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A review of Kenya’s cancer policies to improve access to cancer testing and treatment in the country
(Health Research Policy and Systems, 2020-01-18)
BACKGROUND:
Cancer is the third-leading cause of mortality in Kenya, resulting in unique challenges to the country's health system. An increase in the number of cancer cases in Kenya over the past decade resulted in ...
Familial clustering of cancer in two tertiary care hospitals in Nairobi, Kenya.
(2010)
To describe the occurrence of cancers in families of individuals diagnosed cancer.
Cross-sectional descriptive study.
Outpatient cancer clinics at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) and Radiotherapy Clinic at Nairobi ...
Bridging the Gap Secondary data analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Disability is one of the most neglected topics in development even though an estimated 80 percent of disabled people live in low and middle income countries (WHO, 2011). Kenya enacted the disability act in 2003 and carried ...
COVID-19 and the practice of rheumatology in Africa: big changes to services from the shockwave of a pandemic
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to far-reaching
changes in the delivery of healthcare services across Africa.
A number of drugs used in the management of rheumatic
diseases have been touted to have roles to ...
Medical Male Circumcision Is Associated With Improvements in Pain During Intercourse and Sexual Satisfaction in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
Background: Two cohort studies using data from randomized controlled trials in Africa offer the best evidence to date on the effects of voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) on male sexual function and satisfaction, ...
Provision of Services and Care for HIV-Exposed Infants: A Comparison of Maternal and Child Health Clinic and HIV Comprehensive Care Clinic Models
(University of Nairobi, 2012)
Objective:
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV programs require follow-up of HIV-exposed infants (HEI) for infant feeding support, prophylactic medicines, and HIV diagnosis for at least 18 months. Retention ...
Epidemiology of Snake Bites in Selected Areas of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Snake bites are a silent public health problem in Kenya. Previous studies on snake bites in the country have mainly focused on identifying offending snake species, assessing the severity of envenomation and testing the ...
Comment on "Encephalopathy in patients with COVID-19: A review"
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
I read with great interest the article by Garg et al 1 on “Encephalopathy in patients with COVID‐19: A review.” The authors performed a review of published reports on coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19)‐associated encephalitis ...
Morphology of the Sacral Hiatus in an African population – implications for caudal epidural injections
(Ann Afr Surg, 2011-01)
Background The sacral hiatus exhibits variations in morphology which differ among populations. These variations may influence the success of caudal epidural injections for anaesthesia. This study describes the morphological ...