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Follow up of patients after open heart surgery
(1998-12)
Objective: To determine the patient drop out to postoperative follow up for heart patients at
the Kenyatta National Hospital.
Design setting and participants: The study analysed the postoperative attendance of heart
patients ...
Burkitt's lymphoma: the initial defining characteristics
(2004)
Objectives: To put together salient historical, geographical and biological characteristics of Burkitt's lymphoma.
Data Sources: Burkitt's lymphoma study data gathered over a ten year study, other publications, original ...
Reasons underlying failure to seek dental treatment among Nairobi University students
(1996-05)
A survey of 272 University of Nairobi undergraduate students was undertaken to assess their dental chairside experience and what reasons they gave for failing to seek dental treatment. Most respondents considered dental ...
Knowledge and attitude of MTCT of HIV among women in Karatina and Homabay Hospitals before and after counseling
(2005)
This project is part of the 11 country PMTC project of UNICEF, UNAIDS and WHO.
The Three Kenyan sites supported by NARESA and MOH are KNH, Karatina and Homabay.
Operations research is supported by Horizons and USAID.
The ...
Management and survival in advanced prostate cancer in Nairobi.
(2000-05)
Objective:
To evaluate the management and survival of patients with advanced prostate cancer in this locality.
Design:
A prospective case study.
Setting:
Kenyatta National Referral Hospital and the Nairobi and Mater ...
Predictors of early mortality in a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus Type 1-infected African Children
(2004)
Background: Pediatric human immunodeficiency virus type 1
(HIV-1) infection follows a bimodal clinical course with rapid
progression in 10–45% of children before the age of 2 years and
slower progression in the remainder. ...
Ocular injuries in children
(2008-01)
Objectives: To describe the epidemiology, referral system and visual outcomes of eye injuries in children.
Design: Retrospective case series.
Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Nairobi, Kenya.
Subjects: ...
Evaluation of a quantitative real-time PCR assay to measure HIV-specific mucosal CD8+ T Cell responses in the cervix
(2010)
Several candidate HIV vaccines aim to induce virus-specific cellular immunity particularly in the genital tract, typically the
initial site of HIV acquisition. However, standardized and sensitive methods for evaluating ...
Sensitivity and specificity of HIV rapid tests used for research and voluntary counselling and testing
(2008-10)
Background: HIV rapid tests (RT) are a quick and non-technically demanding means
to perform HIV voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) but understanding their
limitations is vital to delivering quality VCT.
Objective: ...
Rapid Decline in Risk of HIV-l Acquisition After Enrollment in a Vaccine Preparedness Cohort of Kenyan Prostitutes: Implications for the Design of HIV -1 Vaccine Efficacy Trials
(2002-02)
Background: In designing HIY-l vaccine efficacy trials, it will be important to accounrfor changes in HIY -1 incidence, especially changes over time and while participating in riskreduction programs.
Methods: Data from ...