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Barriers to health care for children under five in Butere division, western Kenya
(2008)Background Kenya's under-five mortality is estimated to be 115 per 1000 live births. Western Kenya is endowed with good climatic conditions and natural resources including a fair distribution of both public and private ... -
Barriers to HIV testing and counseling uptake among young people aged 18-24 years in Nyeri Municipality
(University of NairobiDepartment Public Health, 2013-11)Background HIV testing and counseling (HTC) is an important strategy in HIV and AIDS prevention and control in Kenya. The prevalence of testing in Kenya remains low among adults as reported in KAIS 2007 and also in KDHS ... -
Barriers to Men’s Involvement in Antenatal and Postnatal Care in Butula Sub-county, Western Kenya
(university of nairobi, 2018)This study sought to explore the barriers to men‟s involvement in antenatal and postnatal care in Butula sub county, western Kenya. It was guided by the health belief model to ascertain male involvement in ANC and PNC and ... -
Barriers to optimum management of malaria among children under five years of age in Garissa provincial hospital
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2013-11)Background: Malaria continues to be a major killer accounting for 16% of under five deaths in Sub Saharan Africa. In Kenya 34,000 children die annually from malaria. Kenya’s National Malaria guidelines have been adapted ... -
Barriers To Quality Care In Breast Cancer Management In Kenyatta National Hospital's Cancer Treatment Unit
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Background: Breast cancer management involves providing quality care that begins from the time of diagnosis to palliative/hospice care but despite increased efforts to increase access to breast cancer services, through ... -
Barriers to Timely Initiation and Completion of Guideline Concordance Treatment for Patients With Carcinoma of the Cervix Stage 1b2-iva at Cancer Treatment Centre, Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background. Cervical carcinoma is the second most common cancer among women in Kenya, with an incidence of 2454 per year according to Globocan 2020. Most patients (80.5%) present with locally advanced form of carcinoma ... -
Barriers to uptake of long term and permanent family planning methods among HIV infected postpartum mothers in Kenyatta national hospital
(University Of Nairobi, 2013)Introduction Family planning is a key component of prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV and reduction of maternal morbidity and mortality. While most health facilities in Kenya provide long term and ... -
The Base Catalysed Reaction Between 0- nitrobenzaldehyde and Ketosteroids and its Possible Analytical use
(University of NairobiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi., 1976) -
Base deficit as an indicator of significant abdominal trauma at Kenyatta hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Blunt abdominal trauma (BAT) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among all age groups. Early recognition of significant BAT is of utmost importance in preventing adverse outcomes. Focused Abdominal Sonography ... -
Baseline Profile, Rhythm Abnormalities and Outcomes for Patients With Pacemakers Inserted at the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2017)Keywords: pacemaker, rhythm abnormalities, indications, outcomes, Kenyatta Background: Permanent pacemakers are the only treatment for high degree atrioventricular block or symptomatic bradycardia. Quadrennial surveys by ... -
A baseline Study of extubation events occurring at the intensive care unit of the Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 2010)Background: Extubation, or the removal of an endotracheal tube from the airway, is ideally planned and executed once an intubated patient is able to maintain adequate respiratory effort and a patent airway. However unplanned ... -
Basis of host plant recognition and acceptance by Busseola fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae
(Department of Biochemistry, 2010)Busseola fusca (Fuller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is an important pest of maize and sorghum in sub-Saharan Africa whose larvae exhibits oligophagic than polyphagic feeding habits. The host plants for this species are ... -
A Bayesian approach to the spatial analysis of tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Kenya”
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Introduction: Tuberculosis is second only to HIV as the greater killer worldwide due to a single infectious agent. Improving the treatment outcome of tuberculosis is part of the Millennium Development Goals. Given the ... -
Benefit Incidence Analysis for Maternal Newborn and Child Health Services in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Mother and child health services financing is a key government priority objective in most countries and the delivery of this strategic direction usually lies fundamentally on the distributional issues aimed at addressing ... -
The binder effect of povidone on the mechanical properties of paracetamol containing tablets
(University of Nairobi, 2015-08)BACKGROUND. Binders are excipients added either dry or in solution form to drug-filler mixtures to provide cohesiveness. This ensures the intactness of the tablet after compression. Materials with low or no cohesive ... -
Binding Of Clostridium Botulinum Neurotoxins Receptors On Synatosomal Membrane Of Rat Brain
(University of NairobiFaculty of medicine, 1986) -
Biochemical and Molecular Aspects of Host Recognition and Acceptance by Cotesia Spp. Populations in Coastal and Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Lepidopteran stemborers are among the major constraints to maize production in Africa due to the crop losses they cause. Cotesia spp. are one of the key parasitoids that have been used in biological control of cereal ... -
Biochemical and Physiological Effects of Carissa Spinarum L. Extracts on Oxidative Stress-induced Infertility in the Testis of Male Wister Rats
(University of Nairobi, 2024)The exploitation of natural plant products in the management of infertility has tremendously increased, leading to the expansion of research to develop drugs targeting various types of male infertility. Infertility affects ... -
Biochemical Response After Therapy for Prostate Cancer and the Incidence of Disease Progression Among Patients Treated With Definitive External Beam Radiotherapy at Kenyatta National Hospital: a Retrospective Study
(University of Nairobi, 2024)Evaluation of the prostate specific antigen levels after radiotherapy predicts biochemical failure, distant metastasis and both cause-specific and overall mortality. PSA nadir in patients treated with radiation therapy may ...
