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PRESCRIPTION KNOWLEDGE AMONG PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AT THE MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL, KENYA
(International Journal of pharmaceutical Sciences and Research, 2019)Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) cause 30% of deaths globally and are reported to be on the increase in sub-Saharan Africa. Medications prescribed for a CVD require a lifetime commitment. As a result patient must adhere ... -
Presence and distribution of mosquito larvae predators and factors influencing their abundance along the Mara River, Kenya and Tanzania
(Springer International Publishing, 2015-12-01)Among all the malaria controlling measures, biological control of mosquito larvae may be the cheapest and easiest to implement. This study investigated baseline predation of immature mosquitoes by macroinvertebrate ... -
Presence of the knockdown resistance mutation, Vgsc-1014F in Anopheles gambiae and An. arabiensis in western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2015-12-01)Conclusion This is the first report of Vgsc-1014F in Kenya. Based on our samples, the mutation is present in low frequencies in both An. gambiae and An. arabiensis. It is important that we start monitoring relative ... -
Presence, Abundance and Distribution of Mosquito Larvae and Their Predators On the Mara River, Kenya and Tanzania
(Maseno University, 2016)Vecor-borne diseases are becoming major health problem among communities living within major rivers of Africa. The major objective of this study was to determine the presence, abundance and distribution of mosquito larvae ... -
The prevalence and causes of visual impairment among children in Kenya – the Kenya eye study
(Springer, 2020)Background: Visual impairment is the partial or complete loss of vision in which the presenting visual acuity lie between 6/18-no perceptions of light. In Kenya, little attention has been directed towards children vision ... -
Prevalence and detection of drug resistant mutations in Mycobacterium tuberculosis among drug naïve patients in Nairobi, Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2019-12)Tuberculosis (TB), an ancient scourge of humanity known for several thousands of years, is still a significant public health challenge in many countries today even though some progress has been made in recent years in ... -
The prevalence and management strategies of gestational urinary tract infections (UTI) in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2022)Urinary tract infections (UTI) contribute to substantive proportions of adverse pregnancy outcomes. Current national statistics in Kenya show high maternal mortality (488/100,000) and neonatal mortality (24/1,000) rates. ... -
Prevalence and predictors of injuries in Kenya: findings from the national STEPs survey
(BioMed Central, 2018-11-01)Injuries are becoming an increasingly important public health challenge globally, and are responsible for 9% of deaths. Beyond their impact on health and well-being, fatal and non-fatal injuries also affect social and ... -
PREVALENCE AND PREDICTORS OF VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY AMONG INFANTS IN WESTERN KENYA USING A CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSIS
(African scholarly science communication trust, 2016)Vitamin A (VA) deficiency (VAD) is a major nutritional public health problem among children under-5-years-old in the developing world including Kenya. A community-based crosssectional survey among 1,630 children (aged ... -
Prevalence and Socio-demographic Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity among Healthcare Workers in Kisumu East Sub-County, Kenya
(Research gate, 2016)e been reported to be having a high prevalence of overweight despite them being well informed of aetiology and risks of excessive body weight. However, the problem of overweight and obesity among Kenyan healthcare workers ... -
Prevalence of food insecurity in patients with diabetes in western Kenya.
(Wiley, 2013)Aims To determine the characteristics of patients with diabetes who reported food insecurity at three diabetes clinics in western Kenya. Methods This study includes routinely collected demographic data at the first ... -
Prevalence of food insecurity in patients with diabetes in western Kenya.
(Wiley, 2013-06)Aims To determine the characteristics of patients with diabetes who reported food insecurity at three diabetes clinics in western Kenya. Methods This study includes routinely collected demographic data at the first ... -
Prevalence of preconception care provision in Kisumu county-Kenya
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2022)‘Preconception care’ (PCC) is the provision of biomedical, behavioral and social health interventions to women and couples before conception occurs. The PCC, is valuable and key in preventing and controlling non-communicable ... -
Prevalence of Serostatus Disclosure To Sexual Partners Among HIV Infected Women in Kisii District, Western Kenya
(AJOL, 2011)Objective: To establish the prevalence and factors that determine serostatus disclosure to sexual partners among HIV infected women. Design: Hospital-based cross-sectional study. Setting: Patient’s Support Centre (PSC) ... -
Profiling genome-wide recombination in Epstein Barr virus reveals type-specific patterns and associations with endemic-Burkitt lymphoma
(BioMed Central, 2022-12)Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is potentiated through the interplay of Epstein Barr virus (EBV) and holoendemic Plasmodium falciparum malaria. To better understand EBV’s biology and role in eBL, we characterized genome-wide ... -
Provider knowledge of treatment policy and dosing regimen with artemether-lumefantrine and quinine in malaria-endemic areas of western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2012-12-29)Due to widespread anti-malarial drug resistance in many countries, Kenya included, artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT) has been adopted as the most effective treatment option against malaria. Artemether-lumefantrine ... -
A Psycho-Realist Analysis of Gabriel Omolo's 'Lunch Time' Music
(East African Scholars Publisher, Kenya, 2020)The ‘lunch time’ music that was sung by a music guru Gabriel Omolo in the 1970’s basically talks about behaviors of workers specifically at the industrial area in Nairobi, Kenya. These workers are casual laborers who ... -
Pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis in western Kenya: phenotypic, metabolic and target site characterizations of three populations
(Wiley Online Library, 2012)Field and laboratory investigations revealed phenotypic, target site and metabolic resistance to permethrin in an Anopheles gambiae s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae) population in Bungoma District, a region in western Kenya in ... -
Pyrethroid susceptibility of malaria vectors in four Districts of western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2014-07-04)Increasing pyrethroid resistance in malaria vectors has been reported in western Kenya where long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are the mainstays of vector control. To ensure the ... -
Qualitative analysis of phytoconstituents in tragia brevipes plant
(International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research & Analysis, 2013)The study was conducted to analyze the phytoconstituents of Tragia brevipes plant leaves. The plant samples were extracted using methanol and water in the ratio 9:1. The phytoconstituents study was done using standard ...