Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Title
Now showing items 65-84 of 10377
-
Access and attitudes to HPV vaccination amongst hard-to-reach populations in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06-26)BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa bears the greatest burden of cervical cancer. Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programmes to prevent the disease will need to reach vulnerable girls who may not be able access health ... -
Access to and utilization of local digital marketing platforms in potato marketing in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The agricultural sector in Kenya has witnessed a proliferation of marketing platforms in recent years. However, there has been a noticeable reluctance among farmers to adopt and utilize these platforms for marketing their ... -
Access to essential cancer medicines for children: a comparative mixed-methods analysis of availability, price, and health-system determinants in east Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Access to essential childhood cancer medicines is a core determinant of childhood cancer outcomes. Available evidence, although scarce, suggests that access to these medicines is highly variable across countries, ... -
Access to health care: the role of a community based health insurance in Kenya.
(2012)Out-of-pocket payments create financial barriers to health care access. There is an increasing interest in the role of community based health insurance schemes in improving equity and access of the poor to essential health ... -
Access to Healthcare in a time of COVID-19: Sex Workers in Crisis in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This paper uses empirical data collected from 117 female sex workers living in informal settlements in Nairobi and 15 healthcare providers to highlight specific effects of COVID-19 and related restrictions on healthcare ... -
Access to specialized surgical care
(2016) -
Accessibility and delivery of cataract surgery in Africa
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 2001) -
Accessory pathway reciprocating tachycardia
(1998)Patients who have an accessory pathway (AP) of atrioventricular (AV) conduction may develop circus movement tachycardia otherwise known as atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia (AVRT). Orthodromic AVRT is the most common ... -
Accidental poisoning in childhood, with particular reference to kerosene
(School of medicine,University of Nairobi, 1962-12) -
Accidental poisoning in children in Uganda.
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College or Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1969)No abstract available -
Accidental poisoning with diazinone--an organophosphorus insecticide. Case report.
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1971)No abstract available -
-
Accidents and Poisoning. In: Primary Health Care: A manual for medical students and other health workers
(University of Nairobi, 1990)No abstract available -
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasonography and the role of a second investigation in surgical obstructive jaundice.
(Department of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1989)The diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography (US) was evaluated in delineating the site and cause of biliary obstruction in 59 patients of surgical obstructive jaundice (SOJ). A final analysis of the ultrasonographic data ... -
Accuracy of contrast-enhanced MDCT and MRI for identifying the severity and cause of neural foraminal stenosis in cervical radiculopathy: a prospective study.
(Department of Radiology, Indiana University Medical Center, University Hospital 0279, and Department of Neurosurgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, 550 N University Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA., 2010)OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of IV contrast-enhanced MDCT and MRI for evaluation of the severity and cause of neural foraminal stenosis in patients with cervical radiculopathy. SUBJECTS ... -
The accuracy of urine dipsticks as a screening test for proteinuria in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2005)Background. Proteinuria is used as a criterion in the classification system for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy including preeclampsia. The aim of the study was to evaluate the accuracy of dipstick urinalysis in a ... -
Acetylation status using hydralazine in African hypertensives at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(1992)In this study, the investigation of hydralazine acetylator phenotype was undertaken for the first time in African hypertensives at Kenyatta National Hospital. A total of 25 randomly selected patients with moderate to severe ... -
Achieving optimal cancer outcomes in East Africa through multidisciplinary partnership: a case study of the Kenyan National Retinoblastoma Strategy group.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)BACKGROUND: Strategic, interdisciplinary partnerships are essential to addressing the complex drivers of health inequities that result in survival disparities worldwide. Take for example the aggressive early childhood ... -
Acid protease activity during germination of microcysts of the cellular slime mold Polysphondylium pallidum.
(Dept. of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi., 1976) -
Acid responses of denervated fundic (Heidenhain) pouches to meals compared with those to histamine and pentagastrin.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1971)
