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A home-based intervention using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) techniques in rural Kenya: what are the caregivers' experiences?
(2013)
Caring for a child with complex communication needs associated with a developmental condition frequently adds stress to the caregiver. Furthermore, professional assistance is scarce in low-income rural settings. For such ...
Mortality patterns and site heterogeneity of severe malaria in African children.
(2013)
In this study we aimed to assess site heterogeneity of early, intermediate, and late mortality prediction in children with severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in sub-Saharan Africa.
Medical records of 26,036 children ...
Detection of influenza A virus in live bird markets in Kenya, 2009-2011
(2013-03)
BACKGROUND:
Surveillance for influenza viruses within live bird markets (LBMs) has been recognized as an effective tool for detecting circulating avian influenza viruses (AIVs). In Sub-Saharan Africa, limited data exist ...
Prevalence of active convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa and associated risk factors:
(2013)
The prevalence of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa seems to be higher than in other parts of the world, but estimates vary substantially for unknown reasons. We assessed the prevalence and risk factors of active convulsive ...
Caring for children with physical disability in Kenya: potential links between caregiving and carers' physical health.
(2013)
The health of a carer is a key factor which can affect the well-being of the child with disabilities for whom they care. In low-income countries, many carers of children with disabilities contend with poverty, limited ...
A pilot quasi-experimental study to determine the feasibility of implementing a partograph e-learning tool for student midwife training in Nairobi
(2013)
the partograph is a tool used globally to record labour progress. Although it has the potential to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes, some midwives struggle with using it in practice. Training in partograph use is ...
Loss to Follow-Up as a Competing Risk in an Observational Study of HIV-1 Incidence
(2013)
OBJECTIVE:
Conventional survival estimates may be biased if loss to follow-up (LTF) is associated with the outcome of interest. Our goal was to assess whether the association between sexual risk behavior and HIV-1 ...
Recent Developments in Rationally Designed Multitarget Antiprotozoan Agents
(2013)
Protozoan infections are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among parasitic infections of humans, accounting for approximately 800 thousand mortalities and a loss of more than 30 million disability-adjusted life ...
Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation by Vitrification in Olive Baboons (Papio Anubis)
(University of Nairobi,, 2013)
Background: Ovarian tissue cryopreservation by vitrification is an attractive technique for fertility preservation in women. However, this technique has not been optimized. The aim of this study was to evaluate the baboon ...
Pooled HIV-1 RNA Viral Load Testing for Detection of Antiretroviral Treatment Failure in Kenyan children.
(2013)
Pooled viral load (VL) testing with two different testing strategies was evaluated as a potential cost-saving method to monitor antiretroviral therapy (ART) in HIV-infected children receiving ART in a resource-limited ...