Iodide is important for synthesis of hormones that regulate growth and development in
the body. The Coastal region of Kenya has continued to experience high prevalence of
iodide deficiency despite availability of iodized ...
Globally, about 830 women die daily due to complications of pregnancy and child
birth. Out of these, 550 deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa and 180 in Southern
Asia, compared to 5 in developed countries. World Health ...
In 2020, Kirinyaga County accounted for 5% of adverse drug reaction (ADR) reports
submitted to the Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB). Despite landing at no. 5 out of
47 in the Counties ADR reporting ranks, the ADR reporting ...
Blood donation has been used as a universal remedy for many centuries all over the
world. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that blood should only
be collected from voluntary, non-remunerated donors. With ...
The Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015 were developed
to promote healthy lives and well-being for all children. The SDG Goal 3 is to end
preventable deaths of newborns and under-5 children ...
Tuberculosis, a deadly infectious disease caused mainly by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is
increasingly becoming one of the leading health concerns globally. Human Immunodeficiency
Virus has exacerbated the situation in ...
Contraceptives offer protection against unwanted pregnancy and some sexually
transmitted infections including HIV. Interventions to promote contraceptive use are
efforts to reduce complications and deaths from unwanted ...
Iron deficiency is the most common nutritional cause of anaemia and has been associated
with poor pregnancy outcome. On the other hand, lack of adequate folate intake prior to
conception and during the early weeks of ...
Vitamin A deficiency is a significant public health problem in Kenya. Studies have
shown that Vitamin A supplementation is one of the best proven and most cost effective interventions to improve vitamin A status and save ...
Drug resistant tuberculosis occurs when Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB)
organisms become resistant to antimicrobial agents at the levels attainable in blood
and tissue. This is a major challenge in tuberculosis care and ...
Folate deficiency is one of the micronutrient deficiencies of greatest public health
concern, especially among women of child bearing age due to the potential
consequences to the unborn baby. To address micronutrient ...
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) belongs to the family Bunyaviridae and genus
Phlebovirus and it causes Rift Valley fever (RVF) which is one of the major viral
hemorrhagic fevers in Kenya and Africa as a continent. RVFV ...
Actinomycetes are organisms belonging to the order Actinomycetale. Most of them are
opportunistic pathogens causing infections in immunocompromised patients. In most
cases, respiratory infections caused by Actinomycetes ...
Geophagy, the regular and deliberate consumption of non-food substances like soil is
said to be common among pregnant women in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study aimed to
investigate geophagy among pregnant women who attended ...
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is a major cause of symptomatic gastritis
and peptic ulcers in the Kenyan population. Persistence of H. pylori and its
medical complications continue to be a major problem. ...
Hepatitis B virus belongs to Hepadnaviridae family and replicates by reverse
transcription of the viral RNA. Nucleotide variation within the virus has led to its
classification into ten genotypes (A-J). The reverse ...
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is one of the most highly genetically diverse viruses
known. This extensive genetic variation has many implications on anti-retroviral drug response,
viral transmission and vaccine ...
Herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infections have been associated with a three- fold
risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) acquisition. The prevalence of HIV-1
and HSV-2 in the fishing communities along the ...
The prevalence of Human Herpes Virus type 8 (HHV-8) is high in Sub-Saharan Africa
(36-60%) in the general population. The risk factors associated with HHV-8 range from
socio-demographic to geographic and behavioral ...
Sex workers are often looked down upon and regarded as illiterate, morally deprived
and socially unfit. They are however, in any societal construct, at the core of many
sexual relationships hence putting them as front ...