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Oral Health Knowledge, hygiene practices and treatment seeking behaviour among 12 Year old children from Kitale Municipality in Kenya
(2011)
Background: Several behavioural studies have shown a direct correlation between oral health awareness and practices. Awareness of individuals regarding their periodontal health status when accompanied with knowledge about ...
Effects of hyperbaric oxygenation on survival time of aluminum phosphide intoxicated rats
(University of Nairobi, 2011-10)
BACKGROUND:
Aluminium phosphide (AlP) is used as a fumigant. It produces phosphine gas which is a mitochondrial poison. Although this poisoning has been repeatedly reported in literature with a high mortality rate, there ...
Combinatorial prevention of HIV transmission in women: the case for a vaginal microbicide.
(University of Nairobi, 2011-07)
Women are now becoming pivotal in the epidemiological spread of HIV infection throughout the world, especially in developing countries, where heterosexual transmission accounts for more than 80% of all new HIV infections. ...
Surveillance of vector populations and malaria transmission during the 2009/10 El Niño event in the western Kenya highlands: opportunities for early detection of malaria hyper-transmission
(2011)
Background: Vector control in the highlands of western Kenya has resulted in a significant reduction of malaria
transmission and a change in the vectorial system. Climate variability as a result of events such as El Niño ...
Cost and consequences of trachoma survey and mass drug administration in the Narok district in Kenya (abstract)
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Purpose: To determine and compare the cost of MDA using two survey methods.
Methods: An impact survey was conducted to justify continuation of MDA in Narok district (543,199 people). The district was segmented into 5 ...
A Community Health Worker Program for the Prevention of Malaria in Eastern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Objective: To assess whether the development and implementation of a community health worker (CHW) project in rural Kenya was associated with an increase in knowledge about malaria and the use of insecticide-treated nets ...
New use of Indomethacin
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Indomethacin in ground pellet mixture was fed to a group of starved albino mice 6-8
weeks old, weighing 20-26 g in varying concentrations ranging from 0.0125–1.0 %
w/w. The mice were observed for signs of toxicity over ...
Prevalence and types of coinfections in sleeping sickness patients in kenya (2000/2009).
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
The occurrence of coinfections in human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) patients was investigated using a retrospective data of hospital records at the National Sleeping Sickness Referral Hospital in Alupe, Kenya. A total ...
Evaluation of Urinary Tubular Enzymes as Screening Markers of Renal Dysfunction in Patients Suffering from Diabetes Mellitus
(University of Nairobi,, 2011)
To determine the relationship between sub clinical kidney injury caused by diabetes mellitus and the
levels of urinary
enzymes; N-acetyl-1&
-D-glucosaminidase, lactate dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase and
gamma ...
“Once I begin to participate, people will run away from me”: Understanding stigma as a barrier to HIV vaccine research participation in Kenya
(2011-11)
Purpose
Participation of volunteers in clinical research is essential to the development of effective HIV prevention methods, including an HIV vaccine. This study expands current knowledge of stigma and discrimination ...