Heavy alcohol use and the HIV care continuum in Kenya: a population-based study
. (Source: AIDS Care)
Source: AIDS Care - April 22, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Edom WakeJoseph G. Rosena Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USAb Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Source Type: research
Willingness to accept and participate in a Microsporidia MB-based mosquito release strategy: a community-based rapid assessment in western Kenya
Microsporidia MB, an endosymbiont naturally found in Anopheles mosquitoes inhibits transmission of Plasmodium and is a promising candidate for a transmission-blocking strategy that may involve mosquito release. A... (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - April 20, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tullu Bukhari, Joseph Gichuhi, Oscar Mbare, Victoria A. Ochwal, Ulrike Fillinger and Jeremy K. Herren Tags: Research Source Type: research
Ethical Issues Faced by Health Care Professionals in the Provision of Palliative Care in Kenya
1. The learner will be able to delineate and appreciate the influence of culture and contextual features in the provision of palliative care.2. The learner will be able to critically analyze ethical issues faced in the provision of palliative care. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: John K. Weru Source Type: research
Assessing Attitudes Towards Narrative Medicine Among Palliative Care Patients and Providers in Rural Kenya (GP107)
1. Describe the impact of storytelling in the context of palliative care and evaluate whether it has particular utility in non-Western, resource-variable contexts.2. Discuss how stigma, including spiritual stigma, plays a major role in patient narratives and its impact on the valuing and seeking o f palliative care in Kenya. (Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management)
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - April 19, 2024 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Alyson Lee, Gaetan Sgro, Kristina E. Rudd, Pitty M. Mwagiru, Nevyce Mokeira Ochong'a Source Type: research
Key informant views on potential acceptability and feasibility of long-acting antiretroviral treatment for HIV in Kenya
In 2020, 14% of diagnosed persons living with HIV (PLWH) in Kenya were not taking antiretroviral therapy (ART), and 19% of those on ART had unsuppressed viral loads. Long-acting antiretroviral therapy (LA-ART)... (Source: BMC Infectious Diseases)
Source: BMC Infectious Diseases - April 19, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Anne Kaggiah, Catherine N. Maina, John Kinuthia, Douglas Barthold, Brett Hauber, Jacinda Tran, Jane M. Simoni and Susan M. Graham Tags: Research Source Type: research
Viruses, Vol. 16, Pages 631: Favipiravir Treatment Prolongs Survival in a Lethal BALB/c Mouse Model of Ebinur Lake Virus Infection
This study explored the antiviral effects of two broad-spectrum antiviral drugs, favipiravir and ribavirin, in a BALB/c mouse model. Favipiravir significantly improved the clinical symptoms of infected mice, reduced viral titer and RNA copies in serum, and extended overall survival. The median survival times of mice in the vehicle- and favipiravir-treated groups were 5 and 7 days, respectively. Favipiravir significantly reduced virus titers 10- to 100-fold in sera at all three time points compared to vehicle-treated mice. And favipiravir treatment effectively reduced the virus copies by approximately 10-fold across the thr...
Source: Viruses - April 18, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: Geng Ren Yang Wang Huang Rodriguez Yuan Xia Tags: Article Source Type: research
Examining inequalities in spatial access to national health insurance fund contracted facilities in Kenya
Kenya aims to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030 and has selected the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) as the ‘vehicle’ to drive the UHC agenda. While there is some progress in moving the cou... (Source: International Journal for Equity in Health)
Source: International Journal for Equity in Health - April 18, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jacob Kazungu, Angela K. Moturi, Samson Kuhora, Julia Ouko, Matthew Quaife, Justice Nonvignon and Edwine Barasa Tags: Research Source Type: research
Individual, partner, and community variables associated with method-specific contraceptive beliefs in urban and rural Kenya
This study examined quantitative differences in two health-related beliefs between pills, injectables and implants. (Source: Contraception)
Source: Contraception - April 17, 2024 Category: OBGYN Authors: Caila Brander, Kathryn Risher, George Odwe, Yohannes Dibaba Wado, Francis Obare, John Cleland, Kazuyo Machiyama Source Type: research
Plans to expand African vaccine production face steep hurdles
In March 2022, when the pandemic was still raging, the messenger RNA (mRNA) company Moderna announced it would build a $500 million plant in Kenya to manufacture half a billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine annually. “
This is major
,” Kenyan President William Ruto said at the time. The plant would help reduce Africa’s dependence on vaccines produced elsewhere, Ruto said—a situation that had turned disastrous during the pandemic—and bring economic benefits as well.
