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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. ...
An assessment of facility-based care of diabetes, hypertension, and heart failure across western Kenya
(Kenya Medical Association, 2018)
Background: Low- and middle- income countries account for three-fourths of the global non- communicable disease related mortality. In response to the increasing number of non- communicable disease diagnoses in Kenya, the ...
Types of injuries and treatment of pedestrians admitted to a referral hospital in Nairobi City, Kenya
(Routledge, 2017)
The commonly analyzed burden of road traffic injuries is at national or urban level, using road traffic fatalities per 100,000 population or 100,000 vehicles (for instance, see Chapter 4 in this book). While this scale of ...
Household Food Security and Nutritional Status of HIV Sero-Positive Patients in Longisa County Hospital, Kenya
(Kenya Nutritionists and Dietitians Institute (KNDI), 2018)
A holistic approach to natural resource management: A case of Lake Victoria Basin
(CRC Press, 2012)
Lake Victoria (LV), with a surface area of about 68,870 km2, is Africa’s largest and the world’s second largest freshwater lake. It lies at an altitude of 1134 m above sea level and relatively shallow with a maximum depth ...
Temporal genetic differentiation in Glossina pallidipes tsetse fly populations in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2017-12)
Glossina pallidipes is a major vector of both Human and Animal African Trypanosomiasis
(HAT and AAT) in Kenya. The disease imposes economic burden on endemic regions in
Kenya, including south-western Kenya, which has ...