Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Gender differentials in tuberculosis case detection in a rural district in Kenya
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, 1995)Tuberculosis remains a major health problem and it is estimated that each year, between 50 and 100 million people are infected by the tubercle bacillus and of these, 10 - 20 million develop overt disease and 3 million ... -
Case records and commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Health impact of sanitation programme in Kakamega district
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, 1995-07)The World Health Organisation estimates that inadequate water supplies and sanitation are responsible for about 80% of all diseases and sicknesses. Improved water supplies and sanitation can have a positive health, ... -
Effect of fresh aqueous garlic extract (allium sativum longicupis) on erythropoiesis in adult male rabbits
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Case records and commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Case records and commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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The opinion of clients and providers towards introduction of user fee for clinic-based family planning services in Kenya
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, 1995)A descriptive study of client and provider opinions towards the introduction of family planning user fees was conducted from 27th April to 27th May 1994, in six MOH hospitals which are indicator hospitals for the Health ... -
The effects of crude lyophilised aqueous extract of Vernonia hochstetteri Schip. Bip. in rats with pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus
(Department of Medical physiology, University of Nairobi, 2005)Vernonia hochstetteri (Compo sitae ), a medicinal plant used in traditional medicine to treat epilepsy by East African communities, was screened for anticonvulsant properties in rats with pilocarpine-induced status ... -
Validation of the flow charts used in the syndromic management of STI
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, 2005-11)Introduction: Sexually transmitted infections have caused an immense global burden, of disease predominantly in developing countries. The impact is felt in reproductive and child health and lately in the transmission ... -
Dog bite injuries as seen at Kenyatta National Hospital
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2005)This was a prospective case series study over a duration of three months. The purpose of the study was to determine the incidence of dog bite injuries, the epidemiological characteristics of dog bites and their management ... -
Patterns of injuries in road traffic accident fatalities seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2004)Few people can be ignorant of or unmoved b~ the enormous increase in the mortality and the morbidity caused by trauma caused by RTAs. The number of road traffic accidents has increased in recent years to pandemic ... -
Case records and commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Studies on the immunoepidemiology of bancroftian filariasis in East Africa
(Faculty of Medicine, 2002)This study assessed the effect of transmission intensity on the patterns of infection, disease and specific antibody response in bancroftian filariasis, by comparing observed patterns of infection, disease and specific ... -
Development of a liquid chromatographic method for the simultaneous analysis of six protease inhibitors
(Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Nairobi, 2005)A liquid chromatographic method for the simultaneous determination of six HIV -protease inhibitors, indinavir, saquinavir, ritonavir, amprenavir, nelfinavir and lopinavir, was developed and validated. The method was ... -
Case records and commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Determinants of malaria in irrigated and non-irrigated villages of Mwea: a comparative assessment
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, 2005)Today, approx:imately40% of the world's population, mostly those living in the poorest countries,are at risk of malaria.l-' 'which causes more than 300 million acute illnesses and at least one million deaths annually. ... -
Case records and commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Quality of health care services in Nyeri District, Kenya: patients perceptions and their effects on service utilization
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi, 2004)There is continued concern about unequal access to quality health care. In its policy framework, the Ministry of Health recognizes the challenges these emerging health issues entail. The 1994 Health Policy Framework, ... -
Case records and long commentaries in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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Pattern of adult HIV infection-associated orofacial lesions and their relatonship with ARV therapy, immune status and tuberculosis in a Nairobi centre.
(Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology, 2005-08)Background: Oral lesions, among them Kaposi's sarcoma, oral candidiasis and hairy leucoplakia have been a feature of the HIV infection from the time of the first reports and have been included in the classification of ...