Background: In Africa, severe pneumonia remains the major cause of paediatric hospitalisation, resulting in high requirements for oxygen therapy. Adequate supplies of oxygen are key challenges for many low-resource hospitals. ...

Nearly a century after the first reports of Rift Valley fever (RVF) were documented in Kenya, questions on the transmission dynamics of the disease remain. Specifically, data on viral maintenance in the quiescent years ...

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 ...

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 ...

Introduction Cervical cancer is a malignant neoplasm of the cervix uteri. It is the second most common cancer among women worldwide, with an estimated 528,000 new cases and 266,000 deaths among women each year. Cervical ...

Purpose: An outbreak of aflatoxicosis associated with aflatoxin B1contaminated maize grain and flour hadbeen reported over the years in parts of lower eastern Kenya including Kitui and Makueni ...

INTRODUCTION Childbirth pain has remained a major challenge to women of child-bearing age over the years. Studies have shown that most women are not aware of the coping strategies to employ during childbirth. Severe ...