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Determinants of adherence to Anti-Retroviral therapy and high risk behaviour among HIV infected patients on treatment in Nairobi province, Kenya
(2011-07-25)
Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) has been successful in dramatically decreasing the morbidity and mortality caused by HIV infection. Levels of adherence in excess of 95°/, are required to ensure treatment success, adequate ...
Assessment of risk behaviour and HIV prevalence among people who inject drugs in Nairobi county, Kenya
(2014-08-18)
Kenya is experiencing a mixed HIV epidemic with characteristics of both „generalised‟ epidemic among the mainstream population, and a „concentrated‟ epidemic among specific Most at Risk Populations including Injecting Drug ...
Factors influencing prenatal health status of women attending prenatal clinics in selected low income areas
(2012-01-03)
This study is designed to investigate the factors influencing prenatal health status among women attending prenatal clinics in selected low income areas of Nairobi, Kenya. The main purpose is therefore to establish the ...
Determinants of adherence to anti-retroviral therapy and high risk behavior among HIV infected patients on treatment in Nairobi Province, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2009-10)
Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) has been successful in dramatically decreasing the morbidity and
mortality caused by HIV infection. Levels of adherence in excess of 95% are required to ensure
treatment success, adequate ...
The influence of health education on the health care seeking behaviour of primary school pupils: a case of Kangundo D.E.B. primary school, Machakos district, Kenya
(2012-02-06)
This study investigated the influence of health education on primary school pupil's health care seeking behaviour in Kangundo DEB Primary School, Machakos District, Kenya. The study was premised on the emerging realization ...
Nutrition performance in primary health care in Kisumu district
(2012-01-04)
The present picture in the nutrition space in Kenya indicates that trends in nutritional status of the under five-year-old children have significantly deteriorated after initial improvement in 1982. National statistics ...
Influence of child care practices on malaria severity in children under five years of age in Mbeere district of Eastern province, Kenya
(2011-08-09)
Malaria, a blood parasitic disease is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity particularly among children and pregnant women because they are most at risk in many developing countries, especially those in Sub-Saharan ...
Associating genetic resistance to plasmodium falciparum malaria infection with ethnic groups residents of malaria endemic and non-endemic regions of Kenya
(2011-08-11)
Malaria causes death of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa and about 80% are children and women under 5 years of age. Infection has therefore exerted pressure on human genome and as a consequence clinical manifestations ...
Community integrated management of childhood illness: role of the "dialogue model" as an interactive communication tool
(2011-08-15)
Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (CIMCI) is one of the three components of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) strategy, a holistic approach that aims at lowering Infant and child ...
Assesment of health-related fitness status of 6-9 year old primary shool pupils in Mukono and Wakiso Districts, Central Uganda
(2011-08-10)
Despite a world-wide increase in health-related diseases and conditions among children, little information is known about the children's health-related fitness status in Uganda. Assessment of the fitness status of pupils ...