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Lessons learned from and future opportunities forglobal health endeavors by 2 academic gastroenterology Units

Carr, Thomas A.; Okello, Samson; Some, Fatma F.; Corey, Kathleen E. (Pubmed central, 1-11-29)

In many low and medium income countries, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are important causes of morbidity and mortality.1,2,3 While infectious diseases such as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), malaria, and Ebola ...
Evaluation of five immunodiagnostic techniques in echinococcosis patients

Chemtai, Alex K.; Bowry, T. R.; Ahmad, Z. (World Health Organisation, 1981)

Double diffusion (DD), indirect haemagglutination (IHA), immunoelectrophoresis (IEP), latex agglutination (LA), and complement fixation (CF) tests were evaluated for sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of 141 ...
T-cell mediated immunity in murine malaria. I. Induction of T-cell dependent proliferative responses to Plasmodium chabaudi

Chemtai, Alex K.; Vaeck, M.; Hamers-Casterman, C.; Hamers, R.; De Baetselier, P. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1984)

To investigate the mechanisms of cell mediated immunity to malaria, we studied different systems to measure specific activation of T lymphocytes by P. chabaudi antigens. Mice were primed by subcutaneous administration of ...
General internal medicine and technologically less developed countries

Einterz, M. Robert; Mamlin, J. Joseph; Dittus, S. Robert (Ampath Publications, 1990)

Objective:To assess the international health activities of departments of medicine, divisions of general medicine, and general medicine faculty and the interest among departments of medicine in joint international health ...
Cardiovascular features in adolescents and adults with sickle cell anaemia

Ayuo, Paul (PubMed, 1993-06)

Fifty five sickle cell anaemia (SCA) patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital were studied with a view to elucidating their cardiovascular status. Their age range was 13 to 27 years (median 18.9 years). They comprised ...
Dyspepsia

Ayuo, Paul; Nugent, C E (PubMed, 1994-05)

Fibreoptic oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (OGD) was performed on 45 dysplastic patients suspected of having peptic ulcer (PU). Evidence of PU was found in 39.9% and no abnormality was detected in 60%. Epigastric pain alone ...
Incidence and characteristics of injuries in Eldoret, Kenya.

Odero W.O; Kibosia Jc (East African Medical Journal, 1995)

Injuries are a major cause of mortality, morbidity and disability. They have been recognized worldwide as a serious public health problem. The epidemiology of injuries in Kenya is however poorly documented and specific ...
From their own perspective. A Kenyan community's perception of tuberculosis

Baliddawa, Joyce (Wiley Online Library, 1997)

Early passive case finding and treatment compliance are the cornerstones of tuberculosis (TB) control programs. As human behaviour plays a critical role in both strategies, a better understanding of it is important for the ...
Effects of Melatonin on Oxidative Stress in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats

Maritim, Alice C.; Moore, Brian H.; Sanders, Ruth A.; Watkins III, John B. (Ampath, 1998-11-16)

Oxidative stress plays an important role in diabetes and other oxygen-related diseases. Melatonin, a pineal hormone thought to be a scavenger of oxygen radicals and a potentially advantageou s ther- apeutic agent in ...
Increased interleukin-10 in the endocervical secretions of women with non-ulcerative sexually transmitted diseases: a mechanism for enhanced HIV-1 transmission?

Craig R., Cohen; Francis A., Plummer; Ian, Maclean; Caixia, Shen; Elizabeth A., Bukusi; Erastus, Irungu; Samuel, Sinei; Job, Bwayo; Robert C., Brunham; Nelly (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1998-12-12)

Objective: Although non-ulcerative sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and bacterial vaginosis are implicated as cofactors in heterosexual HIV-1 transmission, the mechanisms have not been defined. Recent in vitro data ...
Rectal dihydroartemisinin versus intravenous quinine in the treatment of severe malaria: a randomised clinical trial

Esamai, Fabian; Ayuo, Paul; Owino-Ongor, W.; Rotich, J.; Ngindu, A.; Obala, Andrew (East African Medical Journal, 2000)

Objective: To compare the clinical efficacy and safety of rectal dihydroartemisinin (DATM - Cotecxin) and intravenous quinine in the treatment of severe malaria in children and adults. Setting: Moi Teaching and Referral ...
Assessing the impact of an intervention to implement the referral care component of Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) in district hospitals.

