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GyneFIX. The frameless intrauterine contraceptive implant--an update for interval, emergency and postabortal contraception.
(University of Nairobi, 1999-01)
This article reviews the clinical experience with the GyneFix intrauterine implant system for interval, emergency and post-abortal contraception. The relatively high rate of unintended pregnancies and abortions in the world ...
Tuberculosis and the HIV epidemic: increasing annual risk of tuberculous infection in Kenya, 1986-1996.
(University of Nairobi, 1999-07)
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of the increased incidence of tuberculosis (TB) due to HIV infection on the risk of TB infection in schoolchildren. METHODS: Tuberculin surveys were carried ...
Menstruation Requirements as a Barrier to Contraceptive Access in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1999)
BACKGROUND: In many countries, non-menstruating women are routinely denied contraceptive services even when pregnancy can easily be ruled out.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether menstruation requirements in Kenya constitute ...
Clinical realities and moral dilemmas. Contrasting perspectives from Academic medicine in Kenya, Tanzania and America
(1999)
A case of primary intracerebral haemorrhage complicated by cerebral abscess is presented with a review of the literature.
Stable antenatal HIV-1 seroprevalence with high population mobility and marked seroprevalence variation among sentinel sites within Nairobi, Kenya.
(1999)
Objectives: To monitor and analyse trends in HIV-1 seroprevalence among
antenatal women in Nairobi, Kenya.
Design: Six sequential surveys were carried out among antenatal clinic attenders at
four Nairobi City Council ...
Missed Torsion of the testis
(1999)
Thirty patients with a mean age of 21.3 years were referred to the urologist with missed testicular torsion. Twenty four patients first presented to medical doctors, whereas six patients presented to paramedical staff. ...
Iron deficiency anaemia in children of a peri-urban health facility.
(1999)
To ascertain the prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia(IDA) and its risk factors.
A cross-sectional survey.
A peri-urban health centre in Nairobi, Kenya.
Four hundred and three children, aged six months to six ...
Screening Of some Kenyan medicinal plants using the brine shrimp lethality test
(1999)
The latex of two plants and the methanol and petroleum ether extracts of thirty four plants from twenty one families were screened for their biological activity using the brine shrimp lethality test. The plants were selected ...
Prevention of hearing loss in experimental pneumococcal meningitis by administration of dexamethasone and ketorolac.
(1999)
Pneumococcal meningitis remains a significant cause of morbidity, particularly sensorineural hearing loss. Recent literature has suggested that a vigorous host immune response to Streptococcus [corrected] pneumoniae is ...
Effect of circumcision on incidence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and other sexually transmitted diseases: a prospective cohort study of trucking company employees in Kenya
(1999)
To determine the effect of circumcision status on acquisition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 and other sexually transmitted diseases, a prospective cohort study of 746 HIV-1-seronegative trucking company ...