal Sector in Kenya Have Financial Potential to Sustainably Prepay for Health Care? Implications for Financing Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Settings
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Kenya currently lacks evidence on whether income in the informal sector is sustainable and predictable and therefore able to support financing of universal health coverage (UHC). This article demonstrates the financial ... -
Does the Informal Sector in Kenya Have Financial Potential to Sustainably Prepay for Health Care? Implications for Financing Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Settings.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Kenya currently lacks evidence on whether income in the informal sector is sustainable and predictable and therefore able to support financing of universal health coverage (UHC). This article demonstrates the financial ... -
Does The Pattern Of Innervation Of Brachialis By The Musculocutaneous Nerve Influence The Presence Or Absence Of The Radial Nerve Contribution?
(University of NairobiDepartment of Human Anatomy, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2013)The innervation of brachialis muscle by the musculocutaneous nerve has been described as either type I or type II and the main trunk to this muscle is rarely absent. The contribution by the radial nerve however ranges from ... -
Does use of Hydroxyurea in childhood sickle cell disease, prevent Sickle cell complications?
(University of Nairobi, 2013)No abstract available -
Domestic violence and prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1
(2006)Objectives Todeterminetheprevalenceof life-timedomesticviolencebythecurrent partnerbeforeHIV-1testing,itsimpactontheuptakeofpreventionofmother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) interventions and frequency after testing. Design ... -
Domestic violence in Kenya: A baseline survey among women in Nairobi. FIDA Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2002)No abstract. -
Donating Human Samples: Who Benefits? Cases from Iceland, Kenya and Indonesia
(University of Nairobi, 2013-01)Benefit sharing involving human genetic resources is an unresolved topic. Some argue that participation in scientific research should always be altruistically motivated, which is how access to human genetic resources has ... -
Donating human samples: who benefits? Cases from iceland, Kenya and Indonesia
(Univerisyt of Nairobi, 2013-06)Benefit sharing involving human genetic resources is an unresolved topic. Some argue that participation in scientific research should always be altruistically motivated, which is how access to human genetic resources has ... -
Donor And Recipient Specific Tolerance In Cells From Semi-allogeneic, H-2 Subregion Compatible Or Full Allogenic Bone Marrow Chim
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 1989-06)Specificities of tolerance induced in allogeneic bone marrow (BM) chimeras which had been established by injecting allogeneic BM cells pretreated with anti-Thy-1 mAb alone (without complement (C)) were analyzed using ...