Globally, three million people die due to diarrhoeal diseases every year. Shigellosis is a
major cause of diarrhoea-related morbidity and mortality, especially in developing
countries, with an estimated annual incidence ...
Adherence to antiretroviral medications is important in transforming and expanding
treatment programmes for both individual and public health benefit. The medications
are known to reduce the risk of transmission of HIV ...
The negative psychological consequences of rape are profound and long-term. The
psychological dysfunctional consequences of rape are more serious than its physical
effects. The objective of this study was to determine ...
Tuberculosis (TB) is a public health concern in Kenya contributing highly to the disease
burden of the country. Effective control of TB requires good treatment adherence. In
Kenya Community Health Workers (CHWs) have ...
The treatment of HIV-1 infection with antiretroviral drugs has greatly improved the survival
of those who are infected. However, HIV-1 diversity and drug resistance are major
challenges in patient management, disease ...
Approximately 600,000 women die each year from complications related to pregnancy
and childbirth, 99% of them in developing countries. Kenya has a record of 488 deaths
per 100,000 live births while in Kisii region has a ...
Most of the nutritional surveys that have been carried out in Kenya have
concentrated on children aged five years and below who are under the care of their
parent(s). On the other hand, HIV/ AIDS, conflicts, natural ...
Rickettsiae are gram negative obligate intracellular bacteria in the class α proteobacteria. They are transmitted by arthropod vectors, including fleas, ticks,
mites, andbody lice. The prevalence of rickettsial infections ...
The variant Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) found
on infected erythrocyte surface in malaria patients is encoded by Pfemp1 gene. This
protein has been implicated in mediating different forms ...
Cyclospora cayetanensis, a coccidian protozoan parasite, that causes diarrhoea in
immunocompetent as well as immunocompromised individuals with or without
international travel., The biology and epidemiology of C. ...
HIV and AIDS has been one of the greatest public health challenges of our
times.Currently, this epidemic is being compounded by co-infections including other
viral infections which share similar modes of transmission ...
Lymphatic Filariasis (LF), a neglected tropical disease (NTD) is targeted by the WHO
for elimination by the year 2020. The principal strategy of elimination is by interruption
of transmission of infection through annual ...
Mosquito saliva plays a central role in blood meal acquisition plus the
development and transmission of the malaria parasite. Functional genomics and
proteomics studies have characterized and predicted roles of many ...
Deciduous Canine Tooth Bud Extraction (DCBE) is a harmful practice prevalent
among pastoral communities in Kenya. The communities blame the canine tooth for
‘causing’ diarrhoea, fevers and growth retardation in their ...
Diarrhoeal disease is a worldwide public health problem mostly affecting children,
the immunocompromised and elderly in developing countries. Among children in
developing countries, Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli ...
Unwanted pregnancies among HIV discordant couples are a surrogate marker for high
risk sexual intercourse. Among HIV discordant couples there is an ever present risk of
HIV transmission to the infants born of the HIV ...
Infections due to antibiotic resistant microorganisms have become widespread in
recent years, and resistance rates among key pathogens have continued to grow at an
alarming rate worldwide and the search for novel ...
Respiratory pathogens are highly transmissible in hospital settings, especially those
without adequate infection prevention and control (IPC) programs. Although rates of
healthcare-associated infections (HAI) in Kenya ...
It has been established that lack of access to safe drinking water together with
inadequate sanitation and hygiene is globally an overwhelming contributor to
approximately 4 billion cases of illness annually. In ...
Plants may contain ingredients that have anti-parasitic activity against parasites of
medical significance. Chenopodium ambrosoides (Wormseed) a wide spread herb in
the Family Chenopodiacea was investigated for ...