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Utilization of integrated management of childhood illnesses for child health in Western Kenya
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING DIDACTICS, 2015-01)
Implementation of integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) in comprehensive and holistic, forms bench mark for fifth birth
day celebration for child health, free from Malaria, Pneumonia, Diarrhea, Measles and ...
Community participation in integrated water, sanitation & hygiene (WASH) programs in supply of safe water in Trans Nzioa, Kenya
(international knowledge sharing platform, 2014)
37% of Developing world’s population lack access to clean water; 2.5 billion people lack improved basic
sanitation and hygiene facilities, over 780 million people still use unsafe drinking water. Trans Nzioa County, ...
Assess Functionality of IMCI Spatial Facility Infrastructure and Policy Utilization in Trans-Nzioa County, Kenya
(Open Science Repository Medicine, 2013)
Implementation of integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI), in a comprehensive and holistic approach, forms bench mark for basic child health in promoting celebration of fifth birth day for children below five ...
Sigmoid volvulus in pregnancy
(Annals of African Surgery., 2019)
Sigmoid volvulus in pregnancy is a rare condition that poses a myriad of challenges in diagnosis and management of the patient. It demands on the clinician a high index of suspicion, immediate treatment involving resuscitation ...
Integrated OMICS platforms identify LAIR1 genetic variants as novel predictors of cross-sectional and longitudinal susceptibility to severe malaria and all-cause mortality in …
(Elsevier, 2019-07-01)
Background: Severe malarial anaemia (SMA) is a leading cause of childhood mortality in holoendemic Plasmodium
falciparum regions.
Methods: To gain an improved understanding of SMA pathogenesis, whole genome and transcriptome ...
Quality Blood Sampling Techniques and Influence of Socio cultural Factors among ARVs Forces Community in Seeking Healthcare
(SMU Medical Journal, 2016-01)
Project monitoring and evaluation (M/E) determines resource accountability and its impact to
various stakeholders. Plenary project success requires holistic community participation and
empowerment. However, this approach ...
A novel ED-based sexual assault centre in western Kenya: description of patients and analysis of treatment patterns
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine, 2011-11-01)
he aim of this study was to establish the feasibility of a Kenyan emergency department (ED)-based sexual assault centre; and to improve knowledge of the characteristics of sexual assault in the region.
Evaluation of the Parasight platform for malaria diagnosis
(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, ...
Direct detection of bacteremia by exploiting host-pathogen interactions of lipoteichoic acid and lipopolysaccharide
(Nature Publishing Group, 2019-04-17)
Bacteremia is a leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa where childhood mortality rates are the highest in the world. The early diagnosis of bacteremia and initiation of treatment saves lives, especially in high-disease ...
Reduced interferon (IFN)-α conditioned by IFNA2 (− 173) and IFNA8 (− 884) haplotypes is associated with enhanced susceptibility to severe malarial anemia and longitudinal all
(Springer-Verlag, 2012-08-01)
Severe malarial anemia (SMA) is a leading cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality in holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum transmission areas. Although dysregulation in cytokine production is an important etiology of SMA, ...