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Kenyan medical student and consultant experiences in a pilot decentralized training program at the University of Nairobi
(2014)Over the past decade, the University of Nairobi (UoN) has increased the number of enrolled medical students threefold in response to the growing need for more doctors. This has resulted in a congested clinical training ... -
The Kenyan model of the bamako initiative: Potential and limitations
(University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1993)Kenya has developed a model of the Bamako Initiative which differs in some respects to that developed in other African countries. It has established a system of community pharmacies in peripheral areas which acts as the ... -
A Kenyan perspective on the use of animals in science education and scientific research in Africa and prospects for improvement
(Pan African Medical JournalDepartment of Medical PhysiologyDepartment of Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, 2011)Introduction: Animal experimentation is common in Africa, a region that accords little priority on animal protection in comparison to economic and social development. The current study aimed at investigating the prevalence ... -
Kenyan school children have multiple micronutrient deficiencies, but increased plasma vitamin B-12 is the only detectable micronutrient response to meat or milk supplementation.
(Program in International Nutrition, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA, 2003)Animal source foods (ASF) can provide micronutrients in greater amounts and more bioavailable forms compared to plant source foods, but their intake is low in many poor populations. However, the impact of ASF on micronutrient ... -
A Kenyan Village in a Time of Rapid Social Change
(Department of Public Health, 2004) -
Kenyan Women Medical Doctors and Their Motivations to Pursue International Research Training
(Wolters Kluwer, 2013)There is a need to understand the factors that influence African women medical doctors to pursue international health research training because they remain under-represented in research fields but increasingly represented ... -
Kenyans protest at being left off AIDS patent
(University of Nairobi, 2000-11)The terms of a collaboration on a potential HIV vaccine, between a British research team and the University of Nairobi, are to be revised after the Kenyan scientists complained that their names had been excluded from a ... -
Keratoconjunctivitis epidemica. Diagnosis, therapy and prevention
(Department of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2002)No abstract available -
keratocystic odontogenic tumours of the jaws and associated pathologies - a 10 year clinicopathologic audit in a referral teaching hospital in kenya
(School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2012)Aim: To establish the pattern of occurrence and the clinicopathological features of keratocystic odontogenic tumour (KCOT) over a 10-year period. Materials and method Patients from the University of Nairobi Dental ... -
Keratocystic odontogenic tumours of the jaws and associated pathologies: a 10-year clinicopathologic audit in a referral teaching hospital in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)AIM: To establish the pattern of occurrence and the clinicopathological features of keratocystic odontogenic tumour (KCOT) over a 10-year period. MATERIALS AND METHOD: Patients from the University of Nairobi ... -
Kericho CLinic-Based ART Diagnostic Evaluation (CLADE): Design, Accrual, and Baseline Characteristics of a Randomized Controlled Trial Conducted in Predominately Rural, District-Level, HIV Clinics of Kenya
(2015)Background Prospective clinical trial data regarding routine HIV-1 viral load (VL) monitoring of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in non-research clinics of Sub-Saharan Africa are needed for policy makers. Methods CLinic-based ... -
Key issues in the diagnosis and management of hypertension.
(University of Nairobi,School of health science, 2000-04) -
Khat (Catha edulis Forsk) - And now there are three.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)For centuries, a large number of people living in the southwestern part of the Arabian Peninsula and eastern Africa have chewed the fresh leaves and twigs of the plant Catha edulis Forsk, more commonly known as khat, for ... -
Khat (Catha edulis) lowers plasma luteinizing hormone (LH) and testosterone secretion, but increases cortisol levels in male rabbits
(2007)This study investigated the effects of fresh khat extract on specific circulating hormones in male rabbits. Materials and methods: A total of 25 male New Zealand White rabbits were divided into five groups each comprising ... -
Khat (Catha edulis) reduces entylenetetrazol (PTZ) induced seizures
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 2003-08) -
Khat (Catha edulis)-induced apoptosis is inhibited by antagonists of caspase-1 and -8 in human leukaemia cells.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, 2004-11)Khat chewing is a widespread habit that has a deep-rooted sociocultural tradition in Africa and the Middle East. The biological effects of khat are inadequately investigated and controversial. For the first time, we show ... -
Khat (Catha edulis)-induced apoptosis is inhibited by antagonists of caspase-1 and-8 in human leukaemia cells
(2004)Khat chewing is a widespread habit that has a deep-rooted sociocultural tradition in Africa and the Middle East. The biological effects of khat are inadequately investigated and controversial. For the first time, we show ... -
Khat and Oral Cancer.
(University of NairobiSchool of Dental Sciences, 2002) -
khat induced apoptosis is inhibited by antagonists of caspase - 1 and 8 in human leukaemia cells
(School of Dental Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2004) -
Khat induces G1‐phase arrest and increased expression of stress‐sensitive p53 and p16 proteins in normal human oral keratinocytes and fibroblasts
(Department of Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine/Pathology, Oral/Maxillofacial Radiology, 2008)Khat is a psychostimulant plant used by over 10 million people daily, mainly in eastern Africa and the Middle East. Previous studies have suggested an association between khat use and oral lesions such as hyperkeratosis ...