Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions

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    • Acceptability of Norplant contraceptive subdermal implants in Kenya. 

      Ruminjo, JK; Achwal, I; Ruminjo, IN (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1994)
      Norplant contraceptive implants are a relatively new acquisition onto the Kenyan family planning scene. The method seems highly acceptable to a wide cross-section of Kenyan women in government and non-governmental organisations ...

    • A Prospective Analysis Of 620 Bone Marrow Examinations In Zimbabwe: Preliminary Observations 

      Mukiibi, JM; Paul, B; Gordeuk, VR (University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1989-06)
      Of the 1,310 bone marrow examinations performed in a 16-month period in patients with diverse haematological, oncological and other disorders, 620 had sufficient data for analysis. Seventy-nine percent were from the two ...

    • Complications Of Unsafe Abortion In Sub-saharan Africa: A Review. 

      Benson, J; Nicholson, A L.; Gaffikin, L,; Kinoti, S N (University of NairobiInternational Education in Reproductive Health, Baltimore, USA, 1996-06)
      The Commonwealth Regional Health Community Secretariat undertook a study in 1994 to document the magnitude of abortion complications in Commonwealth member countries. The results of the literature review component of that ...

    • Value of sedative premedication in female sterilization via minilaparotomy: a prospective study of two local anaesthesia regimen. 

      Ruminjo, JK; Achwal, I; Maina, B (Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA, 1995)
      A prospective study of two local anaesthesia regimen for female sterilization is presented. A total of 1,077 female clients were sterilized via minilaparotomy under local anaesthesia (ML/LA) as outpatients. The clients ...

    • Malaria morbidity among school children living in two areas of contrasting transmission in western Kenya 

      Clarke, SE; Brooker, S; Njagi, JK; Njau, E; Estambale Benson B.; Muchiri, E; Magnussen, P (University of Nairobi.Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical MedicineDepartment of Medical Microbiology, 2004-12)
      Research in malaria-endemic areas is usually focused on malaria during early childhood. Less is known about malaria among older school age children. The incidence of clinical attacks of malaria was monitored, using active ...

    • Acute delta hepatitis without circulating HBsAg 

      De Cock, KM; Govindarajan, S; Redeker, AG (University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 1985)
      Abstract Infection with the delta agent can only occur in the context of coexistent hepatitis B virus infection. We describe a patient in whom the clinical features of acute delta hepatitis developed when seroconversion ...

    • The Kenyan Luo migration study: observations on the initiation of a rise in blood pressure 

      Sever, PS; Rose, G; Peart, WS; Mugambi, M; Hopwood, BE,; Khaw, KT,; Poulter, NR, (St Mary's Hospital, London, 1990)
      OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the magnitude, timing, and cause of changes in blood pressure that occur in migrants from a low blood pressure population on moving to an urban area. DESIGN: A controlled longitudinal ...

    • Norplant implants acceptability and user satisfaction among women in two African countries. 

      Krueger (Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, University of Nairobi, 1996)
      An analysis of 350 users of Norplant contraceptive subdermal implants from six centers in two African countries (Ghana and Nigeria) indicates that method acceptability remained high among the women who used the method for ...

    • Implications of Shareholder Types on Financial Performance: Empirical Evidence from Listed Companies in Kenya 

      Ongore, Vincent O; K’Obonyo, Peter O; Ogutu, Martin (School of Business, 2011)
      Scholarly interest in the relationship between shareholder types and firm performance has been evident since the seminal work of Berle and Means of 1932. The many researches so far conducted have, however failed to give ...

    • Oxidation of NADH by a rotenone and antimycin-sensitive pathway in the mitochondrion of procyclic Trypanosoma brucei brucei 

      Beattie, DS; Obungu, VH; Kiaira, JK (University of NairobiDepartment of Public Health,University of Nairobi, 1994-03)
      The pathway of NADH oxidation in the procyclic Trypanosoma brucei brucei was investigated in a crude mitochondrial membrane fraction and in whole cells permeabilized with digitonin. NADH:cytochrome c reductase activity was ...

