Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Early intervention in psychosis: concepts, evidence and perspectives
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, KenyaAfrica Mental Health Foundation, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008) -
Pharmacokinetics of cyclophosphamide in Kenyan African children with lymphoma.
(1984)The pharmacokinetics of cyclophosphamide have been extensively studied in adult man (Grochow et al., 1979). A few studies have been done to compare the pharmacokinetics of this important anticancer agent in children and ... -
Children who acquire HIV infection perinatally are at higher risk of early death than those acquiring infection through breastmilk: a meta-analysis
(Department of paediatrics, University of Nairobi, 2012)BACKGROUND: Assumptions about survival of HIV-infected children in Africa without antiretroviral therapy need to be updated to inform ongoing UNAIDS modelling of paediatric HIV epidemics among children. Improved estimates ... -
Millennium Global Village-Net: bringing together Millennium Villages throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
(2009-12)The Millennium Villages Project (MVP), based at The Earth Institute at Columbia University, is a bottom-up, community led approach to show how villages in developing countries can get out of the poverty trap that afflicts ... -
Liquid chromatographic separation of phenobarbitone, ethosuximide, phenytoin and carbamazepine on a polystyrene-divinyl benzene column
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2006)No Abstract -
Psychosocial and health aspects of drug use by students in public secondary schools in Nairobi, Kenya.
(Africa Mental Health Foundation, Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 2009-03)The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of family, psychosocial, health, demographic, and behavioral characteristics on regular drug use. All the students of 17 randomly stratified public secondary schools ... -
Practical therapeutics: treatment of complications of malaria
(1984)he currently used methods for assessing the therapeutic response to antimalarial drugs are relatively imprecise and insensitive. These methods are inadequate in severe malaria when the objectives of treatment are to save ... -
Kinetics, distribution, and efficacy of ceftriaxone versus cefazolin in open heart surgery.
(1984)The effects of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with hypothermia and systemic heparinization on ceftriaxone disposition were evaluated in seven male patients. A bolus dose of drug (14 mg/kg of body weight) was given, and blood ... -
Information Technology for health in developing countries
(Department of Medical Physiology, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2007-11)Poverty has deepened the crisis in health-care delivery in developing countries, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, which is a region facing a disease burden that is unmatched in the world. Whether access to proven and ... -
Patterns of drug abuse in public secondary schools in Kenya
(Africa Mental Health Foundation (AMHF),Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 2009-03)The objective of this study was to establish the association between substance abuse and the sociodemographic characteristics of secondary school students. All the students of 17 randomly stratified public secondary schools ... -
Liquid chromatographic separation of phenobarbitone, ethosuximide, phenytoin and carbamazepine on a polystyrene-divinyl benzene column
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2006)No Abstract -
Some plants used traditionally for antifungal activity in Vihiga district, Western Kenya: Herbal Wash Preparation
(Medicine, University of Nairobi, 2009-05)No Abstract -
Ranitidine in the treatment of peptic ulceration in Kenyans.
(1985)Ranitidine, a histamine H2-receptor antagonist, is now well established as a potent inhibitor of gastric acid secretion effective in the treatment and prophylaxis of gastrointestinal lesions aggravated by gastric acid ... -
Paediatric Thrombosis In Kenya
(Human Pathology Haematology and Blood Transfusion Unit, University of Nairobi School of Medicine, 2009)Management of paediatric thrombosis in developing resource poor set ups poses various challenges. The challenges are mainly related to inadequate facilities for determining underlying causes and monitoring therapy. We ... -
The implementation of mental health information systems in developing countries: challenges and opportunities.
(Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya;, 2009-01)The aims are to examine the challenges and opportunities in the implementation of mental health information systems (MHIS) in developing countries as suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO) and explored by Gulbinat ...
