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Home-based Hiv Testing for Children: a Useful Complement for Caregivers With More Children, Who Are Male, and With an Hiv Negative Partner
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Expanding index and family-based testing (HBT) is a priority for identifying children living with HIV. Our study characterizes predictors that drive testing location choice for children of parents living with HIV. Kenyan ...
A Situation Assessment of Community Health Workers' Preparedness in Supporting Health System Response to Covid-19 in Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused socio-economic disruptions across the globe. The pandemic disrupted the health system (HS) calling for reengineering in response to high infection rates, deaths, and resultant ...
Family-Assisted Severity of Illness Monitoring for Hospitalized Children in Low-Resource Settings-A Two-Arm Interventional Feasibility Study
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)
Introduction: Pediatric mortality remains unacceptably high in many low-resource settings, with inpatient deaths often associated with delayed recognition of clinical deterioration. The Family-Assisted Severe Febrile Illness ...
United Against Rabies Forum: The One Health Concept at Work
(University of Nairobi, 2022-04)
Human deaths from rabies are preventable and can be eliminated by applying a systematic One Health approach. However, this ancient disease still threatens the lives of millions of people in up to 150 countries and kills ...
Cultivable vaginal Lactobacillus is not associated with fecundability in Kenyan women attempting to conceive
(University of Nairobi, 202-03)
Objective: To examine the association between cultivable vaginal Lactobacillus and fecundability in Kenyan women attempting nonmedically assisted conception.
Design: Prospective preconception cohort.
Setting: Nairobi ...
Chilblain or Perniosis-like Skin Lesions in Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic: a Systematic Review of Articles
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)
COVID toes or chilblain-like skin lesions represent a widespread and specific skin presentation mostly in the feet that may be attributed to COVID-19 infection. They may last for several months. We conducted this study to ...
The incidence and morphology of the gantzer’s muscle in a Kenyan population
(JPPS, 2022-08-15)
Gantzer’s muscle is an accessory head of the flexor pollicis longus (FPL). Its incidence, attachments as well as relations to nervous structures have been shown to exhibit population variations, which have important ...
Concordance Between Bio-impedance Analysis and Clinical Score in Fluid-status Assessment of Maintenance Haemodialysis Patients: a Single Centre Experience
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Background: The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is rising rapidly globally. Fluid overload (FO), an independent predictor of mortality in CKD, should be accurately assessed to guide estimation of the volume of fluid ...
Neurocognitive Deficits and Socioeconomic Risk Factors Among Children and Adolescents Living With Hiv in Sub-saharan Africa: a Systematic Review
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Introduction: Children and adolescents living with HIV (C/ALHIV) are at a risk for significant neurocognitive deficits. There is limited literature that addresses the role of socioeconomic factors in neurocognitive deficits ...
Needle and Syringe Programs for Reducing Blood-borne Diseases Among People Who Inject Drugs in Sub-saharan Africa: a Scoping Review Protocol
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Objective: This review will identify, explore, and map the literature on the characteristics and implementation modalities of needle and syringe programs for reducing blood-borne diseases among people who inject drugs in ...