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ANALYSIS OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM DRUG RESISTANCE MARKERS IN SCHOOLS IN WESTERN KENYA
(Pwani University, 2022-09-26)Malaria is a killer disease despite all the advances made in controlling it. Control measures such as using bed nets that have been treated by insecticides nets and treating malaria with artemisinin-based drugs have reduced ... -
ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS AMONG TEENAGE MOTHERS IN KILIFI COUNTY GANZE SUB COUNTY SOKOKE WARD
(Pwani University, 2021-03-17)The global teenage birth rate declined from 65 births per 1000 women in 1990 to 47 births per 1000 women in 2015. Despite this overall progress,the global population of teenagers continues to grow, projections indicate ... -
ASSOCIATION BETWEEN DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS, ANXIETY, STRESS AND DIABETES SELF-CARE AMONG ADULTS LIVING WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES IN KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2021-06-17)Background: Depression, anxiety and stress are common conditions affecting psychological wellbeing of adults living with Diabetes Mellitus. These conditions can worsen complications due to diabetes and self-care leading ... -
BARRIERS TO UPTAKE OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE (18-45 YEARS) IN MFANGANO ISLAND, HOMABAY COUNTY, KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-05-07)Family Planning (FP) is voluntary prevention of pregnancy and it entails the interruption of a chain of events that leads to conception. Family planning is important because it helps reduce the Total Fertility Rate (TFR), ... -
BIOMARKERS OF LATE POST-DISCHARGE MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN TREATED FOR COMPLICATED SEVERE MALNUTRITION
(Pwani University, 2022-02-17)Introduction: Despite strict adherence to the WHO guidelines, children with complicated severe malnutrition (CSM) have high mortality rates following discharge from hospital but the underlying mechanisms amenable to ... -
CONCOMITANT CO-INFECTIONS OF MALARIA AND SCHISTOSOMIASIS AMONG SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN IN KWALE COUNTY, KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-08-07)Background: The wide and overlapping distribution of parasites in Africa often results in high co-infection rates. The main factors influencing this phenomenon, also known as multi-parasitism, include high frequencies of ... -
DETERMINANTS OF JIGGER INFESTATION: KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES AMONG HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS IN KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2022-01-20)Jigger infestation is a zoonotic parasitic infection caused by the jigger flea and is common in resource limited settings. Jigger lesions are susceptible to bacterial super- infections and tend to complicate the infection ... -
DETERMINANTS OF POOR TREATMENT OUTCOME AMONG TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS IN KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA: RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
(Pwani University, 2016-05)In 2013, an estimated 9 million people developed TB and 1.5 million died from the disease. Many countries globally have adopted DOT strategy which addresses factors of poor treatment outcome at community and health ... -
DIABETES KNOWLEDGE, SELF CARE PRACTICES AND GLYCEMIC CONTROL AMONG DIABETES PATIENTS IN KITUI COUNTY REFFERAL HOSPITAL
(Pwani University, 2022-03-03)Background: Diabetes is a serious disease that causes devastating personal suffering and financial burden worldwide. Nevertheless, minimal burden occurs through proper diabetes knowledge and self-care practices by effective ... -
DISTRIBUTION OF COMMON DISEASES ACROSS STUDENTS’ SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS FROM 2013 TO 2017 AT PWANI UNIVERSITY, KILIFI, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2022-02-03)Amidst the beehive of learning activities that take place at institutions of higher learning like Pwani University, common diseases have been observed to take root. While studies on diseases among university students have ... -
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES AND THEIR CORRELATES AMONG HIV INFECTED, HIV-EXPOSED UNINFECTED AND HIV UNEXPOSED UNINFECTED ADOLESCENTS IN KILIFI, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2021-05-08)Background: The United Nations AIDS report of 2019, projected that 37.9 million people were living with HIV with 1.7 million children having been infected by HIV globally(UNAIDS, 2019). Most of the children’s infections ... -
ESOPHAGEAL CANCER AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING SURGICAL AND ONCOLOGY CLINIC AT GARISSA COUNTY REFERRAL HOSPITAL, GARISSA COUNTY, KENYA.
(Pwani University, 2022-11-11)Esophageal Cancer (EC) is the tenth most frequent cause of cancer mortality worldwide. Globally, there are an approximated 604,100 new EC cases and 544,076 deaths annually. There are two primary histological subtypes of ... -
EXPLORING 23 YEARS DATA OF RAINFALL AND MALARIA POSITIVE FRACTION IN AREAS UNDER KILIFI HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
(Pwani University, 2017-05)Malaria has been identified as the disease most likely to be affected by climatic changes. Identifying climatic factor that influence the incidence of malaria by modifying the abundance of mosquito populations or the ... -
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSIVE DISORDERS IN PREGNANCY, IN KILIFI COUNTY REFERRAL HOSPITAL
(Pwani University, 2022-09-30)Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy are one of the common causes for perinatal and maternal morbidity and mortality in developing countries. Preeclampsia is a multisystem disorder that complicates about 3-8% pregnancies ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING PERFORMANCE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AS PROVIDERS OF BASIC HEALTH CARE IN GANZE SUB-COUNTY, KILIFI COUNTY-KENYA
(Pwani University, 2021-01-05)The global scarcity of competent, motivated health workers is widely recognized as a significant obstacle to strengthening health systems and advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Community Health Workers (CHWs) play ... -
HYGIENE PRACTICES OF FOOD HANDLERS AND THE BACTERIAL LOAD OF FRESH VEGETABLE SALAD IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN MOMBASA COUNTY, KENYA ALICE AWINO
(Pwani University, 2021-08-01)Consumption of fresh vegetable salad has increased all around the world. Many consumers strive to eat healthy diets to protect themselves from illnesses such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and obesity. Despite the ... -
IMPACT OF PRE-EXISTING HOST CYTOKINE PROFILE AND PATHOGEN EXPOSURE ON SUBSEQUENT HIV-1 ACQUISITION IN A HIV-1 HIGH RISK POPULATION IN COASTAL KENYA
(Pwani University, 2022-07-21)Background: Pathogenic bacterial, viral, parasitic and fungal infections comprise the biggest burden of disease in sub-Saharan Africa (sSA). Constant exposure to these infections has been reported to lead to an altered ... -
KINETICS OF ANTIBODIES AND CYTOKINE LEVELS IN COVID-19 PATIENTS AND THE ROLE OF AN UNDERLYING HIV INFECTION IN COVID-19 SEVERITY
(Pwani University, 2022-05-06)Background Upon exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), antibody responses are generated but their overtime kinetics remain unclear. A hyper-inflammatory state, defined by overproduction ... -
MEASURING ANTI-GAMETOCYTE IMMUNITY IN A LONGITUDINAL COHORT OF NATURALLY EXPOSED INDIVIDUALS IN KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2021-10-04)Introduction Over the last two decades, there has been a significant decrease in the global cases of malaria. However, since 2015, there has been an increase in the reported cases that has led to identification of loopholes ... -
NEUROPSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITIES OF EPILEPSY AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC FEATURES AMONG CHILDREN WITH EPILEPSY IN KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2021-09-21)Epilepsy is a serious brain and commonly co-occurs with mental disorders. This study aimed at assessing the association between electroencephalographic features and neuropsychiatric comorbidities of epilepsy and underlying ...