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Multiple Firearm Injury: Case Report and Review of Literature on the Burden of Firearm Injury in Africa
(Proceedings, 8th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Durban, South Africa, Mar, 2006-03)
BACKGROUND: Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Kenya. Victims may suffer multiple injuries including maxillofacial injuries. In most developing countries RTAs are the leading cause ...
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2, Genital Ulcers and HIV-1 Disease Progression in Postpartum Women
(2011)
Background
Co-infection with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) has been associated with increased HIV-1 RNA levels and immune activation, two predictors of HIV-1 progression. The impact of HSV-2 on clinical outcomes ...
Filaria dance sign and subclinical hydrocoele in two east African communities with bancroftian filariasis.
(2002)
During population-wide cross-sectional surveys for Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaremia, circulating antigenaemia, and clinical disease in a high and a low endemicity community in East Africa in 1998, a portable ultrasound ...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices of mothers and knowledge of health workers regarding care of the newborn umbilical cord
(1999)
OBJECTIVE: To determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) of mothers and the knowledge of health workers regarding care of the newborn umbilical cord. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SUBJECTS: Mothers with infants ...
Analysis of dental casts of 6-8- and 12-year-old Kenyan children.
(2000)
Dental plaster casts of 97 6-8-year-old and 173 12-year-old Maasai, Kikuyu, and Kalenjin children were studied. The Kikuyu are Bantu, while Maasai and Kalenjin are Nilo-Hamitic subjects. The variables measured were palatal ...
Pharmacological Activities of Psiadia punculata
(1998)
A 70% methanol extract of leaves of Psiadia punculata caused a fall of blood pressure in anaesthetised rats. After a 10 µg dose of the extract, systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressures fell by 16, 13 and 14%, respectively, ...
East and Central African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
(School of Pharmacy, 2003)
Perceptions of primary health care with regard to corresponding knowledge, attitude and practices amongst the Kenyan Maasai
(2005)
OBJECTIVES:
In order to introduce a comprehensive intervention system to improve health, there is need to establish a profile of the Maasais' current knowledge, attitude and practices of predisposing environmental, cultural ...
Anterior tooth relations in Kenyan Africans
(1993)
Dental plaster casts of 235 Maasai, 116 Kikuyu and 61 Kalenjin children aged 3-16 yr were studied to determine the incidence and magnitude of diastemas, overbite, overjet and anterior open bite. The highest prevalence of ...
Breastfeeding and immunity to intestinal infections
(1995)
The purpose of this study was to compare immune response in breast and non breastfed children presenting with diarrhoea at Paediatric Observation Ward, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH-POW) and Maternal and Child Health ...