Background: Voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) is one of the key strategies for the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. The introduction of home based HIV counseling and testing (HCT) could improve the uptake of ...
Background: Pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) is the commonest clinical presentation of tuberculosis. It has been declared a global public health emergency by WHO. It‟s the commonest opportunistic infection and cause of death ...
Background: The magnitude of abortion in Kenya 7,900 abortion-related deaths occurring annually. preventable through access to quality post-abortal
complications of abortion, post-abortal counseling proportion of abortion ...
Background: Several types of childhood cancer have been found to be curable if detected early and the appropriate management instituted in good time. The level of Knowledge attitude and practices of healthcare providers ...
Background: The burden of malaria is declining globally including Kenya, however a high number of patients continue to be treated for malaria in our set up. Malaria parasite resistance, especially of Plasmodium falciparum, ...
Background: Subfertility is an important condition with widespread socio-cultural implications. Its prevalence has been increasing with structural anomalies of the female genital tracts being one of the biggest contributors. ...
Background It is estimated that about 10 million people are affected annually by head injury worldwide. It remains one of the most common reasons for seeking medical attention after injury. Most reports worldwide show that ...
BACKGROUND: As the HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to affect millions in sub-Saharan Africa, more will fall victim to its systemic complications. Among African Americans, HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN)has been noted to be ...
Bonyodon, Benjamin Odhiambo(Moi University, 2015-03)
Background: Thoracic injuries form a major cause of trauma related mortality
accounting for up to 25% of all trauma-related deaths world-wide. Imaging techniques constitute the main tools for either screening or definitive ...
Background: Failed induction is an important reason for rising caesarian section
worldwide. Global rates of induction of labor are rising and vary from 9.5 to 35.6 percent of all pregnancies. Women whose labor is induced ...
Acute leukemia is a common form of cancer in children comprising approximately 30% of all childhood malignancies in the developed countries. At The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH), acute lymphoblastic leukemia ...
Background: Typhoid fever is a disease caused by the pathogen Salmonella enterica
serotype typhi. It is a water and food-borne disease of public health importance. To
diagnose typhoid fever, Kenyan health facilities have ...
Background:
Subfertility is an important condition with widespread socio-cultural implications. Its
prevalence has been increasing with structural anomalies of the female genital tracts
being one of the biggest contributors. ...
Background: The burden of malaria is declining globally including Kenya, however a high
number of patients continue to be treated for malaria in our set up. Malaria parasite
resistance, especially of Plasmodium falciparum, ...
Bett, Kipchumba C. Noah(Moi University, 2015-01-11)
Background: Failed induction is an important reason for rising caesarian section
worldwide. Global rates of induction of labor are rising and vary from 9.5 to 35.6 percent
of all pregnancies. Women whose labor is induced ...
Background: Meningiomas are among st the commonest primary brain tumours accounting for about 33% of all brain tumours. World Health Organization classifies meningiomas into three grades based on histopathology; the subtype ...
Background: Several types of childhood cancer have been found to be curable if detected early and the appropriate
management instituted in good time. The level of Knowledge attitude and practices of healthcare providers ...
Background: Sub-dermal contraceptive implant is one of the safest and most effective contraceptive methods with the highest continuation rates; but its overall use is low at
0.3% globally and 1.3% in Kenya. In the postpartum ...
Bargoria, Victor Kipkemei(Moi University, 2013-01-12)
The purpose of this study was to define the incidence, location, and dimensions of
aberrant,retropubic, anastomosing arteries or veins, the corona mortis, that connect the
external iliac and obturator vessels and determine ...
Background
Acute leukemia is a common form of cancer in children comprising approximately 30%
of all childhood malignancies in the developed countries. At The Moi Teaching and
Referral Hospital (MTRH), acute lymphoblastic ...