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Analysis of Patterns of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in an Urban Slum Setting in Nairobi, Kenya
(2016-03)
Background: Insufficient physical activity and sedentary behavior are key risk factors for the emergence of noncommunicable diseases in the sub-Saharan African setting. Given the limited evidence base, research is required ...
Fully immunized child: coverage, timing and sequencing of routine immunization in an urban poor settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
(2016-05)
Background: More efforts have been put in place to increase full immunization coverage rates in the last decade. Little is known about the levels and consequences of delaying or vaccinating children in different schedules.Vaccine ...
Quality and Safety Management of Health Care Service Delivery among Public Hospitals in Rwanda: a Cross-Sectional Survey
(2019-10)
Background or Objectives: Quality and safety of health care service delivery remain a challenge worldwide due to unsafe care, inappropriate practices, adverse events and medication errors that result in harm, disability ...
Predisposing factors of neonatal morbidity in Gicumbi District, Rwanda
(2021-01-19)
Background: Rwanda has registered tremendous achievements in the health sector. However, neonatal morbidity remains high in some areas. This study aims to determine the prevalence and predisposing factors of neonatal ...
Social and physical factors influencing malaria incidence among farmers in Bugesera District, Rwanda
(2020-07)
Background: In Rwanda, farmers experience health problems due to the consistency increase in mosquitoes which bring about malaria incidence. We researched to realize if there is malaria occurrence among farmers and to ...
Interlinkage among cardio-metabolic disease markers in an urban poor setting in Nairobi, Kenya
(2016-02-09)
Introduction: The main cardio-metabolic diseases _ mostly cardiovascular diseases such as stroke and ischemic disease _ share common clinical markers such as raised blood pressure and blood glucose. The pathways of development ...
Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Kenyan Adolescents With a+Thalassemia
(2017-03)
Background-—Recent studies have discovered that a-globin is expressed in blood vessel walls where it plays a role in regulating vascular tone. We tested the hypothesis that blood pressure (BP) might differ between normal ...
A multi-institutional, cross-sectional study on disclosure of HIV status to sexual partner(s) and associated factors among people living with HIV/AIDS attending selected hospitals in Kigali, Rwanda
(2020-02)
Background: In Sub-Saharan Africa, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a public health problem. There is need for evidence-based interventions to curb new infections. HIV status disclosure, especially to sexual ...
Implementation of genomics research in Africa: challenges and recommendations
(2018-01-16)
Background: There is exponential growth in the interest and implementation of genomics research in Africa. This growth has been facilitated by the Human Hereditary and Health in Africa (H3Africa) initiative, which aims to ...