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Male Circumcision in Siaya and Bondo Districts, Kenya Prospective Cohort Study to Assess Behavioral DisinhibitionFollowing Circumcision

Agot, wango E.; Kiarie, James N.; Nguyen, Huong Q.; Odhiambo, Jacob O.; Onyango, Tom M.; Weiss, Noel S. (2007)

Background: Evidence for efﬁcacy of male circumcision as an HIV prevention measure is increasing, but there is serious concern that men who are circumcised may subsequently adopt more risky sexual behaviors. Methods: ...

Self-deception does not explain high-risk sexual behavior in the face of HIV/AIDS: A test from northern Kenya

Roth, Eric Abella; Ngugi, Elizabeth N; Masako, Fujita (2006)

Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, there is resistance to changing sexual behavior despite survey data indicating high levels of knowledge about HIV transmission patterns and high-risk behavior. Previous explanations for this ...

HIV/AIDS and Debt Crises: Threat to human survival in Sub‐Saharan Africa*

Odhiambo, Walter (2003)

Whether originating from the African primates in the Central African forest, or from polio vaccine trials by some western scientists, there is no doubt that HIV/AIDS poses the greatest single challenge to the marginalized ...

Ocular fi ndings in children with HIV/AIDS at Mbagathi District Hospital Nairobi, Kenya

M’bongo-Zindamoyen, A N; Masinde, S; Njuguna, M W; Kollmann, K H M; Schaller, U; Gichuhi, S; Ilako, D (2008-05)

Objective: To establish ocular fi ndings in Kenyan children with HIV/AIDS. Design: Hospital-based cross sectional study Setting: Mbagathi District Hospital (Nairobi) MSF-Belgium HIV clinic support center and paediatric ...

Sources of resillience among kenyan youth newly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in the nairobi slum of kibera: Implications for intervetion

Harper, G W; Ngugi, Elizabeth N; Lemos, D; Gikuni, A; Riplinger, A J; Hooks, K; Hosek, S (University Of Nairobi, 2009)

Adolescents and young adults who are living with HIV in Kenya comprise a growing percentage of the population. Currently, youth (ages 15-35) represent 38% of the Kenyan population, yet over 60% of new HIV infections occur ...

HIV/AIDS risk and worry in Northern Kenya

Fujita, Masako; Ngugi, Elizabeth N; Rotha, Eric Abella (2009)

Data from a 2003 survey of sexual behaviour (n = 400) conducted in the Ariaal community of Karare, Marsabit District, northern Kenya, were used to delineate patterns of risk and worry about contracting HIV/AIDS. Despite ...

Building Community Capacity In HIV/AIDS Response, The Case Of Maanisha Project

Wafula, Sam; Ndirangu, Meschack (University of Nairobi, 2009)

This case study documents the experiences drawn from AMREF’s Maanisha programme in Kenya which works with various stakeholders for a co-ordinated and participatory HIV/AIDS response. The programme applies a twin approach of ...