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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, ...
Mechanisms and targets of Fcγ-receptor mediated immunity to malaria sporozoites
(Nature Communications, 2021)
A highly protective vaccine will greatly facilitate achieving and sustaining malaria elimination. Understanding mechanisms of antibody-mediated immunity is crucial for developing vaccines with high efficacy. Here, we ...
Ingestion of hemozoin by peripheral blood mononuclear cells alters temporal gene expression of ubiquitination processes
(Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 2022)
Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) malaria is among the leading causes of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. During a natural infection, ingestion of the malarial parasite product, hemozoin (PfHz), by circulating phagocytic ...
Effect of maternal aflatoxin exposure through diet on growth of infants 0 - 3 months in Kisumu County, Kenya.
(EBSCO host, 2021)
Aflatoxins are naturally occurring carcinogenic toxins associated with poor growth outcomes in young children. Although evidence supports mother-to-infant exposure during pregnancy and breastfeeding, evidence of its effect ...
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 ...
Decentralized, primary-care delivered epilepsy services in Burera District, Rwanda: Service use, feasibility, and treatment
(Eneurologicalsci, 2021)
Background
Integrating epilepsy care into primary care settings could reduce the global burden of illness attributable to epilepsy. Since 2012, the Rwandan Ministry of Health and the international nonprofit Partners In ...
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- ...
Aspects of graphology in the construction of selected Kiswahili children’s novels
(Royallite Global, Kenya, 2021)
Graphology has today dominated children’s literature making it look
like an amorphous and an ambiguous creature with its relationship
to its audience. Children lack the required knowledge and skills to
associate meaning ...
Comparative genomic and phenotypic characterization of invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella isolates from Siaya, Kenya
(PLOS, 2021)
Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) is a major global health concern that often causes blood stream infections in areas of the world affected by malnutrition and comorbidities such as
HIV and malaria. Developing a strategy to ...