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Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Rubella Virus Infection in Pregnancy and New Born Infants at Kerugoya Level 5 County Hospital, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)
Infection with Rubella virus is a public health concern because it may lead to serious consequences such as Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) during early pregnancy. Introduction of the rubella virus vaccine in developed ...
Dyslipidemia and Blood Pressure Control among Adult Hypertensive Patients at Kiambu County Hospital, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2020-09)
Non-communicable diseases are on the rise globally. Hypertension is one of the most common non-communicable diseases. Globally, the prevalence of hypertension among adults was estimated to be 24.1% in men and 20.1% in women ...
Maternal Complications among Women Managed Through Focused Antenatal Care in Public County Hospitals in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-10)
Focused Antenatal Care is antenatal care that provides individualized counseling, targeted assessment and provides safe, cost effective, and evidence-based intervention. The noted public health major problem has been ...
Modern Contraception Utilization among Adolescent Girls in Ntcheu District, Malawi
(Kenyatta University, 2020-05)
The World Health Organization (WHO, 2018) defines adolescents as individuals in the 10-19 years age group. Every year estimated 21million girls aged 15-19 years, and 2.5 million girls under 15 years become pregnant and ...
Culicine Mosquito Species Diversity, Host Feeding Preferences and Insecticide Resistance Status in Taita-Taveta County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020)
Culicine mosquitoes are vectors of human disease-causing pathogens like lymphatic filariasis and several arboviruses such as dengue fever, chikungunya virus and so on. Due to intensifying land use land cover (LULC) with ...
Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Enteric Bacteria and Antibiotic Sensitivity among Symptomatic Males Visiting Special Treatment Center, Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2020-10)
Urinary tract infections are not as common in men as they are in women. However,
when present, they are considered to be indicative of serious urological abnormalities
and thus considered to be complicated infection in ...
Surveillance of the Community Acquired Septicaemia among Children in Mbita Subcounty, South Nyanza, Kenya
(kenyatta University, 2021)
Septicaemia is a systemic disease associated with presence of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood. Septicaemia remains the leading cause of mortality and morbidity, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and ...
Zoophilic Mosquitos Diversity, Blood-Meal Sources and Arbovirus Carriage at Wildlife-Human Interfaces in Masai Mara and Shimba Hills National Reserves, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)
Zoophilic mosquitoes transmit arthropod-borne viruses of medical importance to humans. These mosquito vectors are understudied with surveillance efforts focused mostly on anthropophilic mosquitoes. The primary objective ...
Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns of Bacteria Isolated from Wards, Operating Room and Post-Operative Wound Infections among Patients Attending Mama Lucy Hospital, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2021)
Surgical site infections are a worldwide problem in the field of surgery contributing to increased mortality and morbidity. However, despite advances in the control of surgical site infections, the risk of acquiring these ...
Prevalence, Knowledge and Risk Factors of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C Infections among Voluntary Blood Donors in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)
Hepatitis disease is caused by hepatitis C (HCV) and hepatitis B (HBV) viruses. The two viruses are a problem to public health in countries that are developing. Voluntary blood donation and blood transfusion are procedures ...