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Studies on DNA Molecules in Identification of Unclaimed or Missing Dead Bodies Presumed Death in Western Kenya Utilizing Physical Comparison Standards
(Highlights on Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 1, 2021)
Medico-legal form bench-mark of health determinants and provide integrated services towards criminal justice support in health. Investigations of medico-legal approaches are multifaceted and require expertise of multidisciplinary ...
Utilization of Individual Birth Plan Among Women Attending Postnatal Clinic at JaraUtilization of Individual Birth Plan Among Women Attending Postnatal Clinic at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kisumu Kenya: A Hospital-Based Survey
(The journal of global health, 2020)
Background: Kenya has a maternal mortality rate (MMR) of 362 women per 100,000, partly attributed to inadequate or lack of birth and emergency preparedness, including the individual birth plan. Moreover, a paucity of data ...
To Triage or Not? Positive Predictive Value of Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid for Diagnosis of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia Grade 2 or Worse (CIN2+) among HIV-Positive Women in a Low-Resource Setting
(American Association for Cancer Research., 2021)
Purpose: The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends human papillomavirus (HPV) as a primary screening test within "screen-and-treat" cervical cancer programs in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Following a ...
Health facility cost of cesarean delivery at a rural district hospital in Rwanda using time-driven activity-based costing
(Springer US, 2019)
Objective To determine the health facility cost of cesarean section at a rural district hospital in Rwanda. Methods Using time-driven activity-based costing, this study calculated capacity cost rates (cost per minute) for ...
Epidemiological patterns and antimicrobial resistance of bacterial diarrhea among children in Nairobi City, Kenya
(RIGLD, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, 2020)
Aim:Determine the prevalence of enteric bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial resistance among diarrheic children in Nairobi City, Kenya. Background: Regardless of enteric bacterial pathogens being a major ...
Antimalarials: Review of Plasmepsins as Drug Targets and HIV Protease Inhibitors Interactions
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2018)
Malaria is a major global health concern with the majority of cases reported in regions of South-East Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Western Pacific, the Americas, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) ...
Potential use of new cooling technologies during Tokyo 2020 Olympics and associated ethical dilemmas
(BMJ Journals, 2021)
The environmental conditions during Tokyo Summer Olympics are expected to be comparable to previous years1 with air temperatures and relative humidity in excess of 30°C and >70%, respectively.2 A previous consensus statement ...
Qualitative analysis of phytoconstituents in tragia brevipes plant
(International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research & Analysis, 2013)
The study was conducted to analyze the phytoconstituents of Tragia brevipes plant leaves. The plant samples were
extracted using methanol and water in the ratio 9:1. The phytoconstituents study was done using standard ...
Phylogeography and population structure of the tsetse fly Glossina pallidipes in Kenya and the Serengeti ecosystem
(PLOS, 2020)
Glossina pallidipes is the main vector of animal African trypanosomiasis and a potential vector of human African trypanosomiasis in eastern Africa where it poses a large economic burden and public health threat. Vector ...
Patterns and predictors of elevated blood pressure and hypertension among primary school children in urban Kenya
(LWW, 2022)
We examined the prevalence of elevated blood pressure (BP) and hypertension among 390 primary school children of different socioeconomic status (SES) in two urban settings in Kenya and explored the association between ...