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The effect of antenatal iron supplementation on fibroblast growth factor-23 concentration in mothers and infants: a randomised controlled trial in rural Kenya
(BioScientifica, 2017-07-01)
Objectives: Murine studies have shown that iron deficiency during pregnancy can cause abnormal phosphate and bone metabolism in offspring by elevating concentrations of fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23). FGF23 exists in ...
Resilience among gay/bisexual young men in Western Kenya: psychosocial and sexual health outcomes
(Wolters Kluwer, 2015-12-01)
To explore associations between intrapersonal and interpersonal factors and both sexual and psychosocial resilient outcomes among young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in Western Kenya.
The use of non-standard motorcycle helmets in low-and middle-income countries: a multicentre study
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2013-06-01)
The use of non-standard motorcycle helmets has the potential to undermine multinational efforts aimed at reducing the burden of road traffic injuries associated with motorcycle crashes. However, little is known about the ...
Pattern of pedestrian injuries in the city of Nairobi: implications for urban safety planning
(Springer US, 2013-10-01)
Pedestrians are overrepresented in road traffic injuries and deaths in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, yet little research has been done to provide better understanding of the characteristics of pedestrian injuries. ...
Distribution of orofacial clefts and frequent occurrence of an unusual cleft variant in the Rift Valley of Kenya
(SAGE Publications, 2007-07)
To investigate the pattern and distribution of nonsyndromic orofacial clefts among patients in the Rift Valley region of northwestern Kenya.
The Mosoriot medical record system: design and initial implementation of an outpatient electronic record system in rural Kenya
(Elsevier, 2000)
Mosoriot Health Center is a rural primary care facility situated on the outskirts of Eldoret, Kenya in sub-Saharan Africa. The region is characterised by widespread poverty and a very poor technology infrastructure. Many ...
Applying More Than 25 Years of Electronic Patient Records Experience to a Third World Health Environment and Making It Work: MUFHS Program-Eldoret, Kenya
(Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA); Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), 2003)
There now exists documentation of more than 25 years of effective clinical computing as well as significant failures. These systems exist mainly in economically developed countries such as Europe and North America. This ...
More Resources for Prevention, Critical Care or Rehabilitation
(Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2000)
Nearly a million people die each year and several millions sustain non-fatal injuries from road traffic accidents (RTAs) worldwide (27). Assuming the world population of 5.5 billion, this implies that approximately 2 out ...
Kenya: road-traffic accidents
(Elsevier, 1997)
RTAs exert a huge burden on the country's economy in terms of vehicle repairs, the treatment of injuries, and compensation claims. The annual economic costs are estimated to have risen from an equivalent of 1.6% of gross ...
Road traffic accidents in Kenya: An epidemiological appraisal
(Nairobi Medical Association of East Africa, 1995)
A descriptive analysis of road traffic accident (RTA) and injury data in Kenya was done using routine accident reports, official statistical abstracts, published and unpublished surveys. The characteristics of injury-producing ...