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Fully immunized child: coverage, timing and sequencing of routine immunization in an urban poor settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

MARTIN KAVAO MUTUA; Elizabeth Kimani-Murage, Nicholas Ngomi, Henrik Ravn, Peter Mwaniki & Elizabeth Echoka (Tropical Medicine and Health, 2016)

Background More efforts have been put in place to increase full immunization coverage rates in the last decade. Little is known about the levels and consequences of delaying or vaccinating children in different schedules. ...
Adherence to Anti-Retroviral Treatment and Factors Associated with Optimal Adherence among Adolescent and Adult PLWHA Attending Comprehensive Care Centres in Selected Hospitals in Nairobi County

MULI WILFRED KISINGU; Charles F L. Mbakaya, Anselimo Makokha, Gabriel G. Mbugua, James Kariuki, Erastus Muniu (Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)

Background: Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) has saved many lives from imminent deaths among PLWHA. However, the success is pegged on optimal (>95%) adherence to the ART by the PLWHA. The main objective of this study was to ...
Nutritional Status of Adolescent and Adult PLWHA on Anti-Retroviral Treatment, Attending Various Comprehensive Care Centres in Nairobi County, Kenya

MULI WILFRED KISINGU; Charles F L. Mbakaya, Anselimo Makokha, Gabriel G. Mbugua, James Kariuki, Erastus Muniu (Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)

Background: Maintaining nutritional needs of People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA) who are on AntiRetroviral Treatment (ART) helps to strengthen their immune system and optimize response to medical treatment. The main ...
Enteric pathogens and factors associated with acute bloody diarrhoea, Kenya

NJUNGUNA CHARLES KURIA; Ian Njeru, Elizabeth Mgamb, Daniel Langat, Anselimo Makokha, Dismas Ongore, Evan Mathenge & Samuel Kariuki (BMC Infectious Diseases, 2016)

Background Shigellosis is the major cause of bloody diarrhoea worldwide and is endemic in most developing countries. In Kenya, bloody diarrhoea is reported weekly as part of priority diseases under Integrated Disease ...
Ovicidal and Larvicidal Effects of Ricinus communis L.(Euphorbiaceae) Extracts on Phlebotomus duboscqi

MONG'ARE SAMUEL; Zipporah Ng’ang’a, Philip Ngumbi, Johnstone Ingonga, Peter Ngure (European Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2016)

Aims: To evaluate the Ovicidal and larvicidal effects of Ricinus communis (Euphorbiaceae) extracts on Phlebotomus duboscqi. Study Design: A comparative experimental design using extracts obtained from the leaf and bark of ...
Isolation and characterization of a novel Rickettsia species (Rickettsia asembonensis sp. nov.) obtained from cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis)

MAINA ALICE N.; Alison Luce-Fedrow, Sylvia Omulo, Jun Hang,Teik-Chye Chan, Fredrick Ade, Dereje D. Jima, Eric Ogola, Hong Ge, Robert F. Breiman, Moses K. Njenga and Allen L. Richards (International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 2016)

A novel rickettsial agent, ‘Candidatus Rickettsia asembonensis’ strain NMRCiiT, was isolated from cat fleas, Ctenocephalides felis, from Kenya. Genotypic characterization of the new isolate based on sequence analysis of ...
Types of Herbal Medicine Used for HIV Conditions in Vihiga County, Kenya

ANTONY OMONDI RADOL; Michael Kiptoo, A. O. Makokha and Festus M. Tolo (European Journal of Medicinal Plants, 2016)

Aim: To identify types of herbal medicine used for HIV conditions in Vihiga county, Kenya.Study Design:Qualitative ethno botanical survey.Place and Duration of Study:Hamuyundi sub-location, west Sabatia location, ...
The prevalence of TEM and SHV genes among Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli

BONVENTURE WACHEKONE JUMA; Samuel Kariuki, Peter G Waiyaki, Marion M Mutugi, Wallace D Bulimo (African Journal of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2016)

Background: Antimicrobial resistance to cephalosporin, penicillin and aztreonam is mediated by Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamases (ESBL) via hydrolysis of antibiotics. The most common bacteria associated with ESBL among ...
Aflatoxin M1 Contamination of Milk and Its Products in Bomet County, Kenya

GLADYS LANGAT; Matsusawa Tetsuhiro, Tohru Gonoi, Vivienne Matiru, Christine Bii (Scientific Research Publishing Journal, 2016)

Aflatoxin M1 (AFM1) is a major carcinogenic compound that may be found in milk and dairy products resulting from ingestion of aflatoxin B1 by dairy animals. The study aimed at determining the level of aflatoxin M1 in milk ...
Fecal contamination of drinking water in Kericho District, Western Kenya: role of source and household water handling and hygiene practices

JOHANA K. TOO; " Willy Kipkemboi Sang; Zipporah Ng'ang'a; Musa Otieno Ngayo " (Journal of Water and Health, 2016)

