Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS): Recent submissions
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Management of stage I cervical sarcoma botryoides in childhood and adolescence
(2004)Rhabdomyo arcomas are the most common soft tissue sarcomas in childhood. The botryoid variant arise in infancy from the vagina or urinary bladder and extremely rarely from the uterine cervix. Treatment regimes range from ... -
Assessing acceptability of parents/guardians of adolescents towards introduction of sex and reproductive health education in schools at Kinondoni Municipal in Dar es Salaam city.
(Public Health & Epidemiology University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2008-04)The article is about whether youth education on condom use is seen by parents/guardians as promoting promiscuity" This confiicts with the parents'/guardians' desire to protect them from HIV infection. This study confirms ... -
Elution and partial characterization of immunoglobulins bound to ovine placenta
(2000)Summary lmmunoglobulins were eluted from placentae and Characterized by immunoprecipitation. electrophoresis. western blotting and ELISA. IgG was shown to comprise the bulk of placental-bound Immunoglobulins while smaller ... -
Early pregnancy loss and neonatal deaths associated with Klebsiella pneumonia infection:
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi,, 2005)Recurrent pregnancy loss is a disease of grave psychological and economic concern. The etiology in the vast majority of the cases is unknown or at best poorly understood. Although Klebsiella pneumonia infections have been ... -
Common conditions leading to cattle carcass and offal condemnations at 3 abattoirs in the Western Province of Zambia and their zoonotic implications to consumers
(2006)From a total of 32 717 cattle slaughtered, 183 whole carcass condemnations were attributable to 9 diseases and conditions, namely, tuberculosis (TB), cysticercosls, emaciation, generalised lymphadenitis, jaundice, abscesses, ... -
Differential expression of a DNA fragment obtained from in vivo and in vitro propagated parasites of Trypanosoma congolense.
(Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, 2004)Trypanosoma congolense parasites are routinely propagated in vitro in many laboratories for various studies. However it is important to know whether the in vitro propagated parasites express the same genes as the in vivo ... -
The Making of an Urban Mganga:
(1982)ABSTRACT: The need persists for traditional medical practitioners in' countries where medical facilities are limited. I n addition, their use in cities where such facilities are available shows that they are meeting a need. ... -
Type 2 diabetes mellitus: clinical and aetiologic types, theraphy and quality of glycaemic control of ambulatory patients
(2008)Background: Type 2 diabetes is a heterogeneous disease with multiple causes revolving around beta cell dysfunction, insulin resistance and enhanced hepatic glucose output. Clinical judgement based on obesity status, age ... -
Medication diaries do not improve outcomes with highly active antiretroviral therapy in Kenyan children
(Department of Paediatrics; University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)Background: As highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) becomes increasingly available to African children, it is important to evaluate simple and feasible methods of improving adherence in order to maximize benefits ... -
Ocular fi ndings in children with HIV/AIDS at Mbagathi District Hospital Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2008-05)Objective: To establish ocular fi ndings in Kenyan children with HIV/AIDS. Design: Hospital-based cross sectional study Setting: Mbagathi District Hospital (Nairobi) MSF-Belgium HIV clinic support center and paediatric ... -
The role of traditional medicine in Ophthalmology in Kenya
(Pargamon Press LtdDepartment of Community Health, University of Nairobi2 Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nairobi,, 1983)45 Kenyan traditional healers were interviewed with respect to the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases. Traditional management of eye diseases is based on the healers' concept of the disease causation as well as their ... -
The Initiation of a Kikuyu Medicine Man
(Dept. of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of Nairobi.Dept. of Geography, Virginia Politechnic Inst. and State Umiu. Blacksburg,, 1980)* The field research for this paper was part of a broader project on urban and rural traditional medicine conducted in Kenya in ,1977-1978, supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C. We ... -
The prevalence and pattern of ocular disorders among mentally ill patients in Mathari Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(Department of ophthalmology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of NairobiDepartment of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2008-05)Objective: To establish the prevalence and pattern of ocular disorders in psychiatric patients admitted in Mathari Hospital. Design: Hospital based cross sectional study. Setting: Mathari Hospital wards from November ... -
Public health crises of cities in devoloping countries
(Department of Community Health, University of Nairobi,, 1995)During the decade and a half after Alma Ata hundreds of projects were started in developing countries to implement the principles of PHC and start community based health care programs in the rural areas of developing ... -
Magnitude and pattern of eye diseases in Korogocho slum, Nairobi AUTHORS
(2Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 2007-08)Objective: To estimate the magnitude and pattern of eye diseases in residents of Korogocho slum Nairobi. Design: Community based survey Setting: Korogocho slum Nairobi, Kenya; July and August 2002 Results: One thousand ... -
Predictors of mortality in HIV-1 infected children on antiretroviral therapy in Kenya:
(Department of Paediatrics, University of Nairobi, 2010)Background: Among children, early mortality following highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) remains high. It is important to define correlates of mortality in order to improve outcome. Methods: HIV-1-infected ... -
Health service pricing reforms in Kenya
(Economics Department, Kenyatta University, Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine University of Nairobi, 1997)From 1966, for about 25 years, the Government of Kenya provided health services in public clinics and hospitals free of charge in accordance with its social policy (Republic of Kenya, 1989a). In the 1980s the Government ... -
TENSION-BAND WIRING OF OLECRANON FRACTURES
(Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi, 1985)Fractures of the olecranon may be caused in two ways (Benjamin 1976): 1 by a sudden violent contraction of the triceps, as when attempting to preserve balance after a fall on the outstretched hand. This usually causes ... -
Condom Acceptability Among High Risk Sexually Transmitted Diseases Group:
(Department of Community Health, University of NairobiInstitute of African StudiesKenya Medical Research Institute, NairobiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gnaecology, University of Nairobi, 1995)A knowledge, attitudes and practice ( KAP) survey was carried out in Nairobi city and Murang'a district between August 1992 and June 1993 among 360 truck drivers and their assistants (rtf/ass) prior to intervention (KAP I ... -
Financing rural health services in Kenya
(1998)The paper analyzes household expenditure on medical care and the willingness to contribute towards service improvements at government health facilities. The analysis is based on survey data from two rural districts in Kenya ...
