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    • Esteem Needs and the Retention of Community Health Volunteers in Primary Health Care Service Provision in Bungoma County, Kenya 

      Mureka B Nyongesa, Rosebella O Onyango, Rose Kakai (Annals of Community Health, 2020)
      The main objective of this study was to investigate how the self-esteem of the Community health volunteers (CHVs) influences the retention of CHVs in primary health-care (PHC) service provision. The study design was ...

    • Estimating Annual Fluctuations in Malaria Transmission Intensity and in the Use of Malaria Control Interventions in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries 

      RTS, S Epidemiology EPI-MAL-005 Study Group, Elisha Adeniji, Kwaku Poku Asante, Owusu Boahen, Guillaume Compaoré, Boubacar Coulibaly, Seyram Kaali, Youssouf Kabore, Mathieu Lamy, John Lusingu, Anangisye Malabeja, Petra Mens, Mattéa Orsini, Lucas Otieno, Walter Otieno, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Janet Oyieko, Jean-Yves Pirçon, Nicolas Praet, François Roman, Ali Sie, Valentine Sing’oei, Sodiomon B Sirima, Khadime Sylla, Roger Tine, Alfred B Tiono, Mathilda Tivura, Effua Usuf, Stéphanie Wéry (The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020)
      RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine safety, effectiveness, and impact will be assessed in pre- and post-vaccine introduction studies, comparing the occurrence of malaria cases and adverse events in vaccinated versus unvaccinate ...

    • Estimating annual fluctuations in malaria transmission intensity and in the use of malaria control interventions in five sub-Saharan African countries 

      S RTS, Elisha Adeniji, Kwaku Poku Asante, Owusu Boahen, Guillaume Compaoré, Boubacar Coulibaly, Seyram Kaali, Youssouf Kabore, Mathieu Lamy, John Lusingu, Anangisye Malabeja, Petra Mens, Mattéa Orsini, Lucas Otieno, Walter Otieno, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Janet Oyieko, Jean-Yves Pirçon, Nicolas Praet, François Roman, Ali Sie, Valentine Sing’oei, Sodiomon B Sirima, Khadime Sylla, Roger Tine, Alfred B Tiono, Mathilda Tivura, Effua Usuf, Stéphanie Wéry (The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020-11)
      RTS, S/AS01 E malaria vaccine safety, effectiveness, and impact will be assessed in pre-and post-vaccine introduction studies, comparing the occurrence of malaria cases and adverse events in vaccinated versus unvaccinated ...

    • Estimating Annual Fluctuations in Malaria Transmission Intensity and in the Use of Malaria Control Interventions in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries 

      Youssouf Kabore, Mathieu Lamy, John Lusingu, Anangisye Malabeja, Petra Mens, Matt ea Orsini, Lucas Otieno, Walter Otieno, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Janet Oyieko, Jean-Yves Pirçon, Nicolas Praet, François Roman, Ali Sie, Valentine SingLoei, Sodiomon B Sirima, Khadime Sylla, Roger Tine, Alfred B Tiono, Mathilda Tivura, Effua Usuf (The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2020)
      RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine safety, effectiveness, and impact will be assessed in pre- and post-vaccine introduction studies, comparing the occurrence of malaria cases and adverse events in vaccinated versus unvaccinate ...

    • Evaluation of ALOS, ASTER and SRTM DEM data for Anopheles habitats modeling: An example from Western Kenya East Africa 

      Jephtha C Nmor, Sunahara Toshihiko, Goto Kensuke, Futami Kyoko, Gabriel Dida, George Sonye, Ulrike Fillinger, Minakawa Noboru (2012)

    • Evaluation of changes in coagulation factors in fresh frozen plasma during storage at -18°C for 5 weeks at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital. 

      Collince O. Ogolla, Rodgers N. Demba (Medrxiv, 2023)
      Background: Fresh frozen plasma is a critical substitute therapy in management of bleeding. Increased risk of venous thrombosis has been described to be associated with high plasma levels of several coagulation ...

    • Evaluation of changes in coagulation factors in fresh frozen plasma during storage at-18° C for 5 weeks at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital 

      Ogolla, Collince. O; Demba, Rodgers .N (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2023-04-12)
      Fresh frozen plasma is a critical substitute therapy in management of bleeding. Increased risk of venous thrombosis has been described to be associated with high plasma levels of several coagulation factors.

