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Quality of services offered to women with female genital mutilation across health facilities in a Kenyan County
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Background: Female genital mutilation (FGM) curtails women's health, human rights and development. Health system as a critical pillar for social justice is key in addressing FGM while executing the core mandate of disease ...
Blended-eLearning Improves Alcohol Use Care in Kenya: Pragmatic Randomized Control Trial Results and Parallel Qualitative Study Implications
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Alcohol use is the 5th most important risk factor contributing to the global burden of diseases, with stigma and a lack of trained health workers as the main barriers to adequate care. This study assesses the impact of ...
Nurse staffing and patient care outcomes: protocol for an umbrella review to identify evidence gaps for low and middle-income countries in global literature
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Background: Adequate staffing is key to the delivery of nursing care and thus to improved inpatient and health service outcomes. Several systematic reviews have addressed the relationship between nurse staffing and these ...
Improving health and social systems for all children in LMICs: structural innovations to deliver high-quality services
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Despite health gains over the past 30 years, children and adolescents are not reaching their health potential in many low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). In addition to health systems, social systems, such as ...
Bronchiectasis in African children: Challenges and barriers to care
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Bronchiectasis (BE) is a chronic condition affecting the bronchial tree. It is characterized by the dilatation of large and medium-sized airways, secondary to damage of the underlying bronchial wall structural elements and ...
Preliminary Effectiveness of Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Young Kenyan Mothers With HIV and Depression: A Pilot Trial
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Objective: The authors adopted a task-sharing strategy in which lay health workers delivered group interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT-G) in primary care clinics in Nairobi, Kenya, to young mothers with HIV and depression. ...
The need for global safeguards for fundamental rights of children at risk of infant oral mutilation (IOM)
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Post-Priapism Erectile Dysfunction Rates and Associated Factors in Adult Patients at a National Referral Hospita
(Annals of African Surgery, 2022-09-09)
Background: Priapism is prolonged penile tumescence that goes on for 4 hours unassociated with sexual stimulation, and can lead to erectile dysfunction (ED). Methods: Using a cross-sectional study, 78 adult male patients ...
Electronic Health Records – The Ethical and Legal Issues
(Annals of African Surgery, 2022-12-30)
Molecular Profiling of Kenyan Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an infrequent disease, and it is associated with high morbidity and mortality. It harbors a unique configuration of cytogenetic abnormalities and molecular mutations that can be detected ...