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Burden of disease and risk factors for mortality amongst hospitalized newborns in Nigeria and Kenya
(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 ...
Dietary intake of HIV-seropositive clients attending Longisa County Hospital Comprehensive Care Clinic, Bomet County, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Inadequate dietary intake, infections and stage of disease progression elicit malnutrition among HIV-seropositive individuals,
which hastens progression of HIV to full-blown AIDS.
Aim: The study sought to determine the ...
Breakfast Missing Pattern of Pre-Adolescent Primary School Children Kisumu County, Kenya.
(EC NUTRITION, 2020)
Breakfast is an important meal of a day, especially to children and pre-adolescents. However, pre- adolescents seem to have the
highest prevalence of missing breakfast despite its importance to their cognitive performance, ...
Effect of maternal aflatoxin exposure through diet on growth of infants 0 - 3 months in Kisumu County, Kenya.
(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 ...
Measuring health system resilience in a highly fragile nation during protracted conflict: South Sudan 2011–15
(Health Policy and Planning, 2020)
Health systems resilience (HSR) is defined as the ability of a health system to continue providing
normal services in response to a crisis, making it a critical concept for analysis of health systems in
fragile and ...
Decentralized, primary-care delivered epilepsy services in Burera District, Rwanda: Service use, feasibility, and treatment
(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 ...
The Role of Trace Minerals in Depression: A Review of Selenium Iron and Copper
(ECronicon, 2020)
Depression is currently being reduced with selective nutrition therapies such as supplementations with selected nutrients. Adequate nutrition has an important role in mental health status because the brain needs both macro- ...
Aspects of graphology in the construction of selected Kiswahili children’s novels
(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 ...
Association between Primary School Children’s Unhealthful Behaviors and Overweight/Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in Urban Kenya
(Research gate, 2022)
We examined patterns of unhealthful dietary, PA and sleep behaviors among primary school children of different socio-economic status (SES) in two urban settings in Kenya and explored the association between these behaviors ...
Stuck in the middle: a systematic review of authorship in collaborative health research in Africa, 2014–2016
(BMJ, 2020)
Abstract
Background Collaborations are often a cornerstone of
global health research. Power dynamics can shape if and
how local researchers are included in manuscripts. This
article investigates how international ...