Diet-microbiome covariation across three giraffe species in a close-contact zone by Elin Videvall, Brian A. Gill, Michael B. Brown, Hannah K. Hoff, Bethan L. Littleford-Colquhoun, Peter Lokeny, Paul M. Musili, Tyler R. Kartzinel

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Factors Associated with Foodborne Pathogens among Food Handlers: A Case Study of Thika, Kiambu County, Kenya by Joseph Maina Kimemia, John Gachuki Kariuki, Alfred Owino Odongo, Paul Ng’ang’a Murima

“…The present cross-sectional study employed a mixed-methods approach to determine the factors associated with foodborne pathogens among food handlers working in the food establishments in Thika, Kiambu County, Kenya. Random sampling was used to enroll respondents in the survey. …”
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of incident haemodialysis-treated adult patients in Kenya: Brief paper about basic research by Samuel K. Kabinga, Seth O. McLigeyo, Anson K. Mwango, Davies O. Otieno, Evans A. Onyango, Priscah D. Chemutai, Duncan G. Irungu, John N. Ndungu

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Modelling the health labour market outlook in Kenya: Supply, needs and investment requirements for health workers, 2021–2035 by James Avoka Asamani, Brendan Kwesiga, Sunny C. Okoroafor, Evalyne Chagina, Joel Gondi, Zeinab Gura, Francis Motiri, Nakato Jumba, Teresa Ogumbo, Nkatha Mutungi, Stephen Muleshe, Yusuf Suraw, Hanah Gitungo, Kiogora Gatimbu, Mutile Wanyee, Amos Oyoko, Angela Nyakundi, Stephen Kaboro, Mary Wanjiru Njogu, Maureen Monyoncho, Njoroge Nyoike, Wesley Ogera Ooga, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem, Julius Korir, Paul Marsden, Mona Almudhwahi Ahmed, Julius Ogato, Pascal Zurn, Annah Wamae

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Predictors of Length of Hospitalization for Neonatal Sepsis at Kenyatta Nation Hospital, Kenya: A Prospective Cross‐Sectional Study by Athman Khaltuma Tisho, Patrick Mwirigi Mbugua, Rose Bosire, Simon Muturi Karanja

“…Markedly, literature is scarce regarding the drivers of extended hospitalization for neonatal sepsis in Kenya. Methodology This study determined the predictors of prolonged hospital stay for neonatal sepsis at the pediatric wards, KNH, Kenya. …”
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La nouvelle frontière des limites d’âge, ou les jeunesses selon les Meru (Kenya) by Anne-Marie Peatrik

“…Dans le contexte désormais très transformé où vivent les Meru Tigania-Igembe, agro-éleveurs établis au nord-est du mont Kenya, dotés autrefois d’un système politique de classes de générations, l’article examine la différenciation des jeunesses et les modalités des limites d’âges. …”
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Improving Implementation of NCD Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Case of Fixed Dose Combinations for Hypertension in Kenya by Adrianna Murphy, Daniel Mbuthia, Ruth Willis, Benjamin Tsofa, Mary Gichagua, Peter Mugo, Kara Hanson, Michael R. Reich

“…We aimed to identify health systems factors affecting implementation of evidence-based interventions for NCDs, and opportunities to address these, using the case study of FDCs in Kenya. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 39 policy-makers and healthcare workers involved in hypertension treatment policy and identified through snowball sampling. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on type 2 diabetes care and factors associated with care disruption in Kenya and Tanzania by Richard E. Sanya, Caroline H. Karugu, Peter Binyaruka, Shukri F. Mohamed, Lyagamula Kisia, Peter Kibe, Irene Mashasi, Grace Mhalu, Christopher Bunn, Manuela Deidda, Frances S. Mair, Eleanor Grieve, Cindy M. Gray, Sally Mtenga, Gershim Asiki

“…Objectives We investigated the pandemic’s impact on care for patients with type 2 diabetes and factors associated with care disruption in Kenya and Tanzania. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among adults diagnosed with diabetes pre-COVID-19. …”
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Towards Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV: The Impact of a Rapid Results Initiative in Nyanza Province, Kenya by Lisa L. Dillabaugh, Jayne Lewis Kulzer, Kevin Owuor, Valerie Ndege, Arbogast Oyanga, Evelyne Ngugi, Starley B. Shade, Elizabeth Bukusi, Craig R. Cohen

