Chronic illness that limits our movement leads to various challenges, making patients to rely on caregivers for various needs. Prevention of decubitus ulcers and their management, when they occur, is essential ...

BACKGROUND Childhood malnutrition poses global developmental and health risks. Rabai sub-county, Kilifi County, Kenya, struggles with high rates of wasting and underweight children aged 6-59 months. The Positive Deviance ...

BACKGROUND Men who have sex with men (MSM) face a high burden of sexually transmitted infections, hence form a vital target population for public health response. The primary objective of this study was to determine the ...

BACKGROUND Malaria vaccine provides affordable intervention for malaria in children under 5 years of age. This vaccination is the first to show partial effectiveness in shielding children against malaria. Nonetheless, there ...

BACKGROUND Despite global efforts to reach a 95% viral suppression rate among people with HIV on Antiretroviral therapy (ART), progress has been slower for Adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV). Therefore, identifying the ...

INTRODUCTION Anaemia in pregnancy has been recognized as a public health problem of importance, especially in the developing world. This is due to related adverse outcomes among pregnant women and the unborn. However, the ...

INTRODUCTION Integration of oral health into primary health care is key to improving equality in oral health care, especially in resource-constrained setups. The success is pegged on contextual strategies that empower the ...

BACKGROUND Despite numerous global reports on the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), no studies have been published regarding its use at Machakos Level 5 Hospital. Therefore, this study aims to identify ...