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Contraceptive needs of female sex workers in Kenya - a cross-sectional study.
(2011)
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:
Female sex workers (FSWs) are thought to be at heightened risk for unintended pregnancy, although sexual and reproductive health interventions reaching these populations are typically focused ...
Effects of chemotherapy on the oral health in paediatric oncology patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(2011)
Aim: To determine the most prevalent oral adverse effects faced by children undergoing chemotherapy treatment.
Study design: A descriptive cross sectional study, conducted at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
Materials ...
An outbreak of bovine trypanosomiasis in the Blue Nile State, Sudan
(University of Nairobi,, 2011)
Background:
In this paper, we report an outbreak of bovine trypanosomiasis in Kurmuk District, Blue Nile State,
Sudan that involved an infection with four
Trypanosoma
species in cattle. The outbreak occurred in June ...
Reducing HIV Transmission in Developing Countries
(2011-04-13)
Although the global response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the developing world has, in general, been inadequate, there are key interventions which have been proven to be effective in reducing the incidence of HIV and relevant ...
Lymphomas in sub‐Saharan Africa–what can we learn and how can we help in improving diagnosis, managing patients and fostering translational research?
(2011-06)
Approximately 30 000 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) occur in the equatorial belt of Africa each year. Apart from the fact that Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is very common among children and adolescents in Africa and that an ...
Effects of oral hygiene, residual caries and cervical Marginal-gaps on the survival of proximal atraumatic restorative treatment approach restorations
(2011)
Background:
Although Atraumatic restorative treatment (ART) approach has been in existence for a while, the reasons for the poor performance of multisurface ART restorations are not very clear.
Aim:
The aim of ...
Cost analysis of care for children admitted to kenyatta national hospital with rotavirus gastroenteritis.
(2011)
Rotavirus infection is the single most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children under five years of age. The costs of care and treatment for rotavirus gastroenteritis are high. The objective was to compute average ...
Dietary, social, and environmental determinants of obesity in Kenyan women.
(2011)
To assess the determinants of overweight and obesity in Kenyan women considered to be undergoing the nutrition transition.
A nationally representative sample of women (n = 1008) was randomly drawn. Weight, height, waist, ...
Population-based biochemistry, immunologic and hematological reference values for adolescents and young adults in a rural population in Western Kenya
(2011)
There is need for locally-derived age-specific clinical laboratory reference ranges of healthy Africans in sub-Saharan Africa. Reference values from North American and European populations are being used for African subjects ...
Emergence of new types of Theileria orientalis in Australian cattle and possible cause of theileriosis outbreaks
(2011)
Theileria parasites cause a benign infection of cattle in parts of Australia where they are endemic, but have, in
recent years, been suspected of being responsible for a number of outbreaks of disease in cattle near the ...