• Male Involvement in Maternal Health Planning Key to Utilization of Skilled Birth Services in Malindi Subcounty, Kenya 

  LILIAN NYAMUSI NYANDIEKA; Mercy Karimi Njeru, Zipporah Ng’ang’a, Elizabeth Echoka, Yeri Kombe (Advances in Public Health, 2016)

  Background. In Malindi, rural populations face challenges in accessing skilled birth services. Consequently, the majority of women deliver at home and only seek help when they have complications. This paper reports part ...
• Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Traditional Medicine Practitioners in Kenya- Key Informant Interviews 

  IRENE NJERI CHEGE; Faith Apolot Okalebo, Anastasia Nkatha Guantai, Simon Karanja, Solomon Derese (Pan African Medical Journal, 2016)

  Introduction: Worldwide, plant based medicines are increasing in popularity due to perceptions of safety and efficacy. Herbalists in Kenya are widely consulted for the management of many diseases including Type 2 Diabetes ...
• Correlates of individual-level stigma and unsafe abortions among women seeking abortion care in Trans Nzoia and Machakos Counties, Kenya 

  ERICK KIPROTICH YEGON; Peter Kabanya Mwaniki, Elizabeth Echoka, Joachim Osur (Annals of Tropical Medicine and Public, 2016)

  Objectives: To compare the levels of abortion stigma in regions with high and low incidence of unsafe abortion in Kenya to explore whether abortion-related stigma is associated with incidence of unsafe abortion. Study ...
• Abortion-related stigma and unsafe abortions: perspectives of women seeking abortion care in Machakos and Trans-Nzoia Counties, Kenya 

  ERICK KIPROTICH YEGON; Peter Mwaniki Kabanya, Elizabeth Echoka, Joachim Osur (East African Medical Journal, 2016)

  Background: The rate of unsafe abortions in Kenya increased from 32 per 1000 women of reproductive age in 2002 to 48 per 1000 women in 2012-- one of the highest in Sub- Saharan Africa. Abortion-related stigma has been ...
• Abortion related stigma: a case study of abortion stigma in regions with high and low incidences of unsafe abortion 

  ERICK KIPROTICH YEGON; Peter Mwaniki Kabanya, Elizabeth Echoka, Joachim Osur (East African Medical Journal, 2016)

  Background: Abortion accounts for 35% of maternal mortality in Kenya. Kenya has reported an increase in the rate of unsafe abortions from 32 to 48 per 1000 women of reproductive age in 2002 and 2012 respectively. During ...
• Understanding abortion-related stigma and incidence of unsafe abortion: experiences from community members in Machakos and Trans Nzoia counties Kenya 

  YEGON, ERICK KIPROTICH; Peter Mwaniki Kabanya, Elizabeth Echoka, Joachim Osur (Pan African Medical Journal, 2016)

  Introduction: The rate of unsafe abortions in Kenya has increased from 32 per 1000 women of reproductive age in 2002 to 48 per 1000 women in 2012. This is one of the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa. In 2010, Kenya changed ...
• Fully immunized child: coverage, timing and sequencing of routine immunization in an urban poor settlement in Nairobi, Kenya 

  MARTIN KAVAO MUTUA; Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Nicholas Ngomi, Henrik Ravn, Peter Mwaniki & Elizabeth Echoka (Tropical Medicine and Health, 2016)

  Background More efforts have been put in place to increase full immunization coverage rates in the last decade. Little is known about the levels and consequences of delaying or vaccinating children in different schedules. ...
• Adherence to Anti-Retroviral Treatment and Factors Associated with Optimal Adherence among Adolescent and Adult PLWHA Attending Comprehensive Care Centres in Selected Hospitals in Nairobi County 

  MULI WILFRED KISINGU; Charles F L. Mbakaya, Anselimo Makokha, Gabriel G. Mbugua, James Kariuki, Erastus Muniu (Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)

  Background: Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) has saved many lives from imminent deaths among PLWHA. However, the success is pegged on optimal (>95%) adherence to the ART by the PLWHA. The main objective of this study was to ...
• Nutritional Status of Adolescent and Adult PLWHA on Anti-Retroviral Treatment, Attending Various Comprehensive Care Centres in Nairobi County, Kenya 

  MULI WILFRED KISINGU; Charles F L. Mbakaya, Anselimo Makokha, Gabriel G. Mbugua, James Kariuki, Erastus Muniu (Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)

  Background: Maintaining nutritional needs of People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) who are on AntiRetroviral Treatment (ART) helps to strengthen their immune system and optimize response to medical treatment. The main ...
• Enteric pathogens and factors associated with acute bloody diarrhoea, Kenya 

  NJUNGUNA CHARLES KURIA; Ian Njeru, Elizabeth Mgamb, Daniel Langat, Anselimo Makokha, Dismas Ongore, Evan Mathenge & Samuel Kariuki (BMC Infectious Diseases, 2016)

