Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) by Issue Date
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Mental Health Research in Africa
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Prevalence of gestational thyrotoxicosis in women with emesis during early pregnancy at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2005)The study comprised of 72 pregnant women with emesis or hyperemesis gravidarum during the early pregnancy upto 16 weeks gestation. The main objective of the study was to determine the thyroid status of these women and ... -
Case records and commentaries in obstetrics and gynaecology
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2005)Background: Cancer of the cervix is the commonest gynecological malignancy among women in Kenya accounting for almost 85% of the total. Kenyatta National Hospital is the main referral center in Kenya and thus handles the ... -
Female Genital Cutting among the Somali of Kenya and Management of its Complications
(University of Nairobi, 2005-02)The Somali community living in Kenya (and in their native Somalia) has practised the severest formof female genital cutting (FGC), infibulation, for centuries. To understand the context within which the practice takes ... -
Pattern of occurrence of clefts of the lip and/or palate among Kenyans presenting for treatment at selected hospitals
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2005-04)Background: Cleft lip and lor palate is a severe birth defect resulting from improper migration of the ectomesenchymal tissue. The aetiology of clefting is multifactorial with environmental and genetic factors being ... -
Echocardiographic Patterns Of Juvenile Rheumatic Heart Disease At The Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
(University of NairobiDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2005-10)Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 19676-00202 Nairobi, Kenya. OBJECTIVE: To describe the echocardiographic features of children with rheumatic heart ... -
What do you know about cancer? Cancer of the Cervix and Uterine Body (Booklet).
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Drug Treatment In Neoplastic Disorders of The Haematopoietic and lymphoreticular System
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Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
(World BankDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2006)An estimated 210 million women become pregnant each year, and close to 60 million of these pregnancies end with the death of the mother (≈500,000) or the baby or as abortions. This chapter focuses on the adverse events of ... -
What do you know about cancer? Prostate Cancer (Booklet)
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Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders
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Maternal Mortality
(World BankDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,, 2006)At the close of the last century, Sub-Saharan Africa still had high maternal morbidity and mortality rates, with the goals of safe motherhood eluding many governments. The Programme of Action of the International Conference ... -
Human Motivation and Emotions
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Memory and Forgetting
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2006) -
Sleep disorders,
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Mood disorders
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Study of Resin-composite Veneers by Experimental Analysis and Systematic Review.
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HIV/AIDS Mental Health
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2006) -
Epilepsy
(AMREFSchool of Medicine, 2006)