Childhood Immunization has been identified as the most cost-effective health intervention in the last century. It is estimated to save more than two millions lives annually. Completion, timeliness and sequencing of routine ...

Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala-azar) is a life-threatening vector borne disease caused by the obligate intra-macrophage protozoan parasites known as Leishmania donovani and L. infantum in the Old World and L. chagasi in ...

Cancer is one of the major non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and together with cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases they cause over 60% of total global mortality every year. In Sub-Saharan ...

Civil Society Organizations (CSO) have played a major role in the fight of HIV and AIDs since its discovery in Kenya in early 1980s. Despite their massive effort to provide proper health care, adequate nutrition and ...

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) ...

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 ...

Persistent HPV infection is associated with cervical, vulvar, anal and penile cancers. High incidence rates of these cancers are observed in Africa compared to other parts of the world, with HIV co-infection exacerbating ...

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 ...

Home based testing and counseling is an innovative strategy geared to increase access and uptake of HIV testing services by the population by reaching those who for various reasons have not had a chance to test for HIV. ...

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 ...