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Sources of resillience among kenyan youth newly diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in the nairobi slum of kibera: Implications for intervetion
(University Of Nairobi, 2009)
Adolescents and young adults who are living with HIV in Kenya comprise a growing percentage of the population. Currently, youth (ages 15-35) represent 38% of the Kenyan population, yet over 60% of new HIV infections occur ...
Neonatal bacterial meningitis at the newborn unit of Kenyatta National Hospital
(2003)
Meningitis occurs in up to one third of neonates with septicaemia. Diagnosis is difficult due to its non-specificity of signs and symptoms. While neonatal septicaemia is a common problem at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), ...
Neonatal survival of infants less than 2000 grams born at Kenyatta National Hospital.
(2002)
Background: Survival of patients is regularly used as a measure of the level and appropriateness of medical care provided by institutions. Newborn services have been evaluated in this manner since the 1960s. Though Kenyatta ...
Occurence of ulcerative oral lesions at Kenyatta national hospital,Nairobi Kenya
(1994)
This study was done as part of a WHO international survey of orofacial mutilations and NOMA cases referred to out-patient clinic and care centres in 1992. Files of 16,000 patients who were treated at the Dental Unit of ...
Surgery for post-vitrectomy cataract (Review)
(2011)
Background
Cataract formation or acceleration can occur after intraocular surgery, especially following vitrectomy, a surgical technique for removing
the vitreous used in the treatment of disorders that affect the posterior ...
Stabilised antenatal HIV-l seroprevalence in Nairobi, in the face of high population mobility: is age restriction now appropriate in screening?
(2003)
Abstract
Objectives: To measure HIV -1 seroprevalence in pregnant women in Nairobi.
Design: Six serial surveys were carried out between November 1991 and April 1997. Methods: Women attending four Nairobi City Council ...
Oral health knowledge attitude practices and caries experience among 10-12year olds in childrens homes
(2009)
The objective was to determine knowledge, attitude, practices and caries experience for 10- 12 year aids in two children's homes. The results showed 33(63%) of the children were able to identify tooth decay as a disease ...
Infection with methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus: Case report
(University Of Nairobi, 2008-06)
Infection in surgery causes delay in wound healing, increased suffering to the patient and increases cost of treatment. In developed countries, because of very good facilities, infection has been cut down to 0.5-5%. The ...
Subcapsular orchidectomy in the management of prostatic carcinoma in Nigerians.
(1989-06)
Thirty patients with advanced prostatic carcinoma were treated by subcapsular orchidectomy at the urology unit of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital. Post orchidectomy plasma testosterone levels measured at 3 and 6 ...
Transmission intensity and the immunoepidemiology of bancroftian filariasis in East Africa
(2001)
Previous attempts to determine the interactions between filariasis transmission intensity, infection and chronic disease have been limited by a lack of a theoretical framework that allows the explicit examination of ...