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Africa Journal of Rheumatology: enhancing the visibility of rheumatology in Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2017-10)
Clinical Rheumatology welcomes the African Journal of Rheumatology as an important development for the furtherance of rheumatological scholarship and education on the African continent and for rheumatology research in ...
Improving the effectiveness of psychotherapy in two public hospitals in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2017-08)
This paper is the first in a planned series of papers studying the effectiveness of psychotherapy and counselling in Nairobi. It describes a method for checking the effectiveness of psychotherapy and improving service ...
Alcohol Use Disorders among HIV and AIDS Patients at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Comprehensive Care Centre, Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Alcohol has particularly harmful health effects in HIV-infected patients; therefore, HIV clinics are an important setting for integration of routine alcohol screening as an integral component of HIV care.In sub-Sahara ...
Mothers' knowledge on essential newborn care at Juba Teaching Hospital, South Sudan
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Introduction: Globally neonatal mortality remains high and in South Sudan is estimated at 52/1000 live births. Objective: To identify the gaps in the knowledge and practices of essential newborn care among postnatal mothers ...
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, ...
Cerebrospinal fluid markers to distinguish bacterial meningitis from cerebral malaria in children.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Background. Few hospitals in high malaria endemic countries in Africa have the diagnostic capacity for clinically distinguishing acute bacterial meningitis (ABM) from cerebral malaria (CM). As a result, empirical use of ...
Urgent versus post-stabilisation antiretroviral treatment in hospitalised HIV-infected children in Kenya (PUSH): a randomised controlled trial.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
BACKGROUND:
Urgent antiretroviral therapy (ART) among hospitalised HIV-infected children might accelerate recovery or worsen outcomes associated with immune reconstitution. We aimed to compare urgent versus post-stabilisation ...
Where does it come from?" experiences among survivors and parents of children with retinoblastoma in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Genetic testing and counseling have become integral to the timely control of heritable cancers, like the childhood eye cancer retinoblastoma. This study aimed to determine attitudes, knowledge and experiences related to ...
Adequacy of control of cardiovascular risk factors in ambulatory patients with type 2 diabetes attending diabetes out-patients clinic at a county hospital, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
BACKGROUND:
Type 2 diabetes is associated with substantial cardiovascular morbidity and mortality arising from the high prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidaemia, obesity, poor glycaemic ...
Application of 19F NMR spectroscopy for content determination of fluorinated pharmaceuticals.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
A simple, rapid, and selective quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopic method was evaluated for the determination of the content of fluorinated pharmaceuticals. 19F NMR spectra were either obtained in ...