Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Changes in sexual behaviour among HIV-infected women in west and east Africa in the first 24 months after delivery.
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiInternational Centre for Reproductive Health, Mombasa, Kenya, 2012-05)OBJECTIVE: Describe changes in sexual behaviour and determinants of unsafe sex among HIV-infected women in the 24 months after delivery. DESIGN: Cohort analysis nested within a prevention of mother-to-child transmission ... -
Effect of heavy metal pollution on microalgae richness and diversity in Lake Victoria
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Single Dose Metrifonate Or Praziquantel Treatment In Kenyan Children. Ii. Effects On Growth In Relation To Schistosoma Haematobium And Hookworm Egg Counts.
(University of NairobiDivision of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York., 1989-10)We studied the growth of comparable groups of children with light to moderate Schistosoma haematobium infections who received a single dose of metrifonate (MT, 10 mg/kg), praziquantel (PR, 40 mg/kg), or a placebo (PL). ... -
Overcoming Barriers to Family Planning through Integration: Perspectives of HIV-Positive Men in Nyanza Province, Kenya
(2013)This study explored barriers to and facilitators of using family planning services among HIV-positive men in Nyanza Province, Kenya. From May to June 2010, in-depth interviews were conducted with 30 men receiving care at ... -
Firearm Injuries in Nairobi, Kenya: Who Pays the Price?
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Lower risk of resistance after short-course HAART compared with zidovudine/single-dose nevirapine used for prevention of HIV-1 mother-to-child transmission.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 2009-08)Antiretroviral resistance after short-course regimens used to prevent mother-to-child transmission has consequences for later treatment. Directly comparing the prevalence of resistance after short-course regimens of highly ... -
Should women with HIV-1 infection breastfeed their infants? It depends on the setting.
(University of NairobiPaediatrics and child health, 2012)Breastfeeding is the ideal infant food—it provides both optimal nutrition and numerous factors that contribute to infant immunity, growth, cognition, and health. It also enhances maternal–infant bonding and child-spacing ... -
Bancroftian filariasis in 12 villages in Kwale district, Coast province, Kenya - variation in clinical and parasitological patterns
(University of Nairobi.Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 2004-12)As part of a larger study on the effects of permethrin-impregnated bednets on the transmission of Wuchereria bancrofti, subjects from 12 villages in the Coastal province of Kenya, south of Mombasa, were investigated. The ... -
Waardenburg's syndrome in an African child.
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College or Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1970)No abstract available -
Evaluation of performance of the Gen-Probe human immunodeficiency virus type 1 viral load assay using primary subtype A, C, and D isolates from Kenya.
(University of NairobiDivision of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 2000-07)Accurate and sensitive quantification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) RNA has been invaluable as a marker for disease prognosis and for clinical monitoring of HIV-1 disease. The first generation of commercially ... -
Maternal HIV-1 disease progression 18-24 months postdelivery according to antiretroviral prophylaxis regimen (triple-antiretroviral prophylaxis during pregnancy and breastfeeding vs zidovudine/single-dose nevirapine prophylaxis): The Kesho Bora randomized controlled trial
(University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of Nairobi, 2012-08)BACKGROUND: Antiretroviral (ARV) prophylaxis effectively reduces mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV). However, it is unclear whether stopping ARVs after breastfeeding cessation ... -
Providers' Perspectives on Provision of Family Planning to HIV-Positive Individuals in HIV Care in Nyanza Province, Kenya
(2013)To inform an intervention integrating family planning into HIV care, family planning (FP) knowledge, attitudes and practices, and perspectives on integrating FP into HIV care were assessed among healthcare providers in ... -
Sclerema neonatorum (a study of 16 cases in the special care unit, Mulago Hospital, Kampala).
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College or Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1970)No abstract available -
Independent effects of nevirapine prophylaxis and HIV-1 RNA suppression in breast milk on early perinatal HIV-1 transmission.
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Medicine, 2007)The mechanism of action of single-dose nevirapine on reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 may involve reduction of maternal HIV-1 or prophylaxis of infants. METHODS: In a study that randomized pregnant mothers ... -
Forthcoming: History of Adult Education in Africa to be published by Pearson Education, South Africa and UNESCO
Tetralones were converted to tetralinylamines via Leuckart reaction.These were then used to protect carboxamide side-chains of glutamine and asparagine. Clevage studies using trifluoroacetic acid and boron tristrifluoroacetate ... -
Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale District of Kenya. III. Quantification of the IgE response in selected individuals from an endemic community
(University of Nairobi.Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1995-06)One hundred and sixty-two individuals from a community in Kwale District, Kenya, endemic for bancroftian filariasis, were selected for a study on the IgE response to filarial antigen (prepared from adult Brugia pahangi). ... -
Audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) may avert socially desirable responses about infant feeding in the context of HIV
(University of Nairobi,Department of food and nutrition, 2005)BACKGROUND: Understanding infant feeding practices in the context of HIV and factors that put mothers at risk of HIV infection is an important step towards prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT). ... -
Accidental poisoning in children in Uganda.
(Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, College or Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1969)No abstract available -
Improvements In Growth Following Iron Supplementation In Young Kenyan School Children.
(University of NairobiInternational Nutrition, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1990-05)The study was conducted to determine whether provision of oral supplementary iron to primary school children in Kenya would improve their growth. Children in the two lowest grades who satisfied study criteria were allocated ... -
Bancroftian filariasis in Kwale District of Kenya. II. Humoral immune responses to filarial antigens in selected individuals from an endemic community
(University of Nairobi.Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya., 1994-04)Humoral immune responses to filarial infection were investigated in 162 individuals, covering the full clinical and parasitological spectrum of bancroftian filariasis as seen in an endemic community of Kwale District, ...
