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Surgery of the oesophagus: a Nairobi experience
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 1993-05)On average, for every 100 patients with malignant dysphagia admitted into the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) in Nairobi, 28 will have their tumour resected. Seven in the tumour resected group will die during the postoperative ... -
Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases in Africa with special reference to Kenya: an overview.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1993-06)At the beginning of this century, high blood pressure was virtually non-existent among the indigenous Kenyans. This phenomenon of normotension continued until the Second World War following which the Kenyan African began ... -
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Epidemiology and control of lymphatic filariasis in Kwale district, Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Department of Medical Microbiology, 1994) -
Anaesthesia in donkeys using ketamine alone and ketamine-xylazine combination
(University of NairobiDepartment of Clinical Studies, 1994) -
Radiological manifestations of pulmonary TB in HIV
(University of NairobiDiagnosting imaging and radiation medicine, 1994-06) -
Risk factors for mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1995)OBJECTIVE: Our aim was to examine maternal, obstetric, and infant characteristics of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus-1 in Nairobi, Kenya. STUDY DESIGN: Proviral human immunodeficiency virus-1 ... -
The impact of HIV/AIDS on the Productive Labour Force in Africa: Paper presented at ECA Senior Policy Seminar on Socio - economic impact of HIV/AIDS on Households and Families
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Anaesthesia as a specialty of Medicine
(University of Nairobi, 1995) -
Testicular Cancer in Nigerians
(1995)This is a report of prospective study of eight patients with testicular tumours seen at the Urology Unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital over a five-year period (1979-1983). The mean age was 32.7 years. Four ... -
Radiological behaviour of the thymus in chest infection in the underfives
(1995)The thymus in the paediatric chest will often give radiological appearances of very intriguing nature. It Is known to react dramatically to stress factors such as infection or trauma. Gross hypertrophy following atrophy ... -
Public health crises of cities in devoloping countries
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi,, 1995)During the decade and a half after Alma Ata hundreds of projects were started in developing countries to implement the principles of PHC and start community based health care programs in the rural areas of developing ... -
The need for auxiliaries in oral health care
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Dental students compliance with University Examinations Instructions
(Faculty of Dental Science, 1995) -
Prerequisites for formulating an oral health policy
(Faculty of Dental Science, 1995) -
Mucocutaneous manifestations of lymphomas and leukemias in black Kenyan children.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiDepartment of Pathology/Hematology, Nairobi Hospital, Kenya, 1995-04)BACKGROUND: Childhood leukemia and lymphoma are common problems in Tropical Africa, including Kenya. Studies done in Western populations indicate that 25-50% of patients with leukemia and lymphoma have specific or ... -
Epidemiological and clinical aspects of carcinoma of penis at Kenyatta National Hospital
(Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Nairobi, 1995-06)Thirty one patients with carcinoma of penis were studied retrospectively at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, over a 20-year period (1971-1990). The majority of patients presented late with symptomatology of over one ... -
Management of carcinoma of the penis: a review
(Department of Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1995-09)Partial penectomy is effective in the treatment of T1 and T2 penile carcinoma with 80% five-year survival rates in the absence of inguinal metastases, and the residual stump is serviceable for upright micturition and sexual ... -
Curricula In Obstetrics And Gynecology, University Of Nairobi
(university of Nairobi,Department of Obsterics and Gynaecology, 1996)