“…The RRI was conducted between April and June 2011 at 119 health facilities in five districts in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Aggregated site-level data were compared at baseline before the RRI (Oct 2010–Jan 2011), during the RRI, and post-RRI (Jul–Sep 2011) using pre-post cohort analysis. …”
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Water, sanitation, handwashing, and nutritional interventions can reduce child antibiotic use: evidence from Bangladesh and Kenya by Ayse Ercumen, Andrew N. Mertens, Zachary Butzin-Dozier, Da Kyung Jung, Shahjahan Ali, Beryl S. Achando, Gouthami Rao, Caitlin Hemlock, Amy J. Pickering, Christine P. Stewart, Sophia T. Tan, Jessica A. Grembi, Jade Benjamin-Chung, Marlene Wolfe, Gene G. Ho, Md. Ziaur Rahman, Charles D. Arnold, Holly N. Dentz, Sammy M. Njenga, Theodora Meerkerk, Belinda Chen, Maya Nadimpalli, Mohammad Aminul Islam, Alan E. Hubbard, Clair Null, Leanne Unicomb, Mahbubur Rahman, John M. Colford, Stephen P. Luby, Benjamin F. Arnold, Audrie Lin

“…Reductions were largest when the birth cohort was younger. In Kenya, interventions did not affect antibiotic use. …”
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Mission to people of other faiths in the Old Testament and Eldoret, Kenya: some reflections for engaging Muslims within their context by R. Omwenga

“…With an aim of providing reflections for contemporary practice, this article goes beyond these strengths and weaknesses by providing suggestions for how mission can be effectively undertaken in Eldoret, Kenya. As a context where mission begins, the Old Testament’s experience of engagements to other nations compare closely to the Kenyan experience, yet both lack perfect examples. …”
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Exploring adolescent engagement in sexual and reproductive health research in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda: A scoping review. by Hanna Chidwick, Andrea Baumann, Patricia Ogba, Laura Banfield, Deborah D DiLiberto

“…Two reviewers screened title, abstract and full text to select articles examining ASRH in Tanzania, Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda, published between 2000 and 2020. …”
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Health and economic impact of oral PrEP provision across subgroups in western Kenya: a modelling analysis by Linxuan Wu, Sarah Cox, Monisha Sharma, Brian Pfau, Rachel Wittenauer

“…We assessed the health and economic impact of PrEP scale-up among different subgroups and regions in western Kenya.Methods We adapted an agent-based network model, EMOD-HIV, to simulate PrEP uptake in six counties of western Kenya across seven subgroups including serodiscordant couples (SDCs), adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), adolescent boys and young men, women with multiple partners and men with multiple partners. …”
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Postharvest Storage Practices of Maize in Rift Valley and Lower Eastern Regions of Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study by Peter Koskei, Christine C. Bii, Protus Musotsi, Simon Muturi Karanja

“…An assessment of local farmers’ knowledge, attitude, and practices on postharvest maize storage and management was carried out with a view of understanding its role in maize contamination with mycotoxins and postharvest losses in Rift Valley and Lower Eastern Regions of Kenya among 165 and 149 farmers, respectively. Differences between the two regions were analyzed using the Chi-square test, Fisher exact test, and two-sample t-test. …”
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Epidemiology and response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dadaab Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya, March 2020–December 2022 by Maurice Ope, Raymond Musyoka, Abdihakim Kosar, Mohammed Osman, Abdijamal Hassan, Hussein Mohammed, Penina Munyua, Bonventure Juma, Elizabeth Hunsperger, Sofia Mohammed, John Burton, Rachel B. Eidex

“…Methods: We describe interventions to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 transmission in Dadaab Refugee Camp Complex, Kenya and performed descriptive analyses using March 2020 to December 2022 data from Kenya's national SARS-CoV-2 repository and line list of positive cases maintained by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). …”
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Diversity of Gill Cichlidogyrus spp. (Monopisthocotylean) Infecting Coptodon zillii (Gervais, 1848) from Lake Naivasha, Kenya by Nehemiah Mogoi Rindoria

“…These monopisthocotyleans form the first biogeographical record of their occurrence on C. zillii in Lake Naivasha, Kenya.…”
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Molecular Detection of Panton Valentine Leukocidin Toxin in Clinical Isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from Kiambu County, Kenya by Sani Iliya, Jonathan Mwangi, Ronald Maathai, Mary Muriuki, Christopher Wