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Safety and immunogenicity of RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine in infants and children with WHO stage 1 or 2 HIV disease: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial
(Elsevier, 2016)
Background
Malaria remains a major global public health concern, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The RTS,S/AS01 malaria candidate vaccine was reviewed by the European Medicines Agency and received a positive scientific ...
Male partner involvement in efforts to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Kisumu County, Western Kenya, 2015
(2017)
Introduction
male partner involvement in elimination of mother-to-child transmission (eMTCT) of HIV activities remains low in Western Kenya, despite its importance in reducing rates of child HIV transmission. We sought ...
A Unique Case of Ectopic Kidney with Variant Vasculature: A Congenital Anomaly Masquerading as Pyelonephritis
(Mara research journal, 2018)
There are several documented cases of ectopic and kidneys with supernumerary vasculature. However, we report a unique case of ectopic kidney with the right renal vessels originating from the left common iliac arteries as ...
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome components among University students in Kenya
(East African Medical Journal, 2018)
Objective: To examine the prevalence and major components of MS among Maseno University students.
Design: Descriptive cross- sectional study design
Setting: Maseno University, Medical Physiology laboratory
Participants: ...
Staff attrition among community health workers in home-based care programmes for people living with HIV and AIDS in western Kenya
(Health Policy, 2010)
Objectives
This paper examines trends and underlying causes of attrition among volunteer community health workers in home-based care for people living with HIV and AIDS in western Kenya.
Methods
Ethnographic data were ...
Effects of prescribed physical therapy exercises on blood glucose, metabolic and HbA1c profiles in pre-diabetes at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
(East African Medical Journal, 2018)
Objectives: To investigate the metabolic parameters of pre-diabetes and to provide evidence of prescribed physical therapy exercises that can be quantified and reproduced.
Design: A controlled experimental study
Setting: ...
improving household knowledge and and attitude on water, sanitation and hygiene practice through school health programme in nyakach kisumu county in western Kenya
(Journal of Anthropology, 2014)
The global problem of access to improved sanitation and water management practices has been compounded by the gap existing between knowledge and practice as well as attitude. The aim of this study was to assess households' ...
Assessment of the relationship between digit lengths and circumferences of the waist and hip amongst Ugandans
(Maxwell Science Publishing, 2012)
In human hand the second Digit (2D) and the fourth Digit (4D) present a pattern of approximate symmetry around the central axis of the third digit. Many individuals have longer 2D than 4D (2D>1) and many have longer 4D ...
Systematic cultural adaptation of cognitive-behavioral therapy to reduce alcohol use among HIV-infected outpatients in western Kenya
(Springer US, 2010)
Two-thirds of those with HIV worldwide live in sub-Saharan Africa. Alcohol use is associated with the HIV epidemic through risky sex and suboptimal ARV adherence. In western Kenya, hazardous drinking was reported by HIV ...
Sensitivity of 3D7 and W2 Clones in a Formulated Transport Medium and EDTA Anticoagulants against a Panel of Antimalarials
(Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare, 2016)
Introduction: in vitro drug sensitivity relies on the growth of plasmodium in the presence of the antimalarials.
These fresh isolates brought in for assay from collection sites normally not near the laboratory require a ...