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View article: Postpartum depression among newly delivered mothers based on postnatal newborn care
Postpartum depression among newly delivered mothers based on postnatal newborn care Open
View article: Pilot Study Assessing Stigma in Kenyan Women With Breast Cancer
Pilot Study Assessing Stigma in Kenyan Women With Breast Cancer Open
PURPOSE Breast cancer is the most common female cancer in Kenya, frequently presenting at late stage, and associated with high mortality. The stigma around cancer has been identified as a barrier to early detection and treatment in many se…
View article: Development and Validation of a Novel Risk Calculator to Predict Sub-optimal HIV Outcomes Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women with HIV in Kenya
Development and Validation of a Novel Risk Calculator to Predict Sub-optimal HIV Outcomes Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women with HIV in Kenya Open
View article: Clinical Presentation of Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia and Its Correlation with Haematological Parameters in Kenya
Clinical Presentation of Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia and Its Correlation with Haematological Parameters in Kenya Open
Background: Chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) is commonly asymptomatic and is discovered incidentally in up to about 50% of patients in chronic phase, due to abnormally high white blood cell (WBC) counts. Commonest symptoms include fatigue a…
View article: - Moving milk and shifting risk: A mixed methods assessment of aflatoxin along informal dairy value chains in Kisumu, Kenya
- Moving milk and shifting risk: A mixed methods assessment of aflatoxin along informal dairy value chains in Kisumu, Kenya Open
View article: Feasibility of smartphone-enabled asynchronous video directly observed therapy to improve viral suppression outcomes among HIV unsuppressed children and adolescents in Kenya
Feasibility of smartphone-enabled asynchronous video directly observed therapy to improve viral suppression outcomes among HIV unsuppressed children and adolescents in Kenya Open
VDOT supported the achievement of VS among unsuppressed CALHIV on antiretroviral treatment and was significantly associated with dosage frequency, antiretroviral regimen, first- or second-line therapy, antiretroviral regimen classification…
View article: Feasibility of smartphone-enabled asynchronous video directly observed therapy to improve viral suppression outcomes among HIV unsuppressed children and adolescents in Kenya
Feasibility of smartphone-enabled asynchronous video directly observed therapy to improve viral suppression outcomes among HIV unsuppressed children and adolescents in Kenya Open
Background Video directly observed therapy (VDOT) has been used as an acceptable, cost-effective, client-centered intervention for tuberculosis management. VDOT targeting children (0–14 years) and adolescents (15–19 years) living with HIV …
View article: Moving milk and shifting risk: A mixed methods assessment of food safety risks along informal dairy value chains in Kisumu, Kenya
Moving milk and shifting risk: A mixed methods assessment of food safety risks along informal dairy value chains in Kisumu, Kenya Open
View article: Expanding Understanding of Urban Rift Valley Fever Risk and Associated Vector Ecology at Slaughterhouses in Kisumu, Kenya
Expanding Understanding of Urban Rift Valley Fever Risk and Associated Vector Ecology at Slaughterhouses in Kisumu, Kenya Open
Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) is an adaptable arbovirus that can be transmitted by a wide variety of arthropods. Widespread urban transmission of RVFV has not yet occurred, but peri-urban outbreaks of RVFV have recently been documented in…
View article: Mental health and quality of life following breast cancer diagnosis in patients seen at a tertiary care hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: A qualitative study
Mental health and quality of life following breast cancer diagnosis in patients seen at a tertiary care hospital in Nairobi, Kenya: A qualitative study Open
Mental health challenges are common following cancer diagnosis, negatively impacting treatment and quality of life for breast cancer (BC) patients. This pilot study provides an understanding of the impacts of BC diagnosis and care experien…
View article: Optimizing HIV case identification: investigating client characteristics predictive of HIV positivity from provider-initiated testing (PITC) in central Kenya
Optimizing HIV case identification: investigating client characteristics predictive of HIV positivity from provider-initiated testing (PITC) in central Kenya Open
View article: Serendipitous detection of<i>Anopheles stephensi</i>in Kisumu, Kenya in June 2022
Serendipitous detection of<i>Anopheles stephensi</i>in Kisumu, Kenya in June 2022 Open
In June 2022, a pool of five mosquitoes that were morphologically classified as Anopheles gambiae and caught in Kisumu (Kenya) were tested for blood-meal analysis. Of the 19.6% (11/56) amplicon sequence variants assigned to mosquito specie…
View article: Cost of Home-Based Couples Human Immunodeficiency Virus Counseling and Testing and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Self-Testing During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Southwestern Kenya
Cost of Home-Based Couples Human Immunodeficiency Virus Counseling and Testing and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Self-Testing During Pregnancy and Postpartum in Southwestern Kenya Open
View article: Leveraging livestock movements to urban slaughterhouses for wide-spread Rift Valley fever virus surveillance in Western Kenya
Leveraging livestock movements to urban slaughterhouses for wide-spread Rift Valley fever virus surveillance in Western Kenya Open
View article: Switching treatment-experienced, integrase inhibitor-naive, virally suppressed HIV-1 infected adults from ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors to dolutegravir: design, methods, and baseline results of a randomized, open-label, non-inferiority trial
Switching treatment-experienced, integrase inhibitor-naive, virally suppressed HIV-1 infected adults from ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors to dolutegravir: design, methods, and baseline results of a randomized, open-label, non-inferiority trial Open
Background: Most HIV-positive adults in Kenya with prior non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) failure are currently on ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitors (PI/r). Dolutegravir (DTG) has shown good efficacy among treatme…
View article: County Health Leadership Practices and Readiness for Noncommunicable Disease Services in Kenya
County Health Leadership Practices and Readiness for Noncommunicable Disease Services in Kenya Open
Health leaders should ensure that leadership practices that have a predictive relationship with NCD readiness, such as therapeutic committee activities and supportive supervision visits, are implemented appropriately. Further, county healt…
