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Challenges in Accessing HIV-related Healthcare in Resource Limited Communities: Lessons from HIV-infected Women in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Background: Increasing access to HIV-related health care is very important in access resource limited countries. In Kenya HIV prevalence increased in 2008 to 7.8 from 6.7 in 2003. Women are mostly affected with infection ...
High sensitivity c-reactive protein in type 2 diabetic patients with and without the metabolic syndrome
(2008)
Objective: To describe the distribution of serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in type 2 diabetes mellitus outpatients, and relate it to cardiovascular disease risk.
Design: Cross-sectional descriptive ...
Silent killer of the night: a feasibility study of an outreach well-women clinic for cervical cancer screening in female sex workers in Hong Kong.
(2008-01)
In many resource-poor countries. there are hardly any outreach well-women clinics for cervical cancer screening In women in general. let alone for female sex-workers. Yet. this study found abnormal results. i.e. central ...
Rural culture and the conservation of Mackinders eagle owls (Bubo capensis mackinderi) in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
The author describes her fieldwork studying a population of Mackinders eagle owls that live adjacent to small-scale farms in rural Kenya. Her study investigated the effects of farming practices on the diet and breeding ...
An Evaluation of Intravaginal Rings as a Potential HIV Prevention Device in Urban Kenya: Behaviors and Attitudes That Might Influence Uptake within a High-Risk Population
(2008)
Purpose
We sought to assess the potential acceptability of intravaginal rings (IVRs) as an HIV prevention method among at-risk women and men.
Methods
We conducted a qualitative assessment of initial attitudes toward ...
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia in a black adult male: case report
(2008-08)
Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia, (HHT) or Rendu-Osler-Weber disease is a genetic autosomal dominant disorder that is characterised by telangiectasias, (small vascular malformations), in mucocutaneous tissues and ...
Interactions between natural populations of human and rodent schistosomes in the Lake Victoria region of Kenya: a molecular epidemiological approach.
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
BACKGROUND:
Schistosoma mansoni exists in a complex environmental milieu that may select for significant evolutionary changes in this species. In Kenya, the sympatric distribution of S. mansoni with S. rodhaini potentially ...
Traditional removal of Canine tooth buds as Practiced by various Communities in Eastern Africa:
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Outcome Of Childhood Cataract Surgery At Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2008)
Objectives: To determine visual outcome, intraoperative and postoperative
complications due to childhood cataract surgery at Kenyatta National Hospital
(KNH).
Design: Retrospective study.
Setting: Kenyatta National ...
Human Interferon Regulatory Factor-1 Gene And Its Promoter Sequences Revealed By Population-based Complete Gene Sequencing.
(University of Nairobi, 2008-06)
Interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1) plays important roles in host immunity, cell proliferation and apoptosis. The current GenBank sequence for human IRF-1 (accession number: L05072) was derived from a human placenta DNA ...