Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Street Art: A Form of Expressive Art for Political Change
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2022-06-27)Background: Street art, urban art, or graffiti has become a voice for social change. It has greatly been used to push boundaries and make statements in the country. Street artists are engaging ... -
Influences of 3D Animation on Kenyan Media and Advertising Led by an Analysis of Michael Muthiga’s Works
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2022-06-27)The African animation scene has been slowly but surely growing and booming in the recent years. The same growth has been observed in East Africa. Animation in Kenya begun gaining traction particularly after the migration ... -
Adolescent fertility and its determinants in Kenya: Evidence from Kenya demographic and health survey 2014
(PLOS ONE, 2022-01-12)Background Adolescent fertility in Kenya is vital in the development and execution of reproductive health policies and programs. One of the specific objectives of the Kenyan Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health (ASRH) ... -
Quality of Oxytocin and Tranexamic Acid for the Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tanzania
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Objective: To check the quality of oxytocin and tranexamic acid-two recommended products for prevention and treatment of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH)-used in facilities taking part in an implementation research project to ... -
Home-based Hiv Testing for Children: a Useful Complement for Caregivers With More Children, Who Are Male, and With an Hiv Negative Partner
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Expanding index and family-based testing (HBT) is a priority for identifying children living with HIV. Our study characterizes predictors that drive testing location choice for children of parents living with HIV. Kenyan ... -
Providing “a beam of light to see the gaps”: determinants of implementation of the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach applied to the pediatric and adolescent HIV cascade in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Children and adolescents living with HIV have poorer rates of HIV testing, treatment, and virologic suppression than adults. Strategies that use a systems approach to optimize these multiple, linked steps ... -
“My Friends Would Believe My Word”: Appropriateness and Acceptability of Respondent-driven Sampling in Recruiting Young Tertiary Student Men Who Have Sex With Men for Hiv/sti Research in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)(1) Background: We conducted formative research to assess the appropriateness and acceptability of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) in recruiting tertiary student men who have sex with men (TSMSM) into a prospective human ... -
Integrating Oral Health Into Primary Health Care: a Systematic Review of Oral Health Training in Sub-saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Globally, oral health training has shown positive influence on knowledge, competency and practices for both oral and non-oral health-care workers towards integration of oral health into primary health care ... -
United Against Rabies Forum: The One Health Concept at Work
(University of Nairobi, 2022-04)Human deaths from rabies are preventable and can be eliminated by applying a systematic One Health approach. However, this ancient disease still threatens the lives of millions of people in up to 150 countries and kills ... -
Cultivable vaginal Lactobacillus is not associated with fecundability in Kenyan women attempting to conceive
(University of Nairobi, 202-03)Objective: To examine the association between cultivable vaginal Lactobacillus and fecundability in Kenyan women attempting nonmedically assisted conception. Design: Prospective preconception cohort. Setting: Nairobi ... -
A Situation Assessment of Community Health Workers' Preparedness in Supporting Health System Response to Covid-19 in Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused socio-economic disruptions across the globe. The pandemic disrupted the health system (HS) calling for reengineering in response to high infection rates, deaths, and resultant ... -
Family-Assisted Severity of Illness Monitoring for Hospitalized Children in Low-Resource Settings-A Two-Arm Interventional Feasibility Study
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)Introduction: Pediatric mortality remains unacceptably high in many low-resource settings, with inpatient deaths often associated with delayed recognition of clinical deterioration. The Family-Assisted Severe Febrile Illness ... -
Chilblain or Perniosis-like Skin Lesions in Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic: a Systematic Review of Articles
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)COVID toes or chilblain-like skin lesions represent a widespread and specific skin presentation mostly in the feet that may be attributed to COVID-19 infection. They may last for several months. We conducted this study to ... -
Strengthening Public Mental Health During and After the Acute Phase of the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Comparable Pregnancy Outcomes for Hiv-uninfected and Hiv-infected Women on Antiretroviral Treatment in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: The impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on pregnancy outcomes for women on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa remains unclear. Methods: Pregnant women in Kenya were enrolled in the ... -
Impaired Expression of Membrane Type-2 and Type-3 Matrix Metalloproteinases in Endometriosis but Not in Adenomyosis
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) play an important role in menstruation and endometriosis; however, the membrane-type matrix metalloproteinases (MT-MMPs) are not well studied in endometriosis and adenomyosis. We analyzed ... -
Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Kenya: a multicentre cohort study
(University of Nairobi, 2022-05)Objectives: To assess outcomes of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and to determine the predictors of mortality. Setting: This study was conducted in six facilities, which included both government and privately ... -
Keloids: Does patients' sex influence the presentation and recurrence post-excision?
(University of Nairobi, 2022-01)Keloid is a dermo-fibroproliferative disorder thought to result from abnormal proliferation of fibroblasts. Few studies have been done to compare the clinical presentation and outcomes of keloids based on gender. The ... -
Longitudinal and cross-sectional validation of the WERCAP screen for assessing psychosis risk and conversion
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)Background: The Washington Early Recognition Center Affectivity and Psychosis (WERCAP) Screen was developed to assess risk for developing psychosis. Its validity has not been investigated in a large population-based study ... -
Comprehensive analysis of multiple mycotoxins and Aspergillus flavus metabolites in maize from Kenyan households
(University of Nairobi, 2022-02)This study assessed the levels of mycotoxins in maize from Kenyan households. Further, local open pollinated maize varieties were compared with commercial hybrids to evaluate which variety is less susceptible to mycotoxin ...