Esamai, Fabian; Wamae, A.; Migiro, P.; Mbindyo, Patrick; Wasunna, A.; Peshu, N.; Fegan, G.; Muriithi, A. (PubMed, 2000)

We intend to conduct a unique public health efficacy study of an intervention to improve care for children in district hospitals in Kenya. The intervention has been developed, based on the referral care component of ...
The MOSORIOT Medical Record System (MMRS) Phase I to Phase II Implementation: An Outpatient Computer-based Medical Record System in Rural Kenya

Hannan, Terry J.; Tierney, William M.; Rotich, Joseph K.; Odero, Wilson W.; Smith, Frances; Mamlin, Joseph J.; Einterz, Robert M. (Ampath Publications, 2001)

The authors of this paper describe the second phase of the implementation of the Mosoriot Medical Record System (MMRS) in a remote health care facility on the outskirts of Eldoret, Kenya, located in sub-Saharan Africa. We ...
Presentation and health care seeking behaviour of patients with cervical cancer seen at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya

Were, Edwin; Buziba, Nathan (Moi University, 2001)

To determine the clinicopathological characteristics and health care seeking behaviour of cervical cancer patients seen at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH). Prospective cross-sectional study. Gynaecology Unit, Moi ...
A comparison of brain, core and skin temperature in children with complicated and uncomplicated malaria

Esamai, Fabian; Mining, Simeon; Forsberg, Pia; Lewis, David H. (Oxford University Press, 2001-06)

A prospective study was carried out in which brain, core and skin temperatures were studied in children with cerebral malaria (n = 23), uncomplicated malaria (n = 12) and normal children (n = 9) using the zero heat flow ...
The AMPATH Nutritional Information system: Designing a fooddistribution electronic record system in Rural Kenya

JASON, YUEHWERN; CATHERINE, WILLIAM; TUNG, ZHANG; LAWLEY, TOMEKA; JOSEPH (ampath, 2002)

The AMPATH program is a leading initiative in rural Kenya providing healthcareservices to combat HIV. Malnutrition and food insecurity are common among AMPATH patients and theNutritional Information System (NIS) was designed, ...
Nosocomial infections in developing countries: Cost effective control and prevention

Nyamogoba, H.; Obala, A. A. (East African Medical Journal, 2002)

Objectives: To review the efficient and cost-effective preventive, control and surveillance measures that could be employed against nosocomial infections in developing countries. Data sources: Literature search on compact ...
Combating cholera epidemics by targeting reservoirs of infection and transmission routes: a review

Nyamogoba, HDN; Obala, Andrew Ambogo; Kakai, R. (2002)

Objectives: To determine the parameters which can be investigated for prevention and effective control of cholera. Data sources: Literature search on compact disk-read only memory (CD-ROM), medline and internet, using the ...
Maternal immune responses and risk of infant infection with HIV-1 after a short course Zidovudine in a cohort of HIV-1 infected pregnant women in rural Kenya

Makokha, E.P.; Songok, E.M.; OragoDK Koech, A.S.S. AK Chemtai; Koech, D.K.; Chemtai, Alex K. (Kenya Medical Association, 2002)

Objective: To investigate the effects of short-course nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (Zidovudine, ZDW/AZT) on maternal immune responses and risk of infant infection with HIV-1 among rural-based mothers in western ...
Aerobic pathogenic bacteria in post-operative wounds at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital

Andhoga, J; Macharia, A.G.; Maikuma, I.R.; Awnyonyi, Z.S.; Ayumba, B.R; Kakai, R. (East African Medical Journal, 2002-12)

Background: The emergence of bacterial antimicrobial resistance associated with acquired infections has made the choice of empirical therapy more difficult and expensive, hence the need for continuous research to determine ...

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