  Background Shigellosis is the major cause of bloody diarrhoea worldwide and is endemic in most developing countries. In Kenya, bloody diarrhoea is reported weekly as part of priority diseases under Integrated Disease ...
• Ovicidal and Larvicidal Effects of Ricinus communis L.(Euphorbiaceae) Extracts on Phlebotomus duboscqi 

  MONG'ARE SAMUEL; Zipporah Ng’ang’a, Philip Ngumbi, Johnstone Ingonga, Peter Ngure (European Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2016)

  Aims: To evaluate the Ovicidal and larvicidal effects of Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) extracts on Phlebotomus duboscqi. Study Design: A comparative experimental design using extracts obtained from the leaf and bark of ...
• Isolation and characterization of a novel Rickettsia species (Rickettsia asembonensis sp. nov.) obtained from cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) 

  MAINA ALICE N.; Alison Luce-Fedrow, Sylvia Omulo, Jun Hang,Teik-Chye Chan, Fredrick Ade, Dereje D. Jima, Eric Ogola, Hong Ge, Robert F. Breiman, Moses K. Njenga and Allen L. Richards (International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2016)

  A novel rickettsial agent, ‘Candidatus Rickettsia asembonensis’ strain NMRCiiT, was isolated from cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis, from Kenya. Genotypic characterization of the new isolate based on sequence analysis of ...
• Types of Herbal Medicine Used for HIV Conditions in Vihiga County, Kenya 

  ANTONY OMONDI RADOL; Michael Kiptoo, A. O. Makokha and Festus M. Tolo (European Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2016)

  Aim: To identify types of herbal medicine used for HIV conditions in Vihiga county, Kenya.Study Design:Qualitative ethno botanical survey.Place and Duration of Study:Hamuyundi sub-location, west Sabatia location, ...
• The prevalence of TEM and SHV genes among Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli 

  BONVENTURE WACHEKONE JUMA; Samuel Kariuki, Peter G Waiyaki, Marion M Mutugi, Wallace D Bulimo (African Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2016)

  Background: Antimicrobial resistance to cephalosporin, penicillin and aztreonam is mediated by Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBL) via hydrolysis of antibiotics. The most common bacteria associated with ESBL among ...
• Aflatoxin M1 Contamination of Milk and Its Products in Bomet County, Kenya 

  GLADYS LANGAT; Matsusawa Tetsuhiro, Tohru Gonoi, Vivienne Matiru, Christine Bii (Scientific Research Publishing Journal, 2016)

  Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) is a major carcinogenic compound that may be found in milk and dairy products resulting from ingestion of aflatoxin B1 by dairy animals. The study aimed at determining the level of aflatoxin M1 in milk ...
• Fecal contamination of drinking water in Kericho District, Western Kenya: role of source and household water handling and hygiene practices 

  JOHANA K. TOO; " Willy Kipkemboi Sang; Zipporah Ng'ang'a; Musa Otieno Ngayo " (Journal of Water and Health, 2016)

  Inadequate protection of water sources, and poor household hygienic and handling practices have exacerbated fecal water contamination in Kenya. This study evaluated the rate and correlates of thermotolerant coliform (TTC) ...
• Isolation and characterization of Escherichia coli pathotypes and factors associated with well and boreholes water contamination in Mombasa County 

  THANI SULEIMAN THANI; Samwel Morris Lifumo Symekher, Hamadi Boga, Joseph Oundo (Pan Africa Medical Journal, 2016)

  Introduction: Safe water for human consumption is important, but there is a limited supply. Mombasa County has water shortages making residences rely on other sources of water including boreholes and wells. Microbiological ...
• Phenotypic and genetic characterization of vibrio cholerae O1 isolated from various regions of Kenya between 2007 and 2010 

  MERCY NJURA NJERU; Ahmed Abade Mohamed, Ng’ang’a Zipporah, Goutam Chowdhury, Gururaja Perumal Pazhani, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Hamadi I Boga, Samuel M Kariuki, Oundo Joseph (Pan African Medical Journal, 2016)

  Introduction: Cholera, a disease caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 remains an important public health problem globally. In the last decade, Kenya has experienced a steady increase of cholera cases. In 2009 alone, 11,769 ...
• Reducing routine vaccination dropout rates: evaluating two interventions in three Kenyan districts, 2014 

  ADAM HASSAN HAJI; S. Lowther, Z. Ngan’ga, Z. Gura, C. Tabu, H. Sandhu and Wences Arvelo (BMC Public Health, 2016)

  Background Globally, vaccine preventable diseases are responsible for nearly 20 % of deaths annually among children <5 years old. Worldwide, many children dropout from the vaccination program, are vaccinated late, or ...
• Risk factors associated with postpartum haemorrhage at Juba Teaching Hospital, South Sudan, 2011 

  THOMAS TAKO AKIM UJJIGA; Jared O. Omolo, Mathias O. Aketch,Erneo Benardo Ochi (South Sudan Medical Journal, 2016)

  Objective: To study risk factors associated with post partum haemorrhage (PPH) in Juba Teaching Hospital, South Sudan. Method: An unmatched case control study was conducted in which 44 cases and 88 controls were involved, ...

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