Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Living healthy with diabetes
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)775,200 cases of diabetes were recorded in Kenya in 2014. Personnel and resources needed to manage diabetes are expensive and limited (IDF). 67.9% of Kenyans with diabetes have limited or no knowledge ... -
Traditional and complementary medicine in patient centered care and integrative medicine
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)A few years ago it was realized that in spite of high technology and general success in modern treatment, patient medical care e specially for chronic diseases was n ot being completely addressed. ... -
Community screening and assessment of dietary intake for food supplementation among malnourished children aged 6-36 months in Thika Urban Slums, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)Globally, undernutrition accounts for half of deaths among children aged below five years. Although malnutrition trends in Kenya have been decreasing, the Millennium Development Goals have not ... -
Moke’s framework for the contextualization of family-centred care in the management of hospitalised children in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-09)Appropriate management of hospitalised children is crucial to the recovery process. The philosophy and principles of Family - Cantered Care (FCC) have made it to be identified as ―best practice‖ in paediatric ... -
Is Prostate Cancer in Kenya the Most Aggressive in Africa? A Mortality Audit
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Introduction and Objective: In Kenya, prostate can- cer is one of the most aggressive diseases ranking only second to esophageal cancer, with an estimated age-specifi c mortality rate of 11.7. However, other than ... -
The remaining foci of human sleeping sickness in Kenya - Homa Bay District and Busia District - 1968-1978.
(University of Nairobi, 1981)This review of the control of Trypanosoma brucei in man in the 2 remaining foci (Busia District and Homa Bay) in Kenya in 1968-78 includes recommendations for the Busia District that a new fly barrier should be created ... -
The remaining foci of human sleeping sickness in Kenya - Homa Bay District and Busia District - 1968-1978.
(University of Nairobi, 1979)This review of the control of Trypanosoma brucei in man in the 2 remaining foci (Busia District and Homa Bay) in Kenya in 1968-78 includes recommendations for the Busia District that a new fly barrier should be created ... -
Human sleeping sickness in Lambwe Valley. (The present state).
(University of Nairobi, 1980)A brief account is given of trypanosomiasis (Trypanosoma rhodesiense) in the Lambwe Valley, Kenya. The parasite was introduced from the Busoga district of Uganda in the early 1950s and cases of trypanosomiasis, first ... -
Surface antigens of Schistosoma mansoni
(University of Nairobi, 1980)125I-labelled proteins of molecular weights 20 to 25, 43 to 46, 55 to 60, 74 to 80 and >100 × 10³ were identified on the surface of adult S. mansoni. A glycoprotein of molecular weight >100 000 was detected by ³H-labelling. ... -
General approaches to the identification of protective antigens in parasitic diseases.
(University of Nairobi, 1980)Some of the vaccination procedures which may be used to induce partial or complete immunity to parasitic diseaes are outlined, and the problem of identifying protective antigens is considered with reference to schistosomiasis, ... -
AIDS studies in Kenyan haemophiliacs
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Crosslinking In Keratoconus; Sharing Our Kenyan Experience
(University of Nairobi, 2015) -
Ocular Manifestations Of Diabetes Mellitus
(University of Nairobi, 2015) -
The effect of some exogenous co-factors and metal ions on the aerobic metabolism of D-glucose by digitonin-permeabilized Trypanosoma brucei cells.
(University of Nairobi, 1983)The effect of 3 different incubation media on the rate of pyruvate synthesis from D-glucose metabolism in T. brucei cells permeabilized with 60 /micro/g digitonin/108 trypanosomes was investigated. Pyruvate synthesis was ... -
Ocular complications in visceral leishmaniasis.
(University of Nairobi, 1983)Literature on eye lesions associated with visceral leishmaniasis is briefly reviewed, and the results of routine examination of the eyes of 50 leishmaniasis patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya, are presented. ... -
The diagnosis and treatment of threadworm in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 1974) -
A comparison of hycanthone methanesulfonate, and niridazole in the treatment of haematobiasis. Preliminary report.
(University of Nairobi, 1971-12)One month after treatment with hycanthone methanesulphonate, over 90% of patients were negative for Schistosoma haematobium, compared with 81% of those treated with niridazole -
Skills lab accreditation
(University of Nairobi, 2014) -
MSc Implementation Science
(University of Nairobi, 2014-02) -
Innovative Mentorship
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
