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To Triage or Not? Positive Predictive Value of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid for Diagnosis of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade 2 or Worse (CIN2+) among HIV-Positive Women in a Low-Resource Setting

Chemtai Mungo, Cyrillus Ogollah, Jennifer Ambaka, Magdalene Randa, Jackton Omoto and Craig Cohen (American Association for Cancer Research., 2021)

Purpose: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends human papillomavirus (HPV) as a primary screening test within "screen-and-treat" cervical cancer programs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Following a ...

Antenatal iron supplementation, FGF23, and bone metabolism in Kenyan women and their offspring: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial

Vickie S Braithwaite, Martin N Mwangi, Kerry S Jones, Ayşe Y Demir, Ann Prentice, Andrew M Prentice, Pauline E A Andang'o, Hans Verhoef (The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2021)

Background Fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23) regulates body phosphate homeostasis primarily by increasing phosphaturia. It also acts as a vitamin D-regulating hormone. Maternal iron deficiency is associated with perturbed ...

From Semiotics to Three-Dimensional Multimodality

BO Okal, J Okello (Indiana Publications, 2021)

Semiotics traces its roots to Ferdinand de Saussure’s classical book Course de Linguistique Generale in which it is defined as the study of signs, signifiers and the signified in order to relate with meaning. It is the ...

Food Environment in and around Primary School Children’s Schools and Neighborhoods in Two Urban Settings in Kenya

Constance Awuor Gewa, Agatha Christine Onyango, Rose Okoyo Opiyo, Lawrence Cheskin, Joel Gittelsohn (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021)

Abstract: We conducted a cross-sectional study to provide an overview primary school children food environment in two urban settings in Kenya. Six schools, catering to children from low-, medium- and high-income households ...

Agricultural Production, Traditional Foods and Household Food Insecurity in Rural Kenya: Practice, Perception and Predictors

Constance Awuor Gewa, Bonnie Stabile, Phil Thomas, Agatha Christine Onyango, Frederick Obondo Angano (Taylor & Francis, 2021)

lthough rural households in Kenya rely on agricultural production for their livelihood, attaining food security is challenging in areas experiencing harsh agro-ecological conditions. We utilized mixed methods research ...

Association Between Primary School Students’ Unhealthful Behaviors and Overweight/Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in Urban Kenya

Constance A Gewa, Agatha Christine Onyango, Rose Okoyo Opiyo, Joel Gittelsohn, Lawrence J Cheskin (Research Square, 2021)

: Although obesity prevalence is known to be rising in East Africa, research on childhood obesity is still minimal. We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine the prevalence of unhealthful dietary patterns, physical ...

Burden of disease and risk factors for mortality amongst hospitalized newborns in Nigeria and Kenya

Helen M Nabwera, Dingmei Wang, Olukemi O Tongo, Pauline EA Andang’o, Isa Abdulkadir, Chinyere V Ezeaka, Beatrice N Ezenwa, Iretiola B Fajolu, Zainab O Imam, Martha K Mwangome, Dominic D Umoru, Abimbola E Akindolire, Walter Otieno, Grace M Nalwa, Alison W Talbert, Ismaela Abubakar, Nicholas D Embleton, Stephen J Allen, Neonatal Nutrition Network (NeoNuNet) (Public Library of Science, 2021)

Objective To describe the patient population, priority diseases and outcomes in newborns admitted <48 hours old to neonatal units in both Kenya and Nigeria. Study design In a network of seven secondary and tertiary level ...

Effect of maternal aflatoxin exposure through diet on growth of infants 0 - 3 months in Kisumu County, Kenya.

M. I., Obade, P., Andang'o, C., Obonyo, Lusweti, F. (EBSCO host, 2021)

Aflatoxins are naturally occurring carcinogenic toxins associated with poor growth outcomes in young children. Although evidence supports mother-to-infant exposure during pregnancy and breastfeeding, evidence of its effect ...

Decentralized, primary-care delivered epilepsy services in Burera District, Rwanda: Service use, feasibility, and treatment

Beatha Nyirandagijimana, Alphonse Nshimyiryo, Hildegarde Mukasakindi, Jackline Odhiambo, Eugenie Uwimana, Valerie Mukamurenzi, Robert Bienvenu, Jean Sauveur Ndikubwimana, Clemence Uwamaliya, Priya Kundu, Paul H Park, Tharcisse Mpunga, Giuseppe J Raviola, Fredrick Kateera, Christian Rusangwa, Stephanie L Smith (Eneurologicalsci, 2021)

Background Integrating epilepsy care into primary care settings could reduce the global burden of illness attributable to epilepsy. Since 2012, the Rwandan Ministry of Health and the international nonprofit Partners In ...

Aspects of graphology in the construction of selected Kiswahili children’s novels

Eliud Musotsi, Frida Miruka, Benard Okal (Royallite Global, Kenya, 2021)

Graphology has today dominated children’s literature making it look like an amorphous and an ambiguous creature with its relationship to its audience. Children lack the required knowledge and skills to associate meaning ...