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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) -
Temporal synthesis of cuticle proteins during larval development in Glossina morsitans. Comp Biochem Physiol B. 1993 Jun;105(2):309-16
(University of Nairobi, 1993)No abstract available -
Temporal trends and transmission dynamics of pre-treatment HIV-1 drug resistance within and between risk groups in Kenya, 1986-2020
(University of Nairobi, 2024)Background: Evidence on the distribution of pre-treatment HIV-1 drug resistance (HIVDR) among risk groups is limited in Africa. We assessed the prevalence, trends and transmission dynamics of pre-treatment HIVDR within and ... -
Temporomandibular joint dislocation in Nairobi
(Kajiado District Hospital, P.O. Box 16949-00620 Nairobi, Kenya., 2010)BACKGROUND: Despite the diverse conservative and surgical modalities for the management of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation and the controversy that surrounds them, very little has been done within the East-African ... -
Ten years experience with chronic prostatitis in Africans.
(Source Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1996-03)This is a prospective study of seventy three patients with chronic prostatitis over a ten year period (1984-1994. The study was carried out at various hospitals in Lagos Nigeria and Nairobi Kenya. The mean age was 39.3 ... -
Tensile bond strength of fluorosed Kenyan teeth using the acid etch technique.
(Department of Dental Surgery, College of Health Sciences University of Nairobi, 1986)Tensile bond strength tests were performed on 120 enamel specimens equally distributed over 'normal' American, 'normal' Kenyan and fluorosed Kenyan teeth. The mean tensile bond strength for American teeth was 59.08 +/- ...