Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) are among of the most common causes of both illness
and mortality in children under five years of age. A prevalence of between 11% and 29%
has been reported in studies conducted in the ...
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is an oncogenic virus that has been implicated in the etiology
of endemic Burkitt’s lymphoma (eBL). Infection with EBV early in life and repeated
Plasmodium falciparum malaria exposures have been ...
Globally, the threat of emerging and re-emerging arboviral infections continues to be a
major public health concern. The detection and diagnosis of many of these diseases
remains a challenge, and it is clear that novel ...
Nontyphoidal Salmonellae (NTS) of major clinical significance in sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) consist mainly of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhimurium and
Enteritidis. No vaccine is currently available. In SSA, NTS cause ...
The study was conducted to explore substance abuse among youth in respect to their
association on risky sexual related behavior. The study was conducted among 4
th year
university students in Kenya where substance abuse ...
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is a mosquito-borne Phlebovirus that causes
outbreaks such as witnessed in Kenya in 1997-1998 and 2006-2007. Vertebrate animals
become infected through bites of infected mosquito vectors ...
The incidence of unsafe abortion has been on the rise over the last 10 years with Kenya reporting one of the highest rates of unsafe abortions in sub-Saharan Africa region. Due to controversy about abortion, anyone associated ...
Substance abuse amongst university students is a major public health concern because it predicts health-related problems later in life. The campus environment favours risky behaviours such as substance use and risky sexual ...
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 anti-schistosomal ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Malaria is a global problem that affects up to 500 million people and kills hundreds of
thousands every year making it a serious global health predicament. Currently, there is
only a partially efficacious vaccine licensed ...
Chikungunya is a re-emerging disease which has become an important public health
concern globally. In Kenya, there was a Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) outbreak in
Lamu and Mombasa in 2004, which spread to the islands in the ...
Aflatoxicosis resulting from consumption of highly contaminated maize poses a
challenge to public health as outbreaks have occurred in a number of countries including
Kenya. It is caused by aflatoxins which are secondary ...
The Env gene of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is vulnerable to mutations
that could contribute to variability of diagnostic sensitivity of antibody-based HIV
diagnostic tests. Previous studies established that some ...
Helicobacter pylori is a spiral, Gram-negative micro-aerophilic bacterium that
chronically infects the gastric mucosa of more than half of all people worldwide, and is a
major cause of gastritis and peptic ulcer (PU) ...
Substance abuse amongst university students is a major public health concern because it
predicts health-related problems later in life. The campus environment favours risky
behaviours such as substance use and risky ...
The Government of Kenya started offering ARV Therapy in public sector since 2003. Kenya is
one of the six human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) ‗high burden‘ countries in Africa. Kenya
HIV Estimates Report in 2014 indicated ...