Background Podoconiosis (mossy foot) is a neglected non-filarial elephantiasis considered to be caused by predisposition to cumulative contact of uncovered feet to irritative red clay soil of volcanic origins in the ...

BACKGROUND: Substance use poses a significant threat to the health, social and economic fabric of families, communities and nations. In Kenya, alcohol and drug abuse has been identified as a hindrance to education, development ...

Kenya is ranked 15th among the 22 high Tuberculosis burden countries. Slum residents in Nairobi experience a high mortality burden (50%) mainly caused by TB and HIV and AIDS. Despite Community Health Volunteers being ...

Background: Machakos County is one of the 47 counties in Kenya. In the current study performance of ambulance services were measured using indicators such as response time, on-scene time, clients’ satisfaction and ...

Introduction: Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) play a major role in HIV/AIDS response. Despite their massive effort to promote health care, nutrition and socio-economic empowerment to people living with the disease, ...

Background: Since HIV/AIDS was reported in Kenya the country has been and continues to be impacted negatively in all sectors. Despite Government’s intervention initiatives to mitigate the impact, patients continue to succumb ...

Objective: To compare the clinical outcomes of femoral shaft fractures managed surgically and conservatively by traction. Design: A prospective quasi experimental study at the Thika level 5 hospital. Methods: 148 ...

Dear Editor, Road traffic injuries (RTIs) remain a major public health problem in the world. RTIs are forecasted to become the seventh leading cause of mortality worldwide by the year 2030.[1] In 2016, RTIs were reported ...

Women who have a prevention mindset may opt for concurrent use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and all forms of contraception; we therefore assessed how contraception may influence PrEP use or vice versa. We analyzed ...

Lower levels of adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among older adolescents as compared to adults are influenced by individual, psychosocial, and treatment-related factors. Successful transition of older adolescents ...