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Phenotypic and Genotypic Antibiotic Resistant diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes isolated from Children with Diarrhea in Nairobi City, Kenya
(PMC, 2020)
Background: The marked genome plasticity of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli promotes emergence of pathotypes displaying unique phenotypic and genotypic resistance. This study examined phenotypic and genotypic antibiotic ...
Development and Validation of a Sociodemographic and Behavioral Characteristics‑Based Risk‑Score Algorithm for Targeting HIV Testing Among Adults in Kenya
(Springer, 2020)
To inform targeted HIV testing, we developed and externally validated a risk-score algorithm that incorporated behavioral
characteristics. Outpatient data from fve health facilities in western Kenya, comprising 19,458 ...
Evaluation of human-baited double net trap and human-odour-baited CDC light trap for outdoor host-seeking malaria vector surveillance in Kenya and Ethiopia
(BMC, 2020)
Surveillance of outdoor host-seeking malaria vectors is crucial to monitor changes in vector biting behaviour and evaluate the impact of vector control interventions. Human landing catch (HLC) has been considered the most ...
Is development aid to strengthen health systems during protracted conflict a useful investment? The case of South Sudan, 2011–2015
(BMJ Specialist Journals, 2020)
Introduction Is achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 (building peaceful societies) a precondition for achieving SDG 3 (health and well-being in all societies, including conflict-affected countries)? Do ...
Feeding Practices and Nutritional Status of Children 0 - 23 Months Born to Adolescents in Maseno Division, Kisumu County, Kenya.
(ECronicon, 2020)
First-time adolescent mothers deal with challenges that place extra demands not only on their stage of adolescent development
but also on their ability to adapt to their new role as a parent. Adolescent and childhood is ...
SUN-359 Antenatal Oral Iron Supplementation, FGF23 and Bone Metabolism in Kenyan Women and Their Offspring: A Randomised Controlled Trial
(Oxford University Press, 2020-04)
Objectives: FGF23 decreases reabsorption and increases phosphate excretion in the kidney and regulates vitamin D metabolism. Maternal iron deficiency may be implicated in the pathogenesis of hypophosphataemia-driven rickets ...
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, ...
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 ...
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- ...