    • Oligomycin-sensitivity of hexose-sugar catabolism in the bloodstream form of Trypanosoma brucei brucei 

      Kiaira, JK; Njogu, MR (University of NairobiSchool of Medicine, University of Nairobi, 1994-12)
      The catabolism of hexose sugars and glycerol by the bloodstream form of Trypanosoma brucei brucei incubated with oligomycin was investigated. Oligomycin at a concentration of 10 micrograms/10(8) trypanosomes inhibited the ...

    • Traditional medicines as a mechanism for driving research innovation in Africa. 

      Addae-Mensah, I; Fakorede, F; Holtel, A; Nwaka, S (University of NairobiSchool of medicine,University of NairobiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Ghana, 2011-03)
      The outcomes from recent high profile deliberations concerning African health research and economic development all point towards the need for a mechanism to support health innovation on the continent. The mission of the ...

    • The Significance Of 'Dry Tap' Bone Marrow Aspirations In Zimbabweans. 

      Unknown author (University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1989-07)
      Of the 2880 bone marrow examinations performed in a 3-year period in patients with diverse haematological and oncological disorders, 116(4%) patients exhibited 'dry tap' on routine marrow aspiration. However, when the ...

    • Attitudes to prenatal testing and notification for HIV infection in Nairobi, Kenya 

      Marjan, RS; Ruminjo, JK (Fatuma El Seyyid Maternity Hospital, Mombasa, 1996)
      Four hundred antenatal clinic attendants were surveyed for their attitude to testing and notification for HIV infection test results. The participants were systematically sampled from the antenatal clinic at the Kenyatta ...

    • Autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) in Zimbabwe. 

      Mukiibi, JM (University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1989-10)
      patients with autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura (AITP) seen in Zimbabwe between January 1980 and December 1987 are presented. There was a female preponderance (male to female ratio of 1:1,9); and the mean age +/- s.d. ...

    • Morphologic and immunohistochemical features of fulminant delta hepatitis 

      de cock, km; Govindarajan, S; Peters, RL (University of NairobiCollege of Humanities Sciences, 1985)
      Recent studies have indicated that some cases of fulminant hepatitis that were ostensibly type B were actually acute viral hepatitis, types B and delta, or persistent hepatitis, type B with superimposed acute delta infection. ...

    • Comparative study of aminosidine, etophamide and nimorazole, alone or in combination, in the treatment of intestinal amoebiasis in Kenya 

      Pamba HO.; Estambale Benson.; Chunge CN.; Donno L. (University of NairobiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 1990)
      417 patients suffering from intestinal amoebiasis were randomly allocated to 6 different treatment groups in a controlled study in 3 District Hospitals in Kenya. The patients received either aminosidine (A), etophamide ...

    • Haemophilia in Zimbabwe 

      Mukiibi, JM; Paul, B; Field, SP; Lloyd, SE (University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1990-01)
      Of the 120 haemophiliacs diagnosed in Zimbabwe in 8 years, haemophilia A and Christmas disease accounted for 90% and 10% respectively (i.e. a ratio of 9:1). Although the clinical and laboratory parameters were essentially ...

    • A fifteen-year review of female sterilization by minilaparotomy under local anesthesia in Kenya. 

      Ruminjo, JK; Lynam, PF (Family Health International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA., 1997)
      This paper is a comprehensive review of literature concerning the Kenyan experience with female sterilization through minilaparotomy under local anesthesia (ML/LA). A composite picture from analysis of several studies that ...

    • Megaloblastic anaemia in Zimbabwe: the pernicious anaemias 

      Mukiibi, JM; Makumbi, FA; Paul, B; Gwanzura, C; Pade, JK (University of NairobiDepartment of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, 1990-07)
      This study of 16 patients with pernicious anaemia (PA) (9 males and 7 females); serves as further evidence that the disease is not as infrequent in Africans as the literature stressing its rarity in the past appears to ...