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Progress Towards Elimination of Trachoma in Kenya 2017-2020
(University of Nairobi, 2024)Purpose: Trachoma is endemic in Kenya. Since baseline trachoma surveys in 2004, a concerted programme has been undertaken to reduce the prevalence of disease. Here, we report on trachoma prevalence surveys carried out ... -
Progress, challenges, and new opportunities for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV under the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.
(College of health science,University of Nairobi, 2012)In June 2011, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), and other collaborators outlined a transformative plan to virtually eliminate pediatric AIDS worldwide. ... -
Progression of hearing loss in experimental pneumococcal meningitis: correlation with cerebrospinal fluid cytochemistry.
(1993)The development of hearing loss and concomitant cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytochemical changes in a model of pneumococcal meningitis were examined. Rabbits were injected intracisternally with 10(5) pneumococci. Auditory ... -
Progressive multi-system degeneration : Report of five cases
(University of NairobiCollege of Health science, 1997) -
Project on the promotion of girls schooling in a rural environment. Exploratory and regulatory evaluation. Preliminary version
(University Of Nairobi, 2013) -
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Prolactin and hypertension
(1977)Progesterone (2.5 mg per kilogram) caused sustained hypertension in rabbits. When the same dose of progesterone was administered together with prolactin (1.25 mg. per kilogram), there was no increase in the blood pressure. ... -
Prolactin release in subjects with uterine fibroid
(School of medicine, University of Nairobi, 1982) -
Prolactin response in patients with hypertensive disease in pregnancy
(School of medicine, University of Nairobi, 1982) -
Prolapsed Inter-vertebral disc in an African population
(College of health science University of Nairobi, 2012)Characteristics of Prolapsed Intervertebral Disc (PID) in Africa, reports are scanty and often disparate PID in Kenya is commonest in the lower lumbar region of young people more in females and is associated with trauma -
Proliferation and differentiation in organotypic serum free cultures of normal human oral mucosa.
(University of NairobiSchool of Dental Sciences, 2002) -
Proline transport by tsetse fly Glossina morsitans flight muscle mitochondria.
(University of Nairobi,Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1992-07)Proline accumulation by tsetse fly Glossina morsitans flight muscle mitochondria was studied in vitro by the swelling technique and direct measurement of (U-14C) proline. 2. Proline transport was inhibited by the uncharged ... -
Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in anal/rectal swabs and stool specimens in COVID-19 patients after negative conversion in nasopharyngeal RT-PCR test
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is a rapidly escalating pandemic that has spread to many parts of the world. Current data available on COVID‐19 would suggest that SARS‐CoV‐2 virus is shed through the gastrointestinal ... -
Promoting laboratory-based scientificresearch in Kenya: are we flogging a dead horse?
(East Cent. Afr. J. Pharm. Sci, 2019-12-19)Medicinal chemistry and allied biochemical sciences are an essential part of the drug discovery and development process. Countries with a well established pharmaceutical industry base are necessarily backed by a strong ... -
Promoting Neuroscience Research In Kenya: What Can We Do As A Neuroscience Community?
(University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Physiology, 1999) -
Promoting reproductive options for HIV‐affected couples in sub‐Saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)HIV-affected couples face unique challenges that require access to information and reproductive services to prevent HIV transmission to the uninfected partner and offspring while allowing couples to fulfil their reproductive ... -
Promotion of handwashing as a measure of quality of care and prevention of hospital-acquired infections in Eritrea: the Keren study
(Departmnent of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2005)A complex interplay of cognitive, socio-economic and technical factors may determine hand-washing practice among hospital-based health workers, particularly doctors, regardless of the location of the country or hospital ... -
Promotion of handwashing as a measure of quality of care and prevention of hospital-acquired infections in Eritrea: the Keren study. Afr Health Sci. 2005 Mar;5(1):4-13.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)No abstract available -
Promotion of handwashing as a measure of quality of care and prevention of hospital-acquired infections in Eritrea: the Keren study. Afr Health Sci. 2005 Mar;5(1):4-13.
(University of Nairobi, 2005)No abstract available -
Properties and kinetics and purified brain hexokinase.
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1968-05)