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Functional Health Literacy and Doctor-Patient Communication: Experiences of HIV/AIDS Patients in Homa Bay County, Kenya

Butto, Dennis; Mberia, Hellen; Bosire, Julius (Science Publishing Group, 2020)

Patient involvement in the health care process has been documented as a critical component of successful disease management. However, inadequate functional health literacy among patients is a well-known barrier to ...
Adenomyotic glands are highly related to endometrial glands

Maier, V.; Höll, M.; Dietze, R.; Mecha, E.; Omwandho, C.; Tinneberg, Hans-Rudolf; Ivo, Meinhold-Heerlein; Konrad, L. (elsevier.com, 2020)

Research question: How closely related are adenomyotic and endometrial glands? Design: In this study, the mRNA and protein database www.proteinatlas.org was searched for proteins expressed predominantly in the endometrial ...
Critical Health Literacy and Doctor-Patient Communication: Highlighting the Role of Patients’ Support Networks in Chronic Conditions

Butto, D; Mberia, H; Bosire, J (International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2020)

Health literacy is a set of individual skills that allow a person to gain and utilize new health information. It incorporates the ability to understand health information from pamphlets, obtain applicable health information ...
Epidemiological patterns and antimicrobial resistance of bacterial diarrhea among children in Nairobi City, Kenya

Webale, M; Wanjala, C; Guyah, B; Shaviya, N; Munyekenye, G; Nyanga, P; Marwa, I; Kagoiyo, S; Wangai, L; Webale, S; Kamau, K; Kitungulu, N (PubMed.gov, 2020-05)

Aim: Determine the prevalence of enteric bacterial pathogens and their antimicrobial resistance among diarrheic children in Nairobi City, Kenya. Background: Regardless of enteric bacterial pathogens being a major cause ...
Review of Photoacoustic Malaria Diagnostic Techniques

Memeu, D. M.; Sallorey, A. M; Kinyua, D. M (Open Journal of Clinical Diagnostics, 2020-06)

Malaria is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in developing countries. Accurate and complete diagnosis is key for effective treatment of the disease. However, mainstream malaria diagnostic techniques ...
Influence of blood group, Glucose-6- phosphate dehydrogenase and Haemoglobin genotype on Falciparum malaria in children in Vihiga highland of Western Kenya

Ahmed, J; Guyah, B; Sang, D; Webale, M; Mufyongo, N; Munde, E; Ouma, C (BMC Infectious Diseases, 2020-07)

Background: Genetic diversity of ABO blood, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency and haemoglobin type and their ability to protect against malaria vary geographically, ethnically and racially. No study has ...
Youth’s Perspectives on a Sustainable Model for the Provision of Youth Friendly Sexual and Reproductive Health Services in Kenya: A Quantitative Approach

Murigi, M.W.; Mogale, R.S.; Moagi, M.M. (Science Publishing Group, 2020-08)

Nearly half of the world’s population comprise youths. However, addressing their Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) remains a challenge. Globally countries are mandated to continually provide Youth Friendly Sexual ...
Analysis of sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine resistance-conferring mutations of Plasmodium falciparum from Mozambique reveals the absence of the dihydrofolate reductase 164L mutant

Fernandes, N; Figueiredo, P; Rosário, V; Cravo, P (BioMedCentral, 2020-08)

Background: Plasmodium falciparum is the predominant human malaria species in Mozambique and a lead cause of mortality among children and pregnant women nationwide. Sulphadoxine/ pyrimethamine (S/P) is used as first line ...
Isolation of Fungi from Maize Samples Collected from Selected Counties in Kenya

Mwancha S.N; Japhet M. M; Isabel N. W; Eliud M. G.; Paul N. W; Benson M. G (2021-03)

Background: Maize is the stable food in Kenya. However, its production has been jeopardized by the high prevalence of fungi in most developing countries and the whole world at large. Some fungi produce mycotoxins which ...
The Combination of Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessel Constructs and Parallel Flow Chamber Provides a Potential Alternative To In Vivo Drug Testing Models

Njoroge, W; Hernandez, A; Musa, F; Bulter, R; Harper, Al; Yang, Y (MDPI, 2021-04)

Cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death globally. This has led to significant efforts to develop new anti‐thrombotic therapies or re‐purpose existing drugs to treat cardiovascular diseases. Due to difficulties ...
Assessment of the Quality of Health Information for Good Health Care: A Case of Kerugoya Level 4 Hospital, Kirinyaga County

Mugo, J; Uimbia, M (International Journal of Current Aspects, 2021-04)

Improving healthcare services has been paramount to both the national and county governments in Kenya. However, this broad national goal has failed to be achieved within the health sector in Kenya due to dilapidated ...
The Importance of Stromal Endometriosis in Thoracic Endometriosis

Mecha, E; O. A. Omwandho, C; Makunja, R; Maoga, J; Riaz 2, , M; -Heerlein, I; Konrad, L (MDPI, 2021-08)

Thoracic endometriosis (TE) is a rare type of endometriosis, where endometrial tissue is found in or around the lungs and is frequent among extra-pelvic endometriosis patients. Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is the most ...
Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) in the Pathogenesis of Endometriosis

Mecha, E.; Maoga, J.; Sui, C.; Tinneberg, Hans-Rudolf; Konrad, L. (May 2020)

An epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a biologic process that allows a polarized epithelial cell, which normally interacts with basement membrane via its basal surface, to undergo multiple biochemical changes ...

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