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General Obstetrics and Gynecology-Gynecology-Cervical shedding of herpes simplex virus and cytomegalovirus throughout the menstrual cycle in women infected with human immunodeficiency virus type
(Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 2000) -
Global and Local Strategies to Increase Nursing Educational Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Department of African Women's Studies Centre, 2012-08)There is a critical shortage of nurses in the developing world with an average of only 11 nurse per 10,000 population. Efforts to increase the number of nurses are hampered in part because of a lack of facility, material, ... -
Global child dental Health with selected Global school based dental health programs
(University of Nairobi, 2013-08-05) -
Glycaemic control during surgery in diabetic patients at Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences, 2006)Objective - To study the patterns of glycaemic control in diabetic patients undergoing surgery in Kenyatta National Hospital. Design - A cross sectional, prospective study. Setting - Kenyatta National Hospital operating ... -
Haematological abnormalities in visceral leishmaniasis
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 1980-09) -
A handbook on how to write text books for the University of Nairobi
(University of Nairobi,School of Education, 2006)Quality of health education during STD case management in Nairobi was assessed in 142 healthcare facilities, through interviews of 165 providers, observation of 441 STD patients managed by these providers, and 165 visits ... -
Handbook On Paediatric Aids In Africa For Medical Students, Doctors And Primary Care Workers
(University of NairobiDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2011) -
Health and Disease in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, 1974) -
Health care seeking behaviour of tuberculosis patients in Obunga slums, Kisumu
(University of NairobiInstitute Of Anthropology, Gender And African Studies, 2007)This study was designed to investigate the health care seeking behaviour of TB patients in Obunga slums in Kisumu district. Field work for the study was conducted in the health care facilities located in Obunga slums and ... -
Health system challenges to integration of mental health delivery in primary care in Kenya- perspectives of primary care health workers
(2013-09-30)Abstract Background Health system weaknesses in Africa are broadly well known, constraining progress on reducing the burden of both communicable and non-communicable disease (Afr Health Monitor, ... -
Health system challenges to integration of mental health delivery in primary care in Kenya- perspectives of primary care health workers.
(University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, 2013-09)BACKGROUND: Health system weaknesses in Africa are broadly well known, constraining progress on reducing the burden of both communicable and non-communicable disease (Afr Health Monitor, Special issue, 2011, 14-24), and ... -
Healthy Heart Africa-Kenya: A 12-Month Prospective Evaluation of Program Impact on Health Care Providers' Knowledge and Treatment of Hypertension.
(2019-03-14)Given the rising burden of hypertension in Africa, the Healthy Heart Africa program was developed to improve access to quality hypertension care in the primary care setting. The Healthy Heart Africa program provides a ... -
Histology of specimens taken by prostatectomy and needle biopsy.
(Department of Surgery, University of Nairobi, 2007-08)OBJECTIVES: To determine the histology of the prostate in prostatectomy done for benign prostatic hypertrology (BPH), and prostate needle biopsy done for raised prostatic specific antigen (PSA). DESIGN: A ... -
The history of the formation of the Pan African paediatric surgical Association (PAPSA).
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Political change in the 1990s in Southern Africa influenced the long awaited formation of a children's surgical association in Africa. Here, within is the historical account of the formation of the Pan African Association ... -
HIV prevention and street-based male sex workers: an evaluation of brief interventions.
(Center for HIV Prevention and Research, University of Nairobi, 2006)This study shows that brief interventions to reduce HIV risk were acceptable to male sex workers (MSWs) and are efficacious for reducing unprotected anal sex during paid sexual encounters. These methods should be developed ... -
HIV/AIDS and STI Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Behaviour Baseline Assessment: Eastern Province, Kenya
(University of NairobiInstitute of African Studies, 2008) -
HIV/AIDS and Debt Crises: Threat to human survival in Sub‐Saharan Africa*
(Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2003)Whether originating from the African primates in the Central African forest, or from polio vaccine trials by some western scientists, there is no doubt that HIV/AIDS poses the greatest single challenge to the marginalized ...