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The prevalence and causes of visual impairment among children in Kenya – the Kenya eye study

Shadrack Muma Stephen Obonyo (Springer, 2020)

Background: Visual impairment is the partial or complete loss of vision in which the presenting visual acuity lie between 6/18-no perceptions of light. In Kenya, little attention has been directed towards children vision ...

Prevalence and predictors of injuries in Kenya: findings from the national STEPs survey

Gladwell Koku Gathecha, Christine Ngaruiya, Wilfred Mwai, Ann Kendagor, Scholastica Owondo, Loise Nyanjau, Duncan Kibogong, Wilson Odero, Joseph Kibachio (BioMed Central, 2018-11-01)

Injuries are becoming an increasingly important public health challenge globally, and are responsible for 9% of deaths. Beyond their impact on health and well-being, fatal and non-fatal injuries also affect social and ...

Prevalence of food insecurity in patients with diabetes in western Kenya.

Pastakia SD. Cheng S, Kamano J, Kirui NK, Manuthu E, Buckwalter V, Ouma K (Wiley, 2013)

Aims To determine the characteristics of patients with diabetes who reported food insecurity at three diabetes clinics in western Kenya. Methods This study includes routinely collected demographic data at the first ...

Prevalence of Serostatus Disclosure To Sexual Partners Among HIV Infected Women in Kisii District, Western Kenya

O W Odero MD Othero, PW Ngigi (AJOL, 2011)

Objective: To establish the prevalence and factors that determine serostatus disclosure to sexual partners among HIV infected women. Design: Hospital-based cross-sectional study. Setting: Patient’s Support Centre (PSC) ...

Provider knowledge of treatment policy and dosing regimen with artemether-lumefantrine and quinine in malaria-endemic areas of western Kenya

Watsierah, Carren A; Onyango, Rosebella O; Ombaka, James H; Abong’o, Benard O; Ouma, Collins (BioMed Central, 2012-12-29)

Due to widespread anti-malarial drug resistance in many countries, Kenya included, artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) has been adopted as the most effective treatment option against malaria. Artemether-lumefantrine ...

Pyrethroid susceptibility of malaria vectors in four Districts of western Kenya

Ochomo, Eric; Bayoh, Nabie M; Kamau, Luna; Atieli, Francis; Vulule, John; Ouma, Collins; Ombok, Maurice; Njagi, Kiambo; Soti, David; Mathenge, Evan; Muthami, Lawrence; Kinyari, Teresa; Subramaniam, Krishanthi; Kleinschmidt, Immo; Donnelly, Martin J; Mbogo, Charles (BioMed Central, 2014-07-04)

Increasing pyrethroid resistance in malaria vectors has been reported in western Kenya where long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are the mainstays of vector control. To ensure the ...

Quality of information on preventive maternal healthcare indicators in strengthening utilization of information in Migori county, Kenya

Obwocha Wilfred, George Ayodo, Shehu Shagari Awandu (International Journal of Social Science & Economic Research, 2022)

Assessing quality of health information on preventive maternal health indicators in the providing quality healthcare services is important Four facilities, leading in maternal mortality were selected for this study in ...

Rapid Assessment of Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) in Nairobi and Mombasa counties, Kenya: A Respondent Driven Sampling Survey

33. Gabriel O Dida, Francis Oguya , Francisca Ongecha, Patrick Mureithi , Helgar Musyoka, Nicholas Muraguri , Ben Mundia , Caleb Angira, Mohammed Shose, Taib A. Basheeb , Abdalla Ahmed Mohamed, , John P. Oyore , Otieno G. Ochieng , Saade Abdalla, Reychard Abdool (research square, 2020)

Background: A Cross-sectional Rapid Situational Assessment of Injecting Drug Users (IDUs) applying Respondent Driven sampling techniques (RDS) was used to recruit subjects/participants in a study aimed at assessing HIV ...

Rapid Epidemiological Appraisal of Spatial Distribution of Animal Bite Injury Cases and Rabies Post Exposure Prophylaxis in Kisumu County, Kenya

Omemo Peter, Job Wasonga, Morvan Omollo, Joy Adhiambo, Redemptah Yeda (Research Square, 2020)

Animal bites in humans provide an important source of epidemiological information which is crucial in enhancing rabies surveillance in humans and animals. Rabies post exposure prophylaxis consumes substantial resources ...

Rapid Situational Assessment of People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Nairobi and Coastal regions of Kenya: A Respondent Driven Sampling Survey

33. Gabriel O Dida, Francis Oguya , Francisca Ongecha, Patrick Mureithi , Helgar Musyoka, Nicholas Muraguri , Ben Mundia , Caleb Angira, Mohammed Shose, Taib A. Basheeb , Abdalla Ahmed Mohamed, , John P. Oyore , Otieno G. Ochieng , Saade Abdalla, Reychard Abdool (Research Gate, 2020)

Background: A Cross-sectional Rapid Situational Assessment of People Who Inject Drug (PWIDs) applying Respondent Driven sampling techniques (RDS) was used to recruit subjects/participants in a study aimed at assessing ...

Reduced transplacental transfer of a subset of Epstein-Barr virus-specific antibodies to neonates of mothers infected with Plasmodium falciparum malaria during pre...

Ogolla, Sidney; Daud, Ibrahim I; Asito, Amolo; Sumba, Odada P; Ouma, Collins; Vulule, John; Mehta, Saurabh; Rochford, Rosemary (American Society for Microbiology, 2015-11-01)

Over 35% of children in a region of malaria endemicity are infected with Epstein- Barr virus (EBV) by 6 months of age. This susceptibility may be linked to impaired transplacental transfer of antibodies. In this study, ...

Research capacity building integrated into PHIT projects: leveraging research and research funding to build national capacity

Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier1, 2*, Roma Chilengi3,4, Elizabeth Jackson5 , Cathy Michel6 , Manuel Napua7 , Jackline Odhiambo1 , Ayaga Bawah5,8 and with input from the AHI PHIT Partnership Collaborative (BMC Health Services Research, 2017)

Background Inadequate research capacity impedes the development of evidence-based health programming in sub-Saharan Africa. However, funding for research capacity building (RCB) is often insufficient and restricted, ...

Resilience among gay/bisexual young men in Western Kenya: psychosocial and sexual health outcomes

Gary W Harper, Ryan M Wade, Daniel Peter Onyango, Pauline A Abuor, Jose A Bauermeister, Wilson W Odero, Robert C Bailey (Wolters Kluwer, 2015-12-01)

To explore associations between intrapersonal and interpersonal factors and both sexual and psychosocial resilient outcomes among young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in Western Kenya.

Rethinking our Rigor Mortis: Creating space for more adaptive and inclusive truth-seeking in community-based global health research in Kenya

Charles R Salmen, Richard Magerenge, Louisa Ndunyu, Shailendra Prasad (Taylor & Francis, 2019-06-18)

As global health researchers, we have long embraced the conviction that the answers to complex problems of poverty and disease will reveal themselves if only we apply enough scientific rigor. Yet, at the community level, ...

Rethinking the economic costs of hospitalization for malaria: accounting for the comorbidities of malaria patients in western Kenya

Caroline Watts, Harrysone Atieli, Jason Alacapa, Ming-Chieh Lee, Guofa Zhou, Andrew Githeko, Guiyun Yan & Virginia Wiseman (Springer, 2021)

Malaria causes significant mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa, especially among children under five years of age and places a huge economic burden on individuals and health systems. While this burden has been ...