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Community understanding of pneumonia in Kenya

Irimu, Grace; Nduati, RW; Wafula, E; Lenja, J (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 ...

Prevalence, characteristics, and outcomes of HIV-positive women diagnosed with invasive cancer of the cervix in Kenya.

Mungo, C; Cohen, CR; Maloba, M; Bukusi, EA; Huchko, MJ (2013)

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of invasive cervical cancer (ICC) and assess access to, and outcomes of, treatment for ICC among HIV-infected women in Kisumu, Kenya. METHODS: We performed a retrospective ...

Meat supplementation increases arm muscle area in Kenyan schoolchildren.

Neumann, CG; Jiang, L; Weiss, RE; Grillenberger, M; Gewa, CA; Siekmann, JH; Murphy, SP; Bwibo, NO (2013)

The present study examines the effect of animal-source-food (ASF) intake on arm muscle area growth as part of a larger study examining causal links between ASF intake, growth rate, physical activity, cognitive function and ...

Risk factors for cervical precancer detection among previously unscreened HIV-infected women in Western Kenya.

Huchko, MJ; Leslie, H; Sneden, J; Maloba, M; Abdulrahim, N; Bukusi, EA; Cohen, CR (Wiley, 2013)

HIV and cervical cancer are intersecting epidemics in many low-resource settings, yet there are few accurate estimates of the scope of this public health challenge. To understand disease prevalence and risk factors for ...

Nosocomial infections at Kenyatta National Hospital Intensive-Care Unit in Nairobi, Kenya

Ngumi Zipporah W. (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 ...

Where will this illness take me? Reactions to HIV diagnosis from women living with HIV in Kenya

Kako P M.; Stevens P E.; Karani A K. (2011-04)

The purpose of our study was to develop an in-depth understanding of the reactions of 40 urban and rural HIV-infected Kenyan women to HIV diagnosis. We employed narrative inquiry principles to guide this qualitative ...

Cancers in children younger than age 16 years in kenya

Mwanda O Walter. (1999)

Objective: To determine the number of cancers seen in six months in children aged below sixteen years and to look for any associations with breastfeeding, parental ages, smoking, water availability and consanguinity. ...

Swahili translation and validation of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 depression scale in the Kenyan head and neck cancer patient population

Omoro, S A; Fann, J R; Weymuller, E A; Macharia, I M; Yueh, B (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 ...

Antimicrobial Activity, Toxicity and Phytochemical Screening of Four Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used in Msambweni District, Kenya

Kaigongi, Magrate M; Dossaji, Saifuddin. F; Nguta, Joseph. M; Lukhoba, Catherine.W; Musila, Fredrick. M (2014)

This study was designed to evaluate the antimicrobial activity, toxicity and phytochemical composition of organic and aqueous crude extracts of Zanthoxylum chalybeum Engl. (Rutaceae), Adansonia digitata L. (Bombacaceae), ...

Immunoepidemiology of Wuchereria bancrofti infection in two East African communities:

Simonsena, Paul E.; Meyrowitsch, Dan W.; Jaoko, Walter; Malecela, Mwele N; Michael, Edwin (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 ...