    • EVALUATION OF THE DETERMINANTS OF CLINICAL MEDICINE TRAINING OUTCOMES IN WESTERN KENYA 

      S. K.Njeru, S.O. Adoka, Dan Onguru's (EPH - International Journal of Medical and Health Science, 2019)
      Study Objective: To analyze the learner – lecturer / instructor interaction process within the context of theory learned during training put into clinical / medical practice. This was in order to generate limitation in ...

    • Evaluation of the Parasight platform for malaria diagnosis 

      Unknown author (American Society for Microbiology Journals, 2017-03-01)
      The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 500 million malaria tests are performed annually. While microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are the main diagnostic approaches, no single method is inexpensive, ...

    • Evaluation of the Parasight Platform for Malaria Diagnosis 

      Yochay Eshel, a Arnon Houri-Yafin,a Hagai Benkuzari,a Natalie Lezmy,a Mamta Soni,b Malini Charles,b Jayanthi Swaminathan,c Hilda Solomon,c Pavithra Sampathkumar,b Zul Premji,d Caroline Mbithi,d Zaitun Nneka,d Simon Onsongo,d Daniel Maina,d Sarah Levy-Schreier,a Caitlin Lee Cohen,a Dan Gluck,a Joseph Joel Pollak,a Seth J. Salpetera (2017-03)
      ABSTRACT The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 500 million malaria tests are performed annually. While microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are the main diagnostic approaches, no single method is ...

    • Evaluation of the relationship between clinical outcome of early neonatal sepsis and HIV exposure in Homabay County Referral Hospital, Western Kenya 

      JM Naulikha, SO Adoka, C Obonyo (East African Medical Journal, 2018)

    • Examining the safety of menstrual cups among rural primary school girls in western Kenya: observational studies nested in a randomised controlled feasibility study 

      Jane Juma, Elizabeth Nyothach, Kayla F Laserson, Clifford Oduor, Lilian Arita, Caroline Ouma, Kelvin Oruko, Jackton Omoto, Linda Mason, Kelly T Alexander, Barry Fields, Clayton Onyango, Penelope A Phillips-Howard (British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2017-04-01)
      Objective Examine the safety of menstrual cups against sanitary pads and usual practice in Kenyan schoolgirls. Design Observational studies nested in a cluster randomised controlled feasibility study. Setting 30 primary ...

    • Experiences on the Utility and Barriers of Telemedicine in Healthcare Delivery in Kenya 

      Onsongo, Simon; Kamotho, Charles; Rinke de Wit, Tobias F; Lowrie, Kinga (Hindawi, 2023-05-03)
      Telemedicine is the provision of health services over a distance using information communication technology devices. Telemedicine is emerging as a promising component of healthcare care delivery worldwide, accelerated by ...

    • Experimental kwashiokor and obesity 

      Makawiti, DW; Oloowokere, JN; Konji, VN; Omwandho, CA (1991)
      Obesity and kwashiorkor syndrome were experimentally simulated in sprague dawley weaning rats to investigate the changes in energy metabolism and relative organ body weight ratios during over nutrition and under ...

    • Explaining the slowdown in medical spending growth among the elderly, 1999-2012. 

