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Addressing the substance use treatment gap in Africa using digital screening and brief interventions

Jaguga, F; Kwobah, EK; Mwogi, T (2022)
Characterization and drug susceptibility pattern of Salmonella and Shigella in children below five years: a cross-sectional study conducted in Lodwar, Turkana County, in Northern Kenya

Letting, Simion Kipchirch; Musyoki, Stanslaus Kiilu; Maiyoh, Geoffrey Kattam (National library of medicine, 2022)

Introduction Salmonella and Shigella infections are waterborne associated infections globally known to cause serious illnesses in all age groups, but can be more devastating in children below five years. Antimicrobial ...
Opportunities for Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship: Findings From a Prospective, Multi-Center Study in Three Low- or Middle-Income Countries

Muro, Florida J.; Lyamuya, Furaha S.; Kwobah5, Charles (Front. Public Health,, 2022)

Background: To develop effective antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), it is important to identify key targets for improving antimicrobial use. We sought to systematically ...
Traumatic experiences assessed with the life events checklist for Kenyan adults

Kwobah, Edith Kamaru; Misra, Supriya; Ameta, Amantia A. (Europe PMC Funders Group, 2022-04)

Abstract Background—Life Events Checklist (LEC-5) has been widely used to assess for exposure to potentially traumatic life events (PTEs), but its psychometric properties have not been evaluated in Kenya. The objectives ...
Measuring psychological distress using the K10 in Kenya

Ongeria, Linnet; Ametajb, Amantia; Kimc, Hannah (Europe PMC Funders Group, 2022-02)

Background—The Kessler psychological distress scale (K10) is a brief screening tool that assesses psychological distress in both clinical and epidemiological settings. Despite wide applicability of the K10 globally, there ...
A pre-post study of a multi-country scale up of resuscitation training of facility birth attendants

Bellad, Roopa M; Bang, Akash; Waldemar, A. Carlo; McClure, Elizabeth M. (BioMed Central, 2016-08)

Background Whether facility-based implementation of Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) reduces neonatal mortality at a population level in low and middle income countries (LMIC) has not been studied. Therefore, we evaluated HBB ...
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 ...
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 ...
Psychometric properties of the mini international neuropsychiatric interview (MINI) psychosis module: a Sub-Saharan Africa cross country comparison

Jaguga, Florence; Atwoli, Lukoye; Gichuru, Stella; Kwobah, Edith; Kariuki, Symon M. (Cambridge University Press, 2023)

Background: The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Inventory 7.0.2 (MINI-7) is a widely used tool and known to have sound psychometric properties; but very little is known about its use in low and middle-income countries ...
Addressing the Know‑Do Gap in adolescent HIV: Framing and measuring implementation determinants, outcomes, and strategies in the AHISA network

Beima‑Sofe, Kristin; Njuguna, Irene; Concepcion, Tessa; DeLong, Stephanie M.; Donenberg, Geri; Zanoni, Brian C.; Dow, Dorothy; Braitstein, Paula; Wagne, Anjuli (Springer, 2023-02)

Implementation science (IS) uses systematic methods to close gaps between research and practice by identifying and addressing barriers to implementation of evidence-based interventions (EBIs). To reach UNAIDS HIV targets, ...
Delayed Presentation of HIV Among Older Individuals: A Growing Problem

Justice, Amy C; Goetz, Matthew B; Althoff, Keri N (Lancet, 2022)
Epidemiological profle and clinico-pathological features of pediatric gynecological cancers at Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital, Kenya

Mburu, Anisa W; Itsura, Peter M.; Orang’o, Elkanah O.; Tonui, Philliph K.; Odongo, Elly B.; Shaff, Afrin F.; Muliro, Hellen N.; Achia, Thomas N; Covens, Allan L; Rose, Barry P. (Elsevier, 2022)

Background: The main pediatric (0–18 years) gynecologic cancers include stromal carcinomas (juvenile granulosa cell tumors and Sertoli-Leydig cell tumors), genital rhabdomyosarcomas and ovarian germ cell. Outcomes depend ...
The efcacy of low-dose aspirin in pregnancy among women in malaria-endemic countries

Bauserman, Melissa; Leuba, Sequoia I.; Hemingway‑Foday, Jennifer (BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2022)

Background: Low dose aspirin (LDA) is an efective strategy to reduce preterm birth. However, LDA might have dif‑ ferential efects globally, based on the etiology of preterm birth. In some regions, malaria in pregnancy ...
Translation and cultural adaptation of NIH Toolbox cognitive tests into Swahili and Dholuo languages for use in children in western Kenya

Duffey, Megan Marie; Ayuku, David; Ayodo, George (J Int Neuropsychol Soc., 2022-04)

Objective: Performing high-quality and reliable cognitive testing requires significant resources and training. As a result, large-scale studies involving cognitive testing are difficult to perform in low- and middle-income ...
Approaches and outcomes of community health worker’s interventions for hypertension management and control in low-income and middle-income countries: systematic review

Mbuthia, GW; Magutah, Karani; Pellowsk, Jennifer (BMI, 2022-02)

Objectives To critically appraise the scope, content and outcomes of community health worker (CHW) interventions designed to reduce blood pressure (BP) in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Method We ...
Epstein-Barr Virus in burkitt lymphoma in Africa reveals a limited set of whole genome and LMP-1 sequence patterns: analysis of archival datasets and field samples from Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya

Hsiao-Mei, Liao Hebing Liu; Chin, Pei-Ju; Li, Bingjie; Hung, Guo-Chiuan (PubMed, 2022)

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL), but the contribution of EBV variants is ill-defined. Studies of EBV whole genome sequences (WGS) have identified phylogroups that appear to be ...
Closing the loop in child TB contact management: completion of TB preventive therapy outcomes in western Kenya

Amisi, James; Carter, E Jane; Masini, Enos; Szkwarko, Daria (BMI, 2021-02-04)

Setting Children especially those <5 years of age exposed to pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) are at a high risk of severe TB disease and death. Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) has been shown to decrease disease progression ...
Health related quality of life among pregnant women living with HIV in Kenya, results from comparing a patient generated index and the Euroqol 5 dimension 3 level

Unknown author (BMC women health, 2022)

Background: Standardized tools are used to measure health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and they focus on selected physical, emotional, and social functioning. This approach may miss out on the heterogeneity of HRQoL among ...
Sexual and reproductive health service utilization among adolescent girls in Kenya: A cross-sectional analysis

Embleton, Lonnie; Braitstein, Paula; Di RuggieroI, Erica; Oduor, Clement; Wado, Yohannes Dibaba (PLOS ONE, 2023-02)

We examined the association between adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health （SRH） service utilization in the past 12 months and structural, health facility, community, interpersonal, and individual level factors in ...
HIV prevention costs and their predictors: evidence from the ORPHEA Project in Kenya

Galárraga, Omar; Wamai, Richard G.; Nyakundi, Helen; Wang’ombe, Joseph K.; Mugo, Mercy G. (Oxford academic, 2017)

We estimate costs and their predictors for three HIV prevention interventions in Kenya: HIV testing and counselling (HTC), prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) and voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC). ...

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