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Rapid Decline in Risk of HIV-l Acquisition After Enrollment in a Vaccine Preparedness Cohort of Kenyan Prostitutes: Implications for the Design of HIV -1 Vaccine Efficacy Trials
(2002-02)
Background: In designing HIY-l vaccine efficacy trials, it will be important to accounrfor changes in HIY -1 incidence, especially changes over time and while participating in riskreduction programs.
Methods: Data from ...
Neonatal survival of infants less than 2000 grams born at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(2002)
Background: Survival of patients is regularly used as a measure of the level and appropriateness of medical care provided by institutions. Newborn services have been evaluated in this manner since the 1960s. Though Kenyatta ...
Evaluation of an emergency contraception introduction project in Kenya
(2002-10)
The Consortium for Emergency Contraception introduced Postinor-2, a progestin-only EC product, into Kenya as part of its work to expand access to EC in developing countries. Introduction activities included registering ...
The Chilean Experience: Lessons for Kenyan Economic Policy in Kasned Newsline
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
The article is based on the premise that there are many valuable lessons that can be learnt from the experience of other developing countries. Chile has since the early 1990s been considered as one of the most successful ...
Part time female sex workers in a suburban community in Kenya: a vulnerable hidden population.
(2002-08)
BACKGROUND:
In sub-Saharan Africa, female sex workers (FSWs) are a vulnerable high risk group for the acquisition and transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV.
OBJECTIVES:
To study parameters of ...
Pharmacokinetics and anticonvulsant effects of diazepam in children with severe falciparum malaria and convulsions
(2002-01)
Convulsions are a common complication of severe malaria in children and are associated with poor outcome. Diazepam is used to terminate convulsions but its pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics have not been studied in ...
Therapeutic radiological interventional procedures in hepatocellular carcinoma
(2002)
BACKGROUND: To improve the survival rate of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in whom surgery is not possible, various methods have been developed employing angiographic and percutaneous techniques. We analyzed ...
Evaluation of a proposed clinical case definition of paediatric acquired immune deficiency syndrome. East Afr Med J. 2002 Mar;79(3):111-4.
(University of Nairobi, 2002)
No abstract available
Upper gastrointestinal findings in diabetic outpatients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(2002)
Upper gastrointestinal findings in diabetic outpatients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To determine the prevalence of H. pylori and the associated upper gastrointestinal endoscopic lesions ...