Inadequate protection of water sources, and poor household hygienic and handling practices have exacerbated fecal water contamination in Kenya. This study evaluated the rate and correlates of thermotolerant coliform (TTC) ...
Isolation and characterization of Escherichia coli pathotypes and factors associated with well and boreholes water contamination in Mombasa County

THANI SULEIMAN THANI; Samwel Morris Lifumo Symekher, Hamadi Boga, Joseph Oundo (Pan Africa Medical Journal, 2016)

Introduction: Safe water for human consumption is important, but there is a limited supply. Mombasa County has water shortages making residences rely on other sources of water including boreholes and wells. Microbiological ...
Phenotypic and genetic characterization of vibrio cholerae O1 isolated from various regions of Kenya between 2007 and 2010

MERCY NJURA NJERU; Ahmed Abade Mohamed, Ng’ang’a Zipporah, Goutam Chowdhury, Gururaja Perumal Pazhani, Thandavarayan Ramamurthy, Hamadi I Boga, Samuel M Kariuki, Oundo Joseph (Pan African Medical Journal, 2016)

Introduction: Cholera, a disease caused by Vibrio cholerae O1 and O139 remains an important public health problem globally. In the last decade, Kenya has experienced a steady increase of cholera cases. In 2009 alone, 11,769 ...
Reducing routine vaccination dropout rates: evaluating two interventions in three Kenyan districts, 2014

ADAM HASSAN HAJI; S. Lowther, Z. Ngan’ga, Z. Gura, C. Tabu, H. Sandhu and Wences Arvelo (BMC Public Health, 2016)

Background Globally, vaccine preventable diseases are responsible for nearly 20 % of deaths annually among children <5 years old. Worldwide, many children dropout from the vaccination program, are vaccinated late, or ...
Risk factors associated with postpartum haemorrhage at Juba Teaching Hospital, South Sudan, 2011

THOMAS TAKO AKIM UJJIGA; Jared O. Omolo, Mathias O. Aketch,Erneo Benardo Ochi (South Sudan Medical Journal, 2016)

Objective: To study risk factors associated with post partum haemorrhage (PPH) in Juba Teaching Hospital, South Sudan. Method: An unmatched case control study was conducted in which 44 cases and 88 controls were involved, ...
Factors associated with adequate weekly reporting for disease surveillance data among health facilities in Nairobi County, Kenya, 2013

ATHMAN JUMA MWATONDO; "Zipporah Ng’ang’a, Caroline Maina, Lyndah Makayotto, Moses Mwangi, Ian Njeru, Wences Arvelo " (Pan African Medical Journal, 2016)

Introduction: Kenya adopted the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy in 1998 to strengthen disease surveillance and epidemic response. However, the goal of weekly surveillance reporting among health ...
Prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes and pre-diabetes among hypertensive patients attending Kiambu district Hospital, Kenya: a cross-sectional study

NKATHA MEME; Samuel Amwayi, Ziporrah Nganga, Esther Buregyeya (Pan African Medical Journal, 2016)

Introduction: Hypertension (HTN) and diabetes mellitus (DM) are two common non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that are closely linked: one cannot be properly managed without attention to the other. The aim of this study was ...
Factors associated with patient and health service delays in the management of TB in Central Equatoria State in 2008

MOUNIR CHRISTO LADO LUGGA; M Muita, V Matiru, E Muchiri (South Sudan Medical Journal, 2016)

Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Delays in diagnosis and treatment increase morbidity and mortality from tuberculosis, and the risk of transmission in the community. Methods: ...
Preventing malaria during pregnancy: factors determining the use of insecticide-treated bednets and intermittent preventive therapy in Juba

ROBERT PATRIC NAPOLEON ABIAS; Amwayi S. Anyangu, Jared Omolocan, Juliet R. Ongus (South Sudan Medical Journal, 2016)

The study was carried out among 334 pregnant and newly delivered women seen at Juba Teaching Hospital in 2009. The objective was to assess the coverage of insecticide-treated bed-nets (ITN) and Intermittent Preventive ...
Factors Associated With Glycemic Control among Type 2 Diabetes Patients Attending Mathari National Teaching Hospital, Nairobi Kenya

NGOYO JAMES NDUATI; Karanja Simon, Njenga Eva, Muthami Lawrence (Journal of Endocrinology and Diabetes, 2016)

Introduction: Type 2 Diabetes mellitus is chronic metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from insulin secretion, insulin action, or both and accounts for over 95% cases globally. Uncontrolled diabetes ...
Obstetric Complications in Two Major Urban Maternal and Child Clinics in Mogadishu Somalia: A Cross Sectional Study on Prevalence and Associated Factors

NGOYO JAMES NDUATI; Karanja Simon, Njenga Eva, Muthami Lawrence (Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing, 2016)

Somalia has the highest adult lifetime risk of maternal mortality of 1 in 18. Few pregnant women visit the antenatal care and have access emergency obstetric care services to detect and handle complications at childbirth. ...

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