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The female condom and STDs: design of a community intervention trial
(ScienceDirect, 2000)
OBJECTIVES: The main purpose of this study is to compare sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence in cohorts of women with and without access to female condoms.
METHODS: Six matched pairs of communities were ...
Community understanding of pneumonia in Kenya
(2008-06)
Background
Effective management of pneumonia demands active participation by the caretaker to facilitate early seeking of appropriate health care and adequate compliance to home care messages. This would only be possible ...
Nosocomial infections at Kenyatta National Hospital Intensive-Care Unit in Nairobi, Kenya
(2006)
The objective of this study was to identify the common bacteria isolated from patients, antibiotics used, sensitivity patterns, therapeutic procedures and cleaning protocols practised in Kenyatta National Hospital ...
Swahili translation and validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 depression scale in the Kenyan head and neck cancer patient population
(2006)
BACKGROUND:
Depression is an important predictor of post therapy quality of life (QOL) in head and neck (H&N) cancer patients. In addition, depression rates may vary among cultures.
OBJECTIVE:
As part of a larger ...
Immunoepidemiology of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in two East African communities:
(2008)
The response pattern of specific antibodies to the microfilarial sheath (sheath-Ab) of the mosquito-borne
filarial parasite Wuchereria bancrofti was investigated in individuals from two East African communities
with ...
Burkitt's lymphoma in Kenya: geographical, age, gender and ethnic distribution
(2004)
Objective: To show the geographical (Provincial), age, gender and ethnic distribution of Burkitt's lymphoma in patients in Kenya.
Design: A retrospective review of patients' records for the years 1988-1992 and a prospective ...
Antimalarial activity of Ajuga remota Benth (Labiatae) and Caesalpinia volkensii Harms (Caesalpiniaceae): in vitro confirmation of ethnopharmacological use
(Elsevier, 2001)
Field trips to herbalists' practices in an area about 200 miles around Nairobi (Kenya) enabled us to make a list of medicinal plant species preferentially used to treat malaria. Ajuga remota and Caesalpinia volkensii were ...
Female condom introduction and sexually transmitted infection prevalence: results of a community intervention trial in Kenya
(2001)
Objective: To measure the impact on sexually transmitted infection (STI) prevalence
of a female condom introduction and risk-reduction program at Kenyan agricultural
sites.
Design: We conducted a cluster-randomized trial ...