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A Multifaceted Intervention to Implement Guidelines and Improve Admission Paediatric Care in Kenyan District Hospitals: A Cluster Randomised Trial
(2011)
In developing countries referral of severely ill children from primary care to district hospitals is common, but hospital care is often of poor quality. However, strategies to change multiple paediatric care practices in ...
Geographical distribution of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths among school children in informal settlements in Kisumu City, Western Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2011-10)
This cross-sectional study determined the prevalence and distribution of schistosome and soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections among 1,308 children aged 10-18 years in 34 primary schools in 8 informal urban settlements ...
Vasa Vasora in the tunica media of goat aorta
(2011)
This study aimed at describing the distribution of vasa vasora in the tunica media of various parts of goat aorta, since this influences the physico-mechanical properties and disease occurrence. Specimens were obtained ...
Community Health Workers at the Millennium Villages Project increase access to the health workforce
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
A review of the trends of lymphomas in the equatorial belt of Africa
(2011-09)
Lymphomas represent one of the most frequent cancer types in Africa. In particular, approximately 30,000 non-Hodgkin lymphomas occur in the equatorial belt of Africa each year and these tumours are in among the top-ten ...
TP53 mutations, human papilloma virus DNA and inflammation markers in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma from the Rift Valley, a high-incidence area in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 2011-10)
BACKGROUND:
Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Esophagus is one of the most common malignancies in both men and women in eastern and south-eastern Africa. In Kenya, clinical observations suggest that this cancer is frequent in ...
Evaluation of urine CCA assays for detection for detection of Schistosoma mansoni infection in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011-01)
Although accurate assessment of the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni is important for the design and evaluation of control programs, the most widely used tools for diagnosis are limited by suboptimal sensitivity, slow ...
Malacological survey and geographical distribution of vector snails for schistosomiasis within informal settlements of Kisumu City, western Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2011-12)
BACKGROUND:
Although schistosomiasis is generally considered a rural phenomenon, infections have been reported within urban settings. Based on observations of high prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni infection in schools ...
Spinal tuberculosis among human immunodeficiency virus-negative patients in a Kenyan tertiary hospital: a 5-year synopsis.
(2011-04)
BACKGROUND CONTEXT:
Spinal tuberculosis (TB) accounts for more than half of all cases of skeletal TB. Although Kenya has one of the highest burdens of TB, data on spinal TB in this country remain scarce.
PURPOSE:
To ...
Menarcheal age among urban Kenyan primary school girls
(University of Nairobi., 2011-05)
AIM:
To determine the mean menarcheal age among urban primary school girls in Kenya.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS:
A structured questionnaire was administered to 820 primary grade 6-8 girls aged between 12 and 17 years in ...