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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.
(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
(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
(Department of Paediatrics & Child Health, University of Nairobi, 1976) -
Targeted Amplicon Deep Sequencing for Monitoring Antimalarial Resistance Markers in Western Kenya
(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.
(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.
(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
(Department of Psychiatry, 2010) -
Task shifting the management of non-communicable diseases to nurses in Kibera, Kenya: does it work?
(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
(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
(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) -
Teamwork in Qualitative Research: Descriptions of a Multicountry Team Approach
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Multicountry teamwork in qualitative research is receiving increased recognition in an attempt to address global health problems. We report our experience of teamwork implementing a multicountry study (Zambia, South Africa, ... -
A technical review of face mask wearing in preventing respiratory COVID-19 transmission
(University of Nairobi, 2021-04)Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries have recommended their citizens to adopt social distance, hand hygiene, and face mask wearing. However, wearing face masks has not been well adopted by many ... -
Technology for health in the future
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine, 1998)Developments in biogenetics, medical devices, information and communication technologies, and in environmental technologies will have a profound impact on health in the coming decades. However, there are major barriers to ... -
Teenage Motherhood In North Kisii District, Kenya
(School of Nursing, 2005)Teenage pregnancy affects millions of girls every year worldwide and is extremely common in Africa. Teenage pregnancy reflects a pattern f sexual activity which not only puts teenagers at risk of pregnancy but also of ... -
Telavancin in the treatment of invasive Gram-positive infections
(Department of Medical Microbiology, 2012)Telavancin is a newer once-daily lipoglycopeptide with activity against Gram-positive bacteria, including those that are resistant to conventional antibiotics like beta-lactams. The results of recent clinical trials led ... -
Temmerman M, Ndinya-Achola J, Ambani J, Piot P
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1995-04) -
Temperament characteristics of street and non-street children in Eldoret, Kenya
(School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2004) -
Temporal analysis of HIV envelope sequence evolution and antibody escape in a subtype A-infected individual with a broad neutralizing antibody response
(2009)The origin of broadly neutralizing HIV-specific antibodies and their relation to HIV evolution are not well defined. Here we examined virus evolution and neutralizing antibody escape in a subtype A infected individual ... -
Temporal lobe epilepsy in children
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1979)
