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Tackling an emerging epidemic: the burden of non-communicable diseases among people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

Achwoka, Dunstan; Mutave, Regina; Achia, Thomas (University of Nairobi, 2020)

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is at a crossroad. Over the last decade, successes in the scale up of HIV care and treatment programs has led to a burgeoning number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in care. At the same time, ...

Tackling an emerging epidemic: the burden of non-communicable diseases among people living with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa.

Achwoka, Dunstan; Mutave, Regina; Oyugi, Julius,O; Achia, Thomas (University of Nairobi, 2020)

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is at a crossroad. Over the last decade, successes in the scale up of HIV care and treatment programs has led to a burgeoning number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in care. At the same time, an ...

Taking people with you

Ndetei, David M; Gatonga, Patrick; Bhugra, Dinesh; Ruiz, Pedro (2013)

One has to recognize the value not only of one's own colleagues but also of people at all levels of the mental healthcare system. This means regarding the patient, family, community, other healthcare workers, government ...

A tale of two citizens: a State Attorney General and a hematologist facilitate translation of research into US Food and Drug Administration actions--a SONAR report.

Chen, B; Restaino, J; Norris, L; Xirasagar, S; Qureshi, Z.P; McKoy, J.M; Lopez, I.S; Trenery, A; Murday, A; Kahn, A; Mattison, D.R; Ray, P; Sartor, O; Bennett, C.L (2012)

Pharmaceutical safety is a public health issue. In 2005, the Connecticut Attorney General (AG) raised concerns over adverse drug reactions in off-label settings, noting that thalidomide was approved to treat a rare illness, ...

Tap water as a wound cleansing agent in accident and emergency

Riyat, MS; Quinton, DN (University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiDepartment of Accident and Emergency, Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust., 1997-05)

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the bacterial cleanliness of tap water in a large accident and emergency (A&E) department for its possible use in the cleansing and irrigation of open traumatic wounds. METHODS: Tap water ...

Tardive dyskinesia

Maany, I. (Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Nairobi, 1976)

Targeted Amplicon Deep Sequencing for Monitoring Antimalarial Resistance Markers in Western Kenya

Osoti, Victor; Akinyi, Mercy; Wamae, Kevin; Kimenyi, Kelvin M; Laurent, Zaydah de; Ndwiga, Leonard; Gichuki, Paul; Okoyo, Collins; Kepha, Stella; Mwandawiro, Charles; Kandie, Regina; Bejon, Philip; Snow, Robert W; Ochola-Oyier, Lynette I (University of Nairobi, 2022-04)

Molecular surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum parasites is important to track emerging and new mutations and trends in established mutations and should serve as an early warning system for antimalarial resistance. Dried ...

Targeted genomic sequencing of pediatric Burkitt lymphoma identifies recurrent alterations in antiapoptotic and chromatin-remodeling genes.

Giulino-Roth Lisa.; Wang Kai.; MacDonald Theresa Y.; Mathew Susan.; Tam Yifang.; Cronin Maureen T.; Palmer Gary.; Lucena-Silva Norma.; Pedrosa Francisco.; Pedrosa Marcia.; Teruya-Feldstein Julie.; Bhagat Govind.; Alobeid Bachir.; Leoncini Lorenzo.; Bellan Cristiana.; Rogena Emily Adhiambo.; Pinkney Kerice A.; Rubin Mark A.; Ribeiro Raul C.; Yelensky Roman.; Tam Wayne.; Stephens Philip J.; Cesarman Ethel. (Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NYDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Division of Hematopathology, Columbia University Medical Center, New YorkDepartment of Pathology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 2012-12)

To ascertain the genetic basis of pediatric Burkitt lymphoma (pBL), we performed clinical-grade next-generation sequencing of 182 cancer-related genes on 29 formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded primary pBL samples. Ninety ...

Task shifting in HIV clinics, Western Kenya.

Kosgei, RJ; Wools-Kaloustian, KK; Braitstein, P; Sidle, JE; Sang, E; Gitau, JN; Sitienei, JJ; Owino R.; Mamlin, JJ.; Kimaiyo, SN; Siika, AM (University of Nairobi,Department of Clinical Medicine and Therapeutics, 2010-07)

BACKGROUND: United states Agency for International development-Academic Model for Providing Accesses to Healthcare (USAID-AMPATH) cares for over 80,000 HIV-infected patients. Express care (EC) model addresses challenges ...

Task Shifting In Mental Health-The Kenyan Experience

Ndetei David M. (Department of Psychiatry, 2010)

Task shifting the management of non-communicable diseases to nurses in Kibera, Kenya: does it work?

Some, D; Edwards, JK; Reid, T; Van den Bergh, R; Kosgei, RJ; Wilkinson, E; Baruani, B; Kizito, W; Khabala, K; Shah, S; Kibachio, J; Musembi, P (University of Nairobi, 2016)

BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa there is an increasing need to leverage available health care workers to provide care for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This study was conducted to evaluate adherence to Médecins ...

Task-sharing and piloting WHO group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-G) for adolescent mothers living with HIV in Nairobi primary health care centers: a process paper

Yator, Obadia; Kagoya, Martha; Khasakhala, Lincoln; John-Stewart, Grace; Manasi, Kumar (University of Nairobi, 2020)

This paper describes a sustainable structure to deliver the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsed group Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT-G) for Postpartum Adolescent (PPA) mothers living with HIV in Nairobi. It documents ...

TDR thirty years on: taking stock and envisioning the future for the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases

Daar, AS; Whyte, SR; Abdullah, MS; Ching-Li, H; Hoffman, SL; Berger, M (University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of TorontoDepartment of Medicine, Aga Khan University HospitalInstitute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2008-11)

Teaching Research Ethics on Clinical Trials to Multidisciplinary and International Trainees in Global Infectious Disease Research

Oyugi, Julius; Meeme, Cisily; Chanzu, Nadia; Ambia, Julie; Gitaka, Jesse; Ndakala, Frank; Herman, Melissa; Mckinnon, Lyle; Kaufert, Joseph; Fowke, Keith (University of Nairobi, 2014)