      Salim S Virani, Alvaro Alonso, Emelia J Benjamin, Marcio S Bittencourt, Clifton W Callaway, April P Carson, Alanna M Chamberlain, Alexander R Chang, Susan Cheng, Francesca N Delling, Luc Djousse, Mitchell SV Elkind, Jane F Ferguson, Myriam Fornage, Sadiya S Khan, Brett M Kissela, Kristen L Knutson, Tak W Kwan, Daniel T Lackland, Tené T Lewis, Judith H Lichtman, Chris T Longenecker, Matthew Shane Loop, Pamela L Lutsey, Seth S Martin, Kunihiro Matsushita, Andrew E Moran, Michael E Mussolino, Amanda Marma Perak, Wayne D Rosamond, Gregory A Roth, Uchechukwu KA Sampson, Gary M Satou, Emily B Schroeder, Svati H Shah, Christina M Shay, Nicole L Spartano, Andrew Stokes, David L Tirschwell, Lisa B VanWagner, Connie W Tsao, American Heart Association Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee, American Heart Association, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, US Census Bureau population estimates: historical data: 2000s, US Census Populations With Bridged Race Categories, National Center for Health Statistics, World Health Organization, National Center for Health Statistics, RN Anderson, HM Rosenberg, DM Lloyd-Jones, Y Hong, D Labarthe, D Mozaffarian, LJ Appel, L Van Horn, K Greenlund, S Daniels, G Nichol, GF Tomaselli, American Heart Association Strategic Planning Task Force and Statistics Committee, American Heart Association, JS Rumsfeld, KP Alexander, DC Goff Jr, MM Graham, PM Ho, FA Masoudi, DK Moser, VL Roger, MS Slaughter, KG Smolderen, American Heart Association Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease, and Stroke Council, CM Shay, HS Gooding, R Murillo, R Foraker, Y Chang, X Guo, Y Chen, L Guo, Z Li, S Yu, H Yang, G Sun, Y Sun, T Laitinen, TT Laitinen, K Pahkala, CG Magnussen, M Oikonen, JS Viikari, MA Sabin, SR Daniels, OJ Heinonen, L Taittonen, O Hartiala, A Younus, EC Aneni, ES Spatz, CU Osondu, L Roberson, O Ogunmoroti, R Malik, SS Ali, M Aziz, T Feldman, L Zhou, L Zhao, Y Wu, Y Wu, X Gao, Y Li, J Mai, Z Nie, Y Ou, M Guo, HM González, W Tarraf, CJ Rodríguez, LC Gallo, RL Sacco, GA Talavera, G Heiss, JR Kizer, R Hernandez, S Davis, A Spahillari, S Talegawkar, A Correa, JJ Carr, JG Terry, J Lima, JE Freedman, S Das, R Kociol, S de Ferranti, AR Folsom, H Yatsuya, JA Nettleton, PL Lutsey, M Cushman, WD Rosamond, ARIC Study Investigators, CJ Murray, C Atkinson, K Bhalla, G Birbeck (RTI International, 202-03-03)
      The American Heart Association, in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, annually reports on the most up-to-date statistics related to heart disease, stroke, and cardiovascular risk factors, including core ...

    • Explanatory models, illness, and treatment experiences of patients with psychosis using the services of traditional and faith healers in three African countries: Similarities and discontinuities 

      Olatunde Olayinka Ayinde, Olawoye Fadahunsi, Lola Kola, Lucas O Malla, Solomon Nyame, Roselyne A Okoth, Alex Cohen, John Appiah-Poku, Caleb J Othieno, Soraya Seedat, Oye Gureje (SAGE Publications, 2021-12-16)
      As part of formative studies to design a program of collaborative care for persons with psychosis, we explored personal experience and lay attributions of illness as well as treatment among persons who had recently received ...

    • Explanatory models, illness, and treatment experiences of patients with psychosis using the services of traditional and faith healers in three African countries: Similarities … 

      Olatunde Olayinka Ayinde, Olawoye Fadahunsi, Lola Kola, Lucas O Malla, Solomon Nyame, Roselyne A Okoth, Alex Cohen, John Appiah-Poku, Caleb J Othieno, Soraya Seedat, Oye Gureje (SAGE Publications, 2021)
      As part of formative studies to design a program of collaborative care for persons with psychosis, we explored personal experience and lay attributions of illness as well as treatment among persons who had recently received ...

    • Expression of IL-6 receptor correlates with Gleason grade for patients with prostatic acinar adenocarcinoma in Kisumu Specialist Hospital in Kisumu County, Western Kenya 

      C Mutai, EK Mibei, JM Etabalé, W Oyieko, GN Magak (2022)
      The potential roles of inflammatory makers in prostate cancer are subjects of intense examination and Interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R) is key in these processes. Expression of interleukin-6 Receptor (IL-6R) has not been ...

    • Expression profiling of Trypanosoma congolense genes during development in the tsetse fly vector Glossina morsitans morsitans 

      Erick O Awuoche, Brian L Weiss, Paul O Mireji, Aurélien Vigneron, Benson Nyambega, Grace Murilla, Serap Aksoy (BioMed Central, 2018-12)
      The tsetse transmitted parasitic flagellate Trypanosoma congolense causes animal African trypanosomosis (AAT) across sub-Saharan Africa. AAT negatively impacts agricultural, economic, nutritional and subsequently, health ...

    • External quality control performance in clinical chemistry: experience in Kenya. 

      MJ Mbiti, PJ Ojwang, DA Orinda (East African medical journal, 1993)
      Analysis of eleven biochemical laboratory tests was done during an International External Quality Assessment Scheme (IEQAS) in which the clinical chemistry laboratory at Kenyatta National Hospital participated. Technicon ...