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The prevalence of personality disorders in a Kenyan inpatient sample
(2008-04)
DSM-IV Axis I and II comorbidities and the pattern of Axis II diagnoses in patients admitted at Mathari (Psychiatric) Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya are unknown. To determine DSM-IV Axis I and II comorbidities and patterns of ...
Prevalence of hepatitis C virus and its genotypes among a cohort of drug users in Kenya
(2008)
Prevalence of hepatitis C virus and that of its main genotypes varies between the worlds geographic regions. The risk factors for infection with HCV include blood transfusion, tattoing and injecting drug use.
To examine ...
Effect of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria on health and education in schoolchildren: a cluster-randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
(2008-07)
BACKGROUND:
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in early childhood, yet its consequences for health and education during the school-age years remain poorly understood. We examined the effect of intermittent ...
Stakeholders' perception of the desired Master's program for Kenya in community health nursing: areas of competency
(2008-06)
INTRODUCTION:
After the World Health Assembly approved the WHA 45.5 in 1992, which addressed the nursing shortage by refocusing nurses and midwives to meet community health needs, community demands for educated nurses ...
Anatomic position of the pterion among Kenyans for lateral skull approaches
(2008)
The pterion is a point of sutural confluence seen in the norma lateralis of the skull where frontal, parietal, temporal
and sphenoid bones meet. The position of the pterion exhibits population-based variations. Location ...
Challenge of infant feeding choices among HIV infected mothers in Africa
(2008)
In November and December, 1993, a self-administered questionnaire was distributed to men in the town of Machakos and to nonmedical hospital workers of Machakos General Hospital. The purpose of the study was to assess their ...
Associations of human leukocyte antigen DRB with resistance or susceptibility to HIV-1 infection in the Pumwani Sex Worker Cohort
(2008)
OBJECTIVE:
A group of commercial sex workers in the Pumwani Sex Worker Cohort, established in 1985 in Nairobi, Kenya, remain HIV-1 uninfected despite heavy exposure to HIV-1 through active sex work. Previous studies showed ...
Salivary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1-specific immunoglobulin A in HIV-1-exposed infants in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Humoral immunity, and specifically immunoglobulin A (IgA) that is directed against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1, may contribute to protection against HIV-1 acquisition at mucosal surfaces. HIV-1-specific IgA has ...
Morbidity in the first year postpartum among HIV-infected women in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2008-01)
OBJECTIVE:
To assess the effects of HIV infection on morbidity and the needs of infected women for services in the first year postpartum.
METHODS:
A cross-sectional study with 500 women attending a child-health clinic ...
Environmental and occupational exposure to lead
(University of Nairobi,, 2008-06)
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the status of environmental and occupational lead exposure in selected areas in Nairobi, Kenya.
DESIGN:
Cross sectional study.
SETTING:
Kariobangi North, Babadogo, Waithaka and Pumwani for ...