Somalia has the highest adult lifetime risk of maternal mortality of 1 in 18. About 51% of pregnant women attended 3 antenatal care (ANC) and have access to emergency obstetric care services to detect and handle ...

Low Back Pain (LBP) is a problem of public health importance in developed countries as well as developing ones including Kenya. It is sub-categorized into neurogenic and somatic pain. Low back pain causes suffering, ...

In Kenya, 50-60% of suspected measles cases remain undiagnosed as their etiology remains unknown. Clinical symptoms of rash and fever are common manifestations of several infectious disease etiologies, including ...

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 ...

With the prevalence of diabetes escalating globally, diabetes prevalence in Kenya is estimated to be 4.56% with an approximate 12% and 2.7% in both urban and rural settings respectively. Many patients are still reffered ...

S. aureus, particularly methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) remains an important pathogen, but little is known about its circulation among student populations in Kenya. This study was conducted to determine the ...

Human Cytomegalovirus (hCMV) is a member of Herpes Virus family. During an active infection in HIV infected patients, it is one of the most common causes of pneumonia, retinitis, gastrointestinal disease, and hepatitis. ...

Disability has emerged as a major public health problem worldwide. Physical disabilities are common in nations with disparate levels of socioeconomic development, among them clubfoot. Clubfoot presents early in neonatal ...

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 ...

Several studies have shown that odors of plant and animal origin can be developed into lures for use in surveillance of mosquito vectors of infectious diseases. However, the effect of combining plant- and mammalian-derived ...