Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: assessing the accuracy of routinely collected data on maternal antiretroviral prophylaxis coverage in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Objective To explore the accuracy of routinely collected prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) coverage data in Kenya. Methods In case studies at two government hospitals, the authors reviewed national ... -
Linking women who test HIV-positive in pregnancy-related services to long-term HIV care and treatment services: a systematic review
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Objectives To quantify attrition between women testing HIV-positive in pregnancy-related services and accessing long-term HIV care and treatment services in low- or middle-income countries and to explore the reasons ... -
Traumatic experiences, posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression, and health-risk behavior in relation to injury among University of Nairobi students in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and types of injuries in relation to traumatic experiences, posttraumatic stress symptoms, depression, and health-risk behaviors among university students in Kenya. METHOD: A ... -
Effectiveness of hormonal contraception in HIV-infected women using antiretroviral therapy.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to assess whether antiretroviral therapy (ART) may diminish the effectiveness of hormonal contraceptive methods. METHODS: Using data from 5153 HIV-infected women followed ... -
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) on Rift Valley Fever among Pastoralist Communities of Ijara District, North Eastern Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)Outbreaks of Rift Valley fever (RVF), a mosquito-borne viral zoonosis, have previously been associated with unusually heavy rainfall and extensive flooding. The disease is a serious public health problem in Africa and the ... -
The journey to improve the prevention and management of childhood tuberculosis: the Kenyan experience.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Child tuberculosis (TB) cases in Kenya, a high TB burden country, constitute more than one tenth of all TB cases. This paper describes Kenya's efforts in the past decade to increase awareness about policy, improve leadership ... -
New Australopithecus femora from East Rudolf, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1973)New fossil femora attributed to Australopithecus from East Rudolf, Kenya, form the basis for a three-dimensional reconstruction of a complete femur. The reconstruction and the known fossils are compared with the femora of ... -
Genome-wide analysis of selection on the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in West African populations of differing infection endemicity.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Locally varying selection on pathogens may be due to differences in drug pressure, host immunity, transmission opportunities between hosts, or the intensity of between-genotype competition within hosts. Highly recombining ... -
A liquid chromatographic method for the simultaneous determination of amlodipine, valsartan and hydrochlorothiazide in tablets.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)A simple, rapid, sensitive, specific, accurate, precise and fast high performance liquid chromatographic method for the determination of antihypertensive drugs amlodipine, valsartan and hydrochlorothiazide singly or in ... -
Perception to cadaver dissection and views on anatomy as a subject between two pioneer cohorts in a Kenyan medical school
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Cadaver dissection has been used as the main method of teaching human anatomy for the last five centuries. There are emerging concerns on the negative consequences of cadaver dissection on medical students, leading to ... -
Study of the variations of superior cerebellar artery in human cadavers
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Superior Cerebellar Artery (SCA) arises just caudal to the bifurcation of basilar artery. The artery may be exposed in various neurosurgical procedures pertaining to the basilar apex, cerebellopontine angle, ... -
Clinical trials in Surgery
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Clinical and experimental investigation of immune complexes in malaria
(University of Nairobi, 1976-07)Aotus monkeys infected with quartan malaria (Plasmodium brasilianum) and injected iv with radiolabeled anti-P. malariae IgG and/or normal IgG (no malarial antibodies) showed (a) increased in vivo binding of malarial ... -
Inflammation and HIV Transmission in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2015)While the per-contact risk of sexual HIV transmission is relatively low, it is fourfold higher in sub-Saharan Africa, and this may partly explain the major global disparities that exist in HIV prevalence. Genital immune ... -
Topic: Inguinal Hernia - Influence of guidelines on daily practice.
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Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma congolense in mice
(University of Nairobi, 1983)Pregnant mice were infected with a strain of T. congolense which produces a chronic infection, to determine if congenital infection can occur. Some of the mice were killed before delivery and tissues of foetuses injected ... -
Immune function in intrauterine growth retardation
(University of Nairobi, 1998)A one-year longitudinal study was carried out on 2 groups of Kenyan intrauterine growth retarded infants and normal weight full-term infants to determine the effects of intrauterine malnutrition and other nutrient deficiencies ... -
The effects of the continuous administration of N,N-dimethyl-4-phenylazoaniline (DAB) on the activities and the inducibilities of some drug-metabolizing enzymes in rat liver
(University of Nairobi, 1975)1) The effect of feeding a relatively low-protein diet containing 0.06 % DAB for 29 weeks on the activity of DAB-azoreductase, nitroreductase (p-nitrobenzoic acid), N-oxidase (N,N-dimethylaniline), N-demethylase (DAB), ... -
The effect of chronic childhood malnutrition on growth and gonadotropin excretion during puberty
(University of Nairobi, 1981)There is little information available in man regarding gonadal vs. hypothalamic-pituitary contributions to malnutrition-related delayed puberty. To investigate this question, a cross-sectional study was made of 342 rural ... -
Simulation of the effect of maize porridge fortified with grain amaranth or micronutrient powder containing NaFeEDTA on iron intake and status in Kenyan children
(University of Nairobi, 2013-09)Objective Simulating the probable impact of grain amaranth and highly absorbable, low-Fe micronutrient powder (MNP) on Fe status in a potential target population is an essential step in choosing and developing an appropriate ...