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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 ...
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, ...
Protocol of a randomised controlled trial characterising the immune responses induced by varicella-zoster virus (VZV) vaccination in healthy Kenyan women: setting the stage for a potential VZV-based HIV vaccine.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
INTRODUCTION:
A protective HIV vaccine would be expected to induce durable effector immune responses at the mucosa, restricting HIV infection at its portal of entry. We hypothesise that use of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) ...
Effect Of Insecticide-treated Bed Nets On House-entry By Malaria Mosquitoes: The Flight Response Recorded In A Semi-field Study In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Insecticide-treated nets are currently a major tool to reduce malaria transmission. Their level of repellency affects contact of the mosquito with the net, but may also influence the mosquito’s entry into the house. The ...
First-in-Human Evaluation of the Safety and Immunogenicity of an Intranasally Administered Replication-Competent Sendai Virus-Vectored HIV Type 1 Gag Vaccine: Induction of Potent T-Cell or Antibody Responses in Prime-Boost Regimens.
(2017-01-01)
We report the first-in-human safety and immunogenicity assessment of a prototype intranasally administered, replication-competent Sendai virus (SeV)-vectored, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) vaccine.
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Metabolic syndrome and its predictors in an urban population in Kenya: A cross sectional study.
(BMC, 2017-07-04)
The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a clustering of interrelated risk factors which doubles the risk of cardio-vascular disease (CVD) in 5-10 years and increases the risk of type 2 diabetes 5 fold. The identification of ...
Quality of life of depressed and suicidal patients seeking services from traditional and faith healers in rural Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
BACKGROUND:
In rural Kenya, traditional and faith healers provide an alternative pathway to health care, including mental health care. However, not much is known about the characteristics of the populations they serve. ...
Infant/child rapid serology tests fail to reliably assess HIV exposure among sick hospitalized infants.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
BACKGROUND:
The WHO guidelines for infant and child HIV diagnosis recommend the use of maternal serology to determine child exposure status in ages 0-18 months, but suggest that infant serology can reliably be used to ...
Surgical anatomy of reduction mammaplasty: a historical perspective and current concepts.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Reduction mammaplasty is the volumetric reduction in the bulk of the breast. Techniques have evolved from primarily reducing the breast bulk to reducing with emphasis on functional and aesthetic outcome. The deeper ...