But Moderna may never break ground on the Kenya factory. On 11 April, the company said it had
“paused its efforts”
becau...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - April 16, 2024 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research
Implementation of a Pediatric Trauma Registry at a National Referral Center in Kenya: Utility and Concern for Sustainability
Pediatric trauma is a global problem that disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with high death rates. The uneven distribution of morbidity and mortality is partially a result of unsafe living, working and travel environments as well as decreased access to timely, coordinated emergency care [1,2]. One main limitation to developing interventions and attracting funding streams is the paucity of published data on the epidemiology of pediatric trauma in many LMICs. Public health literature promotes use of trauma registries to inform policy priorities and quality improvement effort to strengthen tr...
Source: Injury - April 15, 2024 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Manisha B. Bhatia, Connie H. Keung, Jessica Hogan, Eunice Chepkemoi, Helen W. Li, Emmy J. Rutto, Robert Tenge, Joshua Kisorio, JoAnna L. Hunter-Squires, Peter W. Saula Source Type: research
Kawasaki disease in Kenya and review of the African literature
Kawasaki disease has been described across the globe, although publications from Africa are limited. To our knowledge, there are no publications on Kawasaki disease from Kenya, which triggered this report. (Source: Pediatric Rheumatology)
Source: Pediatric Rheumatology - April 14, 2024 Category: Rheumatology Authors: A. Migowa, CM. Njeru, E. Were, T. Ngwiri, I. Colmegna, C. Hitchon and R. Scuccimarri Tags: Research article Source Type: research
Productivity declines threaten East African soda lakes and the iconic Lesser Flamingo
Curr Biol. 2024 Apr 3:S0960-9822(24)00302-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSoda lakes are some of the most productive aquatic ecosystems.1 Their alkaline-saline waters sustain unique phytoplankton communities2,3 and provide vital habitats for highly specialized biodiversity including invertebrates, endemic fish species, and Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor).1,4 More than three-quarters of Lesser Flamingos inhabit the soda lakes of East Africa5; however, populations are in decline.6 Declines could be attributed to their highly specialized diet of cyanobacteria7 and dependence on a networ...
Source: Current Biology - April 13, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Aidan Byrne Emma J Tebbs Peter Njoroge Ally Nkwabi Michael A Chadwick Robin Freeman David Harper Ken Norris Source Type: research
Productivity declines threaten East African soda lakes and the iconic Lesser Flamingo
Curr Biol. 2024 Apr 3:S0960-9822(24)00302-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSoda lakes are some of the most productive aquatic ecosystems.1 Their alkaline-saline waters sustain unique phytoplankton communities2,3 and provide vital habitats for highly specialized biodiversity including invertebrates, endemic fish species, and Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor).1,4 More than three-quarters of Lesser Flamingos inhabit the soda lakes of East Africa5; however, populations are in decline.6 Declines could be attributed to their highly specialized diet of cyanobacteria7 and dependence on a networ...
Source: Current Biology - April 13, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Aidan Byrne Emma J Tebbs Peter Njoroge Ally Nkwabi Michael A Chadwick Robin Freeman David Harper Ken Norris Source Type: research
Productivity declines threaten East African soda lakes and the iconic Lesser Flamingo
Curr Biol. 2024 Apr 3:S0960-9822(24)00302-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.006. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTSoda lakes are some of the most productive aquatic ecosystems.1 Their alkaline-saline waters sustain unique phytoplankton communities2,3 and provide vital habitats for highly specialized biodiversity including invertebrates, endemic fish species, and Lesser Flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor).1,4 More than three-quarters of Lesser Flamingos inhabit the soda lakes of East Africa5; however, populations are in decline.6 Declines could be attributed to their highly specialized diet of cyanobacteria7 and dependence on a networ...
Source: Current Biology - April 13, 2024 Category: Biology Authors: Aidan Byrne Emma J Tebbs Peter Njoroge Ally Nkwabi Michael A Chadwick Robin Freeman David Harper Ken Norris Source Type: research
