Research Papers: Recent submissions
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A Comparative Study of Echinococcus granulosus from Human and Animal Hosts in Kenya Using Isoelectric Focusing and Isoenzyme Analysis
(12/1/1982)The soluble enzyme extracts from protoscoleces obtained from hydatid cysts of human, camel, cattle, sheep and goat origin were compared on the basis of their isoenzyme patterns for GPI and PGM using isoelectric focusing. ... -
The Identification of Eggs of Echinococcus by Immunofluorescence Using a Specific Anti-oncospheral Monoclonal antibody
(The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 1/1/1986)A relatively simple and specific test has been developed to distinguish eggs of Echinococcus from those of other morphologically identical taeniid species. A specific anti-Echinococcus oncosphere monoclonal antibody was ... -
In vitro culture of the strobilar stage of Echinococcus granulosus from protoscoleces of human, camel, cattle, sheep and goat origin from Kenya and buffalo origin from India
(Elsevier, 1985-04)Protoscoleces from human, camel, cattle, sheep, goat (all from Kenya) and buffalo (from India) hydatid cysts were cultured under identical conditions in vitro using the diphasic culture system of Smyth (1979b). Organisms ... -
A Compariosn of efficacy of insecticide-Treated and Untreated Bednets in Preventing Malaria in Gambian Children
(Oxford University Press, 11/1/1995)An evaluation of the Gambian national insecticide impregnated bed net programme, which has introduced insecticide treatment of bed nets into all primary health care (PHC) villages in The Gambia, provided an opportunity to ... -
Long-Term Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment and Program Drop-out in a High-Risk Urban Setting in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Prospective Cohort Study
(PLoS ONE, 10/25/2010)Background: Seventy percent of urban populations in sub-Saharan Africa live in slums. Sustaining HIV patients in these high-risk and highly mobile settings is a major future challenge. This study seeks to assess program ... -
Patient Retention in Antiretroviral Therapy Programs up to Three Years on Treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2007-2009: Systematic Review: Patient Retention in Antiretroviral Therapy Programs
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2010-06)Objectives To estimate the proportion of all-cause adult patient attrition from antiretroviral therapy (ART) programs in service delivery settings in sub-Saharan Africa through 36 months on treatment. Methods We ... -
Integration of Non-Communicable Diseases in Health Care: Tackling the Double Burden of Disease in African Settings
(Pan African Medical Journal and African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET), 7/5/2014)Sub-Saharan African countries now face the double burden of Non Communicable and Communicable Diseases. This situation represents a major threat to fragile health systems and emphasises the need for innovative integrative ... -
Interaction Between Climatic, Environmental, and Demographic Factors on Cholera Outbreaks in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 10/1/2014)Background: Cholera remains an important public health concern in developing countries including Kenya where 11,769 cases and 274 deaths were reported in 2009 according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This ... -
Comparing Clinic Retention Between Residents and Nonresidents of Kibera, Kenya
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 3/1/2010)We are grateful to Chung et al who, in response to our article, brought forward several interesting issues regarding retention in care and drop-out from antiretroviral treatment (ART) programs in urban slum settings.1 Our ... -
“I will not let my HIV status stand in the way." Decisions on motherhood among women on ART in a slum in Kenya a qualitative study
(BioMed Central, 4/28/2010)Background The African Medical Research Foundation antiretroviral therapy program at the community health centre in Kibera counsels women to wait with pregnancy until they reach the acceptable level of 350 cells/ml CD4 ... -
Sexual Risk Taking among Patients on Antiretroviral Therapy in an Urban Informal Settlement in Kenya: A Cross-sectional Survey
(BioMed Central, 4/18/2011)Background Our intention was to analyze demographic and contextual factors associated with sexual risk taking among HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in Africa's largest informal urban settlement, ... -
Sexual Risk Reduction Strategies Among HIV Infected Men Receiving ART in Kibera, Nairobi
(Taylor & Francis, 2/22/2011)This paper explores motivational factors and barriers to sexual behaviour change among men receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART). Twenty in-depth interviews were undertaken with male patients enrolled at the African ... -
Reasoning and Deciding PMTCT-Adherence During Pregnancy Among Women Living with HIV in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 2011-08)This study explores type identities among rural and urban slum women on antiretroviral therapies who become pregnant. Narrative structuring was chosen to develop type narratives that illustrate how rural and urban women ... -
Major Reduction in Anti-Malarial Drug Consumption in Senegal after Nation-Wide Introduction of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests
(PLoS ONE, 4/6/2011)Background: While WHO recently recommended universal parasitological confirmation of suspected malaria prior to treatment, debate has continued as to whether wide-scale use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) can achieve this ... -
Is 'Opt-Out HIV Testing' a real option among pregnant women in rural districts in Kenya?
(BioMed Central, 3/8/2011)Background An 'opt-out' policy of routine HIV counseling and testing (HCT) is being implemented across sub-Saharan Africa to expand prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT). Although the underlying assumption is ... -
‘Keeping Healthy in the Backseat’: How Motherhood interrupted HIV treatment in recently delivered women in Kenya
(NISC (Pty) Ltd and Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 6/22/2011)Although there is a large body of literature related to the experiences of motherhood and aspects of the change that it brings about, how the experience of motherhood affects the healthcare of women with chronic illness ... -
Perceptions of Malaria and Vaccines in Kenya
(Taylor & Francis, 10/1/2011)Malaria is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Kenya. To confront malaria, the Government of Kenya has been implementing and coordinating three approaches - vector control by distributing insecticide-treated bed ... -
The Influence of Traditional Medicine and Religion on Discontinuation of ART in an Urban Informal Settlement in Nairobi
(Taylor & Francis Online, 3/10/2011)Objective: The objective of this study was to explore the influence of traditional medicine and religion on discontinuation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in one of Africa's largest informal urban settlement, Kibera, in ... -
Daily chlorproguanil is an effective alternative to daily proguanil in the prevention of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kenya
(Transitional of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 8/5/1993)To test the efficacy of chlorproguanil prophylaxis, 156 malaria-free schoolchildren in the coastal region of Kenya were allocated at random to receive either 7.5 mg chlorproguanil daily, 50 mg chlorproguanil weekly, 100 ... -
Library services at health facilities in Kenya
(1993-01)INTRODUCTION Rural health workers in sub-Saharan Africa face an extremely demanding work situation. Their relatively brief basic training is usually ten to twenty years past, resource constraints are severe, and they ...
