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Knowledge and perceptions about indoor residual spray for malaria prevention in Mumberes division, Nandi County in Central province of Kenya
(African journals online, 2017)
Malaria control and intervention tools usage and coverage in community depend on community acceptability and compliance. Indoor residual spray (IRS) and long lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) are the preferred and ...
Upregulation of Peripheral Blood Levels of Immune-Regulatory Interleukin-10 Cytokine in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Compared to Non-infected Pregn...
(2012)
Alterations in the cytokine status have been suggested to be at least partly
responsible for the immune tolerance during pregnancy. Indeed, interleukin-10 (IL-10)
cytokine is known to control inflammationinduced ...
Morbidity and CD4+ Cell Counts at Initial Presentation of a Cohort of HAART-Naive, HIV Positive Kenyan Patients: Implications to Initiating HAART
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa with under 10% of the worldfs total population accounts for
60-70% of all HIV/AIDS cases. While these patients require HAART to manage the disease,
HAART is not universally available. ...
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 ...
Malaria in Kakuma refugee camp, Turkana, Kenya: facilitation of Anopheles arabiensis vector populations by installed water distribution and catchment systems
(BioMed Central, 2011)
Background: Malaria is a major health concern for displaced persons occupying refugee camps in sub-Saharan
Africa, yet there is little information on the incidence of infection and nature of transmission in these ...
Knowledge, attitude and practice towards zoonoses among public health workers in Nyanza province, Kenya
(J Epidemiol Public Health Rev, 2012)
We sought to determine the knowledge and attitude of public health workers (PHWs) with respect to emerging and re-emerging zoonotic diseases and the practice of one health approach in the surveillance of zoonoses in the ...
Tumor infiltrating leukocyte density is independent of tumor grade and molecular subtype in aggressive breast cancer of Western Kenya
(Springer, 2017)
Tumors commonly are infiltrated by leukocytes, or tumor infiltrating leukocytes (TILs). It remains unclear, however, if the density and type of individual TILs has a direct or simply correlative role in promoting poor ...
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 ...
Assessment of patient satisfaction levels in a County Referral Hospital: A case of Busia County Referral Hospital
(Baraton Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 2017)
In health care settings, excellence is measured in health outcomes and patient satisfaction. As part of monitoring
and evaluation envisioned by health policy framework in Kenya, assessing patient satisfaction is one ...
Research capacity building integrated into PHIT projects: leveraging research and research funding to build national capacity
(BMC Health Services Research, 2017)
Background
Inadequate research capacity impedes the development of evidence-based health programming in sub-Saharan Africa. However, funding for research capacity building (RCB) is often insufficient and restricted, ...