Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Global disparity in childhood dental caries: Is there a remedy?
(KMA, 2013)Objective: To determine risk factors associated with childhood caries, their association with the widening childhood caries gap between developed and less developed nations and proposition on how the gap could be bridged. Data ... -
Parents’ and healthcare providers perspectives about hospitalised children being visited by other children in Nairobi, Kenya
(KMA, 2013)Background: Throughout history, visitation of the hospitalised child has always been restricted. The subject of whether hospitalised children should be visited by other children has been accorded minimal attention. Objective: ... -
Measuring fecal testosterone in females and fecal estrogens in males: comparison of RIA and LC/MS/MS methods for wild baboons (Papio cynocephalus)
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)The development of non-invasive methods, particularly fecal determination, has made possible the assessment of hormone concentrations in wild animal populations. However, measuring fecal metabolites needs careful validation ... -
A Prospective Cohort Study of the Effect of Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate on Detection of Plasma and Cervical HIV-1 in Women Initiating and Continuing Antiretroviral Therapy
(University of Nairobi, 2014-05)Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) use among HIV-1 infected women may increase transmission by increasing plasma and genital HIV-1 RNA shedding. We investigated associations between DMPA use and HIV-1 RNA in plasma ... -
Right from primary school, I liked science: understanding health research capacity building in sub-Saharan Africa through Kenyan training experiences.
(2014)Defining research career paths that enable Africans to address local and global health issues is essential for population health. This study was conducted to better understand how international health training programs ... -
Kenyan Women Medical Doctors and Their Motivations to Pursue International Research Training
(Wolters Kluwer, 2013)There is a need to understand the factors that influence African women medical doctors to pursue international health research training because they remain under-represented in research fields but increasingly represented ... -
Postpartum weight change among HIV-infected mothers by antiretroviral prophylaxis and infant feeding modality in a research setting.
(Wolters Kluwer, 2014)OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationship between infant feeding, triple-antiretroviral prophylaxis and weight from 2 weeks (baseline) to 6 months postpartum among HIV-infected mothers in a mother-to-child transmission ... -
Intermittent Phototherapy Versus Continuous Phototherapy for Neonatal Jaundice
(University of Nairobi, 2009-06-16)This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To assess the effect of intermittent phototherapy compared with continuous phototherapy on the incidence of kernicterus and ... -
Evaluating the level of adherence to Ministry of Health guidelines in the management of Severe Acute Malnutrition at Garissa Provincial General Hospital
(2014)Half of Kenya's high infant and under five mortality rates is due to malnutrition. Proper implementation of World Health Organization's (WHO) Evidence Based Guidelines (EBG) in management of severe acute malnutrition can ... -
Topical Microbicides For Prevention Of Sexually Transmitted Infections
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Background Two decades of research on topical microbicides for prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have had limited success. However, new microbicide randomised controlled trial (RCT) data have recently ... -
Handbook on Hygiene and Sanitation Promotion Through Schools
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Calcium Channel Blockers for People with Phronic Kidney Disease Requiring Dialysis
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: This review aims to look at the benefits and harms of CCB for people with CKD requiring dialysis. -
Community case management of malaria: a pro-poor intervention in rural Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Background Access to prompt and effective treatment of malaria is a fundamental right of all populations at risk; many countries have not met the target of 60% of children treated with effective antimalarial drugs within ... -
Sub-acute toxicity of the chloroformic extract of Rapanea melanophloeos (L.) Mez in rats
(University of Nairobi, 2014-04)Ethnopharmacological relevance Cape beech (Rapanea melanophloeos) is an important medicinal plant that is widely used in most of Africa. Currently, little toxicological information is available on its safety following ... -
An operational evaluation of introducing training in newborn resuscitation for maternity ward staff at Pumwani Hospital.
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Adoption of recommended practices and basic technologies in a low-income setting.
(2014)Objective In global health considerable attention is focused on the search for innovations; however, reports tracking their adoption in routine hospital settings from low-income countries are absent. Design and setting ... -
Oesophagostomum sp. from Kenya. Identification through tissue sections
(University of Nairobi,, 1977)Biopsy material from the abdominal wall and peritoneum of a boy in Kenya with a tumour attached to the stomach wall and ulcerating through the skin, showed, on sectioning, fibrous tissue containing focal areas of abscesses, ... -
Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Control in Malawi: A Field Study of Genital Ulcer Disease
(University of Nairobi, 1995)Men with genital ulcer disease (GUD) attending a clinic in Malawi were evaluated and treated with one of five drug regimens. Haemophilus ducreyi was isolated from 204 (26.2%) of 778 patients. Of 677 men, 198 (29.2%) had ... -