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Exploring the willingness toward HIV immediate test and treat among MSM in Nairobi and its environs: a cross-sectional study
(Front. Public Health, 2024-01)
Background: In the test and treat initiative, high-risk populations are screened for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and start early treatment if diagnosed positive. This study explores factors associated with ...
Analysis of Factors Contributing to the Low Survival of Cervical Cancer Patients Undergoing Radiotherapy in Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2023)
Background: In contrast to the developed nations, invasive cervical cancer (ICC) is the most common womens malignancy
in Kenya and many other locations in sub-Saharan Africa. However, studies on survival from this disease ...
Need for and use of contraception by women before and during COVID-19 in four sub-Saharan African geographies: results from population-based national or regional cohort surveys
(Elsevier, 2021)
Background Although hindrances to the sexual and reproductive health of women are expected because of COVID-19,
the actual effect of the pandemic on contraceptive use and unintended pregnancy risk in women, particularly ...
Predictors of Shisha Consumption among Students in Tertiary Institutions: A Systematic Review
(Multidisciplinary Journal of TUM, 2021-05)
Tobacco use is a risk factor for several diseases, disabilities and premature deaths. Shisha is specially
flavoured tobacco and majority of the users perceive hookah smoking to be safer than cigarette.
Shisha use has ...
The burden and types of anaemia among HIV infected, ART-naive injection substance users in Kenya
(AJOL, 2022-03)
Illicit substance use and HIV infection cause haematological derangements. Anaemia characterized by a reduction in the quality and quantity erythrocytes is the most common disorder in both HIV-positive persons and illicit ...
Functional Haplotypes in the ADIPOQ Gene are Associated with Underweight, Immunosuppression and Viral Suppression in Kenyan HIV-1 Infected Antiretroviral Treatment Naive and Experienced Injection Substance Users
(African Journal Online, 2020)
BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus and injection substance use have an influence on genes and gene expression. These effects could be beneficial or detrimental in defining disease outcomes. Adiponectin gene is key ...
Anemia Burden, Types and Associated Risk Factors among Kenyan Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 and Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Co-infected Injection Substance UsersAnemia Burden, Types and Associated Risk Factors among Kenyan Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 a
(African Journal Online, 2020)
BACKGROUND፡ Although injection substance users and individuals co-infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis suffer marked hematologic derangements, the rates, levels, morphologic types and ...
Poly-drug use among female and male commercial sex workers visiting a drop in centre in Mombasa County, Kenya
(PLOS, 2022)
The relationship between commercial sex work and drug use is complex and the two exacerbate each other. In Kenya, Mombasa County has one of the highest populations of drug users and commercial sex workers. Despite documentation ...
Assemblages and Subassemblages of Giardia duodenalis in Rural Western, Kenya: Association with Sources, Signs, and Symptoms
(Hindawi, 2024)
Giardia duodenalis causes sporadic or epidemic infections in humans. The parasite comprises assemblages A-H with A and B subdivided further into AI-IV and BI-IV subassemblages. Attempts aimed at linking these genotypes ...
Polydrug Use among Students in a Public University in a Lower Middle-Income Country
(Hindawi, 2023-07)
Recreational drug use among students in tertiary institutions remains a public health concern. Despite documentation of drug use in Kenyan universities, most of the studies are based on self-reported history which is prone ...