Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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'I stayed with my illness': a grounded theory study of health seeking behaviour and treatment pathways of patients with obstetric fistula in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Obstetric fistula classic symptoms of faecal and urinary incontinence cause women to live with social stigma, isolation, psychological trauma and lose their source of livelihoods. There is a paucity of studies ... -
Caregiver burden and correlates among caregivers of children and adolescents with psychiatric morbidity: a descriptive cross sectional study.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)OBJECTIVE: To determine levels and correlates of caregiver burden among caregivers of children and adolescents with psychiatric morbidity. METHOD: Over a period of four months, a total of 252 caregivers of children ... -
Temporal genetic differentiation in Glossina pallidipes tsetse fly populations in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Glossina pallidipes is a major vector of both Human and Animal African Trypanosomiasis (HAT and AAT) in Kenya. The disease imposes economic burden on endemic regions in Kenya, including south-western Kenya, ... -
Collaborative shared care to improve psychosis outcome (COSIMPO): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Psychotic disorders are a group of severe mental disorders that cause considerable disability to sufferers and a high level of burden to families. In many low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), traditional ... -
Post-abortion care with misoprostol - equally effective, safe and accepted when administered by midwives compared to physicians: a randomised controlled equivalence trial in a low-resource setting in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)OBJECTIVE: To assess the effectiveness of midwives administering misoprostol to women with incomplete abortion seeking post-abortion care (PAC), compared with physicians. DESIGN: A multicentre randomised controlled ... -
Assessing adherence to antihypertensive therapy in primary health care in Namibia: findings and implications.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)INTRODUCTION: Namibia has the highest burden and incidence of hypertension in sub-Sahara Africa. Though non-adherence to antihypertensive therapy is an important cardiovascular risk factor, little is known about potential ... -
High-yield HIV testing, facilitated linkage to care, and prevention for female youth in Kenya (Girls study): implementation science protocol for a priority population.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest HIV burden. Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in the age range of 15 to 24 years are twice as likely as their male peers to be infected, making females ... -
National burden of hospitalized and non-hospitalized influenza-associated severe acute respiratory illness in Kenya, 2012-2014.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Influenza-associated respiratory illness was substantial during the emergence of the 2009 influenza pandemic. Estimates of influenza burden in the post-pandemic period are unavailable to guide Kenyan vaccine ... -
2-Butanone as a carbon dioxide mimic in attractant blends for the Afrotropical malaria mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles funestus.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Most odour baits designed to attract host-seeking mosquitoes contain carbon dioxide (CO2), which enhances trap catches, given its role as a mosquito flight activator. However, the use of CO2 is expensive and ... -
Secondary bacterial infections and antibiotic resistance among tungiasis patients in Western, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Tungiasis or jigger infestation is a parasitic disease caused by the female sand flea Tunga penetrans. Secondary infection of the lesions caused by this flea is common in endemic communities. This study sought to shed light ... -
Current status of insecticide resistance among malaria vectors in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Insecticide resistance has emerged as one of the major challenges facing National Malaria Control Programmes in Africa. A well-coordinated national database on insecticide resistance (IRBase) can facilitate ... -
Risk of Fungi Associated with Aflatoxin and Fumonisin in Medicinal Herbal Products in the Kenyan Market.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Utilization of herbal products is a major concern due to the possibility of contamination by toxigenic fungi that are mycotoxin producers such as Aspergillus species during processing and packaging. Research was carried ... -
Dominant Allele Phylogeny and Constitutive Subgenome Haplotype Inference in Bananas Using Mitochondrial and Nuclear Markers.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Cultivated bananas (Musa spp.) have undergone domestication patterns involving crosses of wild progenitors followed by long periods of clonal propagation. Majority of cultivated bananas are polyploids with different ... -
Malaria is more prevalent than iron deficiency among anemic pregnant women at the first antenatal visit in rural South Kivu.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Anemia is common during pregnancy and is associated with poor outcomes. Objectives were not only 1) to determine the prevalence of anemia and iron deficiency (ID) but also 2) to identify other factors associated with anemia ... -
Nine-point plan to improve care of the injured patient: A case study from Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Injury rates in low- and middle-income countries are among the greatest in the world, with >90% of unintentional injury occurring in low- or middle-income countries. The risk of death from injuries is 6 times ... -
The Food and Beverage Occurrence of Furfuryl Alcohol and Myrcene-Two Emerging Potential Human Carcinogens
(University of Nairobi, 2017)For decades, compounds present in foods and beverages have been implicated in the etiology of human cancers. The World Health Organization (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) continues to classify such ... -
Effect of recombinant glutathione S-transferase as vaccine antigen against Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus sanguineus infestation.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)The ticks Rhipicephalus appendiculatus and Rhipicephalus sanguineus are the main vectors of Theileria parva and Babesia spp. in cattle and dogs, respectively. Due to their impact in veterinary care and industry, improved ... -
Factors Influencing the Implementation of Income Generating Projects in Public Secondary Schools in Isiolo North Sub County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Education plays a significant role not only to the individuals but also to the society as a whole. Financing of education has been a shared partnership between the government and other development partners’. Government ... -
Safety and Feasibility of a Ketamine Package to Support Emergency and Essential Surgery in Kenya when No Anesthetist is Available: An Analysis of 1216 Consecutive Operative Procedures.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: Lack of access to emergency and essential surgery is widespread in low- and middle-income countries. Scarce anesthesia services contribute to this unmet need. The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety ... -
Costs, revenues and profits: an economic analysis of smallholder tobacco farmer livelihoods in Malawi.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)BACKGROUND: The preservation of the economic livelihood of tobacco farmers is a common argument used to oppose tobacco control measures. However, little empirical evidence exists about these livelihoods. We seek to evaluate ...