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Determinants of coverage and utilization of health insurance schemes among adult residents of Bungoma town, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
ABSTRACT:
Increasing cost of health care remains a major challenge to achieving universal health care coverage in many developing countries. Health insurance schemes can be used to finance health care and protect people ...
Factors influencing antiretroviral therapy adherence in adult HIV positive patients attending Kendu sub county hospital, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
Adherence to ART is a patient's ability take the prescribed medication and advises accordingly. Factors influencing adherence vary across different settings. Sustaining adherence presents a significant challenge at Kendu ...
Factors influencing cervical cancer screening uptake by women of reproductive age attending Bungoma county referral hospital in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
ABSTRACT: Cervical cancer is a deadly disease once it reaches the invasive stages. In every 2 minutes, one woman dies of cervical cancer globally. Unscreened women are at risk of developing cervical cancer, which can easily ...
Influence of compliance to food by prescription on nutritional status and drug adherence among HIV and AIDS clients at Jaramogi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is a major global health problem. Evidence exists on links between nutrition and HIV and AIDS. The Food by Prescription (FBP) in the various Patient Support Centres in Kenya ...
Prevalence of Schistosoma Mansoni, Geohelminths and malaria co-infections and their associations with anemia in pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in Kisumu, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
It is estimated that about 10 million pregnant women could be infected with schistosomiasis in Africa. In Kisumu, schistosomiasis, soil transmitted helminths and malaria are endemic and studies done on school children and ...
Association between genetic variations in selected cell receptors and nuclear transcription factors and susceptibility to Paediatric p. Falciparum severe malaria Anaemia in Siaya county, Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
ABSTRACT
Plasmodium falciparum severe malaria aneamia [SMA, haemoglobin (Hb) <5.0 g/dL or Hb<6.0 g/dL with any parasite density] remains the most life-threatening malaria. With its immuno-genetic basis partially understood, ...
Assessment of maternal factorsinfluencing mortality of children under five years of age in Karemo sub-countyin siaya county,Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
About 17,000 children below five years of age die each day across the world, 99% occur in developing nations with 50% accounted for by Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Kenya’s high under-five mortality rate (U5MR) at 52 deaths ...
The effect of plasmodium Falciparum parasitemia on the incidence of severe clinical events among HIV-1 exposed uninfected infants at Chulaimbo sub-district hospital in Kisumu county, Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and malaria pose major public health problems due
to their high overlapping global geographic distribution and resultant high rates of coinfection.
Sub-Saharan Africa bears the greatest ...
Prevalence of skilled birth attendance, utilization and its correlates among women of Somali origin in Kamukunji sub-county, Nairobi county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
The provision of skilled care during delivery is an indicator to monitor progress in reducing maternal mortality and falls in Goal 3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the proportion of Skilled Birth ...
Association of vitamin d with Measles virus and Diphtheria toxoid specific vaccine antigen Immunoglobulin g responses in mother - child pairs at Chulaimbo sub-county hospital in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
ABSTRACT
Vitamin D is a lipid soluble vitamin that acts as a hormone as well as a micronutrient. Through vitamin D receptors (VDR) expressed on immune cells, vitamin D polarizes Th1/Th2 cytokine balance in pregnancy ...