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Some aspects of infant mortality in Kenya since 1948.
(2000)
This paper looks at a number of factors related to infant mortality in the country since 1948. First it examines the type of data for the estimation of infant mortality through history that is pre-independence and ...
Changing pattern of intracranial lesions
(2000)
Presented here is a 16-year-old girl who was referred on 30th January 1996 with diagnosis of cord compression with spastic paraplegia with sensory level at T7/T8. CT scan myelogam confirmed soft tissue density mass displacing ...
The development of a continuous quality control programme for strict sperm morphology among sub-saharan African laboratories
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
Inter-technician and between-laboratory differences, especially during the evaluation of sperm morphology, have been a major cause of concern. The study aimed to develop an intensive training programme with intervals of ...
Kenyans protest at being left off AIDS patent
(University of Nairobi, 2000-11)
The terms of a collaboration on a potential HIV vaccine, between a British research team and the University of Nairobi, are to be revised after the Kenyan scientists complained that their names had been excluded from a ...
Antimalarial activity of ajuga remota benth (Labiatae) and caesalpinia iolkensii harms (Caesalpiniaceae)
(2000)
Field trips to herbalists' practices in an area about 200 miles around Nairobi (Kenya) enabled us to make a list of medicinal plant species preferentially used to treat malaria. Ajuga remota and Caesalpinia oolkensii were ...
Sociodemographic characteristics, care, feeding practices, and growth of cohorts of children born to HIV-I seropositive and seronegative mothers in Nairobi, Kenya
(Blackwell Science Ltd, 2000)
OBJECTIVES To compare sociodemographic profiles, child care, child feeding practices and growth indices of children born to HIV•l seropositive and seronegative mothers.
METHODS A cohort study of 234 children (seroposirive ...
Current global status of female genital mutilation: a review
(2000-05)
Objective:
To provide an overview of the current global status of female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision practised in various countries.
Data source:
Major published series of peer reviewed journals ...
Cancer of the penis at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(2000-10)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine how common cancer of penis is in this locality compared to all other malignant tumours and urological malignancies, and to determine and comment on the various methods of treatment available at ...
Stability and change in family size preferences among rural youth in Kenya
(2000)
Data analyzed here indicate that rural youth in Kenya are developing rather clearly defined family size preferences and that they are capable of differentiating their own family desires from what they see as ideal for ...
Knowledge, practices and attitudes of clinical years dental students at the University of Nairobi towards HIV/AIDS patients
(2000)
Background: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
have profoundly affected every aspect of the public health sector. There isa possibility of HIVtransmission in the
oral ...