Viral hepatitis is a public health problem worldwide. Hepatitis A, transmitted by fecal-oral route, is an infectious viral disease caused by hepatitis A virus (HAV) and occurs mainly due to poor sanitation. Hepatitis ...

Oral erectile dysfunction medications and sexual enhancers have increasingly been used among young men without a medical indication. Recreational use of EDMs and sexual enhancers is associated with risky sexual behavior ...

n this cross-sectional study conducted in Kibera informal settlements in the west side on Nairobi, ready-to-eat food samples that consisted of kales, cabbage, Managu, rice, ndengu, githeri, beans, meat, omena(a preparation ...

The use of antiretroviral drugs to prolong lives of people living with HIV and AIDS and in their use in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is now firmly established in Sub-Saharan Africa .However, ...

Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness and is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. Trachoma is mainly found in the developing world among marginalized communities where there is scarcity of ...

Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected zoonotic disease globally. In Africa CE is highly endemic in east Africa and northern Africa but rare or absent in central African and west African countries. CE is caused by ...

Utilization of contraceptives is still a major problem in the Sub -Saharan Africa. The government of Kenya has put various strategies and policies to facilitate use of contraceptives. Despite these policy measures total ...

Despite the benefits of antiretroviral therapy for persons with human immunodeficiency virus, various obstacles contribute to poor engagement in HIV care, substantially limiting the effectiveness of efforts to improve ...

Kenya has experienced outbreaks of chikungunya in the recent past with the most recent occurring in Mandera in the northern region in May 2016 and in Mombasa in the coastal region from November 2017 to Febuary 2018. ...

Escherichia coli are normal microflora in the gut of warm-blooded animals but some strains are pathogenic to humans causing fatal diarrhea. Cases of antimicrobial resistance have been reported on E. coli isolated from ...