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NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF ADULT MALE ON ART AT KERICHO DISTRICT HOSPITAL, KERICHO COUNTY, KENYA

Bor, W. P.; Too, W. K.; Mbithe, D.; Mugendi, Beatrice J. (2016-08)

Background: Nutrition and HIV are strongly related and any immune impairment as a result of HIV leads to malnutrition while malnutrition leads to immune impairment and thus worsens the effect of HIV. Individuals living ...

The nutritional status of pulmonary tuberculosis patients aged 25-44 years attending tuberculosis clinic at Lodwar County and Referral Hospital, Turkana County, Kenya

Nthiga, I.; Mbithe, D.; Mugendi, Beatrice J.; Wambui, T. (2017-01)

Kenya is ranked thirteenth of the twenty two high-burden tuberculosis countries in the world and fifth highest in Africa. The majority of the people affected by TB in Turkana Central District were aged 25 - 44 years, with ...

Dietary practices of pulmonary tuberculosis patients attending clinic at lodwar county and referral hospital, Turkana County, Kenya

Nthiga, I.; Mbithe, D.; Mugendi, Beatrice J.; Wambui. T. (2017-01)

Dietary practices and tuberculosis exacerbate each other such that when dietary intake is poor, the prognosis of TB is poor. TB, on the other hand, depresses the dietary intake by lowering the appetite and thereby influencing ...

LIPIDEMIA STATUS AMONG HIV POSITIVE ADULT MALE ON HAART ATTENDING THE HIV CLINIC AT KERICHO DISTRICT HOSPITAL, KERICHO

Bor, B.K.; Mbithe, D.; Mugendi, Beatrice J. (2015-12)

Background: It is unfortunate that while Highly Active Anti-retroviral Therapy (HAART) has become the standard of care among HIV positive patients, the medications have been associated with metabolic abnormalities ...