View article: Survival probability and factors associated with time to loss to follow-up and mortality among patients on antiretroviral treatment in central Kenya
Survival probability and factors associated with time to loss to follow-up and mortality among patients on antiretroviral treatment in central Kenya Open
Background Retention of patients who are receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) remains a challenge especially in the setting of rapid expansion of HIV services. Retention in care remains vital to the HIV care continuum, and has been assoc…
View article: Characteristics and Treatment Response of Patients with HIV Associated Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Central Kenya
Characteristics and Treatment Response of Patients with HIV Associated Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Central Kenya Open
The diagnosis of KS preceded HIV in the majority of cases reviewed, with histology helpful to reduce misdiagnosis. Patients generally complied with their chemotherapy, with overall good response rate for this intervention implemented at pr…
View article: Characteristics and Treatment Response of Patients with HIV Associated Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Central Kenya
Characteristics and Treatment Response of Patients with HIV Associated Kaposi’s Sarcoma in Central Kenya Open
Angela McLigeyo,1 Kevin Owuor,1 Evelyne Ng’ang’a,1 Jonathan Mwangi,2 Paul Wekesa1 1Center for Health Solutions - Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya; 2Division of Global HIV & TB, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Nairobi, KenyaCorrespon…
View article: TB training in Kenya: building capacity for care and prevention
TB training in Kenya: building capacity for care and prevention Open
BACKGROUND: Devolution of healthcare services in Kenya resulted in a large number of newly recruited tuberculosis (TB) coordinators. We describe a unique collaboration between a national tuberculosis program (NTP), a local, and an internat…
View article: Effects of behavioural interventions on postpartum retention and adherence among women with HIV on lifelong ART: the results of a cluster randomized trial in Kenya (the MOTIVATE trial)
Effects of behavioural interventions on postpartum retention and adherence among women with HIV on lifelong ART: the results of a cluster randomized trial in Kenya (the MOTIVATE trial) Open
Introduction Retention in HIV care and adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) during pregnancy and postpartum for women living with HIV (WLWH) are necessary to optimize health outcomes for women and infants. The objective of this study …
View article: Leveraging Livestock Movements to Urban Slaughterhouses for Wide-Spread Rift Valley Fever Virus Surveillance in Western Kenya
Leveraging Livestock Movements to Urban Slaughterhouses for Wide-Spread Rift Valley Fever Virus Surveillance in Western Kenya Open
View article: Tenofovir Diphosphate in Dried Blood Spots in Pregnant and Postpartum Women With HIV in Kenya: A Novel Approach to Measuring Peripartum Adherence
Tenofovir Diphosphate in Dried Blood Spots in Pregnant and Postpartum Women With HIV in Kenya: A Novel Approach to Measuring Peripartum Adherence Open
Background: Adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among pregnant and postpartum women with HIV (PWLWH) is critical to promote maternal health and prevent HIV transmission. Tenofovir diphosphate (TFV-DP) in dried blood spots (DBS) is an…
View article: Experiences, perceptions and potential impact of community‐based mentor mothers supporting pregnant and postpartum women with HIV in Kenya: a mixed‐methods study
Experiences, perceptions and potential impact of community‐based mentor mothers supporting pregnant and postpartum women with HIV in Kenya: a mixed‐methods study Open
Introduction Community‐based mentor mothers (cMMs) are women living with HIV who provide peer support to pregnant/postpartum women living with HIV (PWLWH) to enhance antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence, retention in care and prevent per…
View article: Temporal trends in pre-ART patient characteristics and outcomes before the test and treat era in Central Kenya
Temporal trends in pre-ART patient characteristics and outcomes before the test and treat era in Central Kenya Open
Background Retention of patients who did not initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been persistently low compared to those who initiated ART. Understanding the temporal trends in clinical outcomes prior to ART initiation may inform int…
View article: Temporal trends in pre-ART patient characteristics and outcomes before the Test and Treat era in Central Kenya
Temporal trends in pre-ART patient characteristics and outcomes before the Test and Treat era in Central Kenya Open
Background Retention of patients who did not to initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been persistently low compared to those initiated ART. Understanding the temporal trends in clinical outcomes prior to ART initiation is important to…
View article: Time to HIV testing of sexual contacts identified by HIV-positive index clients in Siaya County, Kenya
Time to HIV testing of sexual contacts identified by HIV-positive index clients in Siaya County, Kenya Open
There are no studies on time to test since notification among identified sexual contacts of HIV-positive index clients using program data in Siaya County and Kenya. We sought to understand time to HIV testing by contact characteristics aft…
View article: Temporal trends in pre-ART patient characteristics and outcomes before the Test and Treat era in Central Kenya
Temporal trends in pre-ART patient characteristics and outcomes before the Test and Treat era in Central Kenya Open
Background Retention of patients who did not to initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) has been persistently low compared to those initiated ART. Understanding the temporal trends in clinical outcomes prior to ART initiation is important to…
View article: Factors associated with 36-month loss to follow-up and mortality outcomes among HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in Central Kenya
Factors associated with 36-month loss to follow-up and mortality outcomes among HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in Central Kenya Open
View article: Factors associated with 36-month loss to follow-up and mortality outcomes among HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in Central Kenya
Factors associated with 36-month loss to follow-up and mortality outcomes among HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in Central Kenya Open
Background : The scale-up of HIV treatment programs has resulted in a reduction in HIV-related morbidity and mortality. However, retention of patients in these programs remains a challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding factors assoc…