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Kioko, Jonathan M.
(2012-04-18)
Prompt and appropriate case management has remained a major challenge in the fight against malaria in Kenya especially due to limited timely access to recommended drugs and development of resistance to drugs by malaria ...
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Gitau, David K.
(2011-11-21)
PMTCT of HIV has become an important intervention for prevention and control of HIV and AIDS in developing countries. MTCT is the most significant source of HIV infection in children below the age of 15 years, with ...
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Njeru, Elijah Mbiti
(2011-11-03)
Malaria is a major public health challenge in Kenya especially among young children and pregnant women. It accounts for 30% of all outpatient attendances, 19% of all admissions and leads to 20% of all deaths in children ...
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Osoro, Alfred Amenya
(2011-12-16)
Road Traffic Accidents (R T As) are an emerging public health problem worldwide with over 1.2 million deaths and 10 million injured or crippled annually. Globally, road traffic accidents are the ninth leading contributor ...
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Mwende, Patricia Nzilu
(2011-11-17)
The number of Orphaned and Vulnerable Children in the world is expected to rise to 25 million by the year 2010. In Kenya, the number of orphans is expected to rise to 2 million by 2010. These children have limited access ...
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Mutea, Nduku Lilian
(2011-08-09)
The Kenya Demographic Health Survey (KDHS) 2008 showed that maternal mortality in Kenya is estimated at 488/100,000 live births, and that pregnancy related complications are the leading cause of death (27%) among women of ...
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Sumbi, Muthiani Victor
(2011-08-10)
The Nyeri Provincial General Hospital (PGH) was one of the five pilot sites at which the Government of Kenya started providing antiretroviral therapy (ART) to HIV-infected patients in 2003. At this hospital, as in the other ...
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Matuli, J.
(2011-11-07)
Factors that influence the nutritional status of under fives living with HIV/AIDS were assessed through a descriptive survey. These factors included feeding practices, health and socio-economic characteristics. The study ...
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Mbugua, Margaret Wangari
(2011-12-05)
Abortion is a social stigmatizing and ostracization issue as well as an important reproductive health problem associated with high morbidity and mortality. Each year 3.7 million pregnancies are terminated in Africa, with ...
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Yonge, Shadrack A
(2011-07-15)
Tuberculosis is a chronic infectious disease which is still a global health hazard. With the emergence of new more effective drugs, tuberculosis was expected to be completely eradicated; but global reports show results to ...
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Odenyo, Thadeus Obadha
(2012-01-09)
Malaria is endemic in Busia District in Western Province Kenya. In the year 2003 malaria was incriminated for 50.0 % all cause mortality in the district. Malaria is on the rise in spite of available effective and proven ...
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Lubeka, Crippina Buyanzi
(2012-04-18)
About 33.4 million people were living with HIV as of 2008 globally; 2.1 million ofthem were children under 15 years, and about 15.7 million were women. In certain parts of the world, HIV infection has significantly affected ...
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Masini, Enos Okumu
(2012-11-30)
HIV infection transmitted from an infected mother to her child during pregnancy, labour, delivery and breastfeeding is known as mother-to-child transmission (MTCT). HIV infection through this route has become a major killer ...
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Lokurosia, Jackline Chepkech
(2011-12-08)
An estimated two million girls worldwide are at risk of experiencing genital mutilation every year of which the majority are young girls in 28 African countries. In Kenya, the practice is prevalent with 38% of women aged ...
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Gathuya, Samuel Wambugu
(2011-11-24)
Several studies have shown that some demographic factors such as gender play an important role in the transmission of HIV. Recent studies have also shown some association between male circumcision and HIV/AIDS as well as ...
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Echoka, Elizabeth
(2011-12-05)
Background: Food security is a key determinant of nutritional security. However, studies indicate that there are households that are food secure but still experience malnutrition, especially in children aged under five ...
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Wanyonyi, Mary Nekesa
(2011-11-03)
Despite its many advantages, the benefits of breast milk have been widely unknown to mothers. In many of the world's developing countries, water and other liquids are added to the baby's diet in the first months of life ...
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Ng'iela, Ronald
(2011-12-05)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection (HIV) is fuelling tuberculosis (TB) infection tremendously and changing the pattern of this bacterial disease drastically that even good control programs are not sufficient in containing ...
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Ojowi, Lize Apondi
(2011-11-25)
Mother to child transmission of HIV accounts for 90% of pediatric HIV/AIDS cases worldwide. Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) could curb the increasing rate of pediatric HIV/AIDS. A substantial ...
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Mohammed, Liban A.
(2011-12-30)
The immense burden of blindness is prevalent in rural communities of developing countries, which are characterized by a high backlog of unoperated cataract and increasing incidence of cataract due to the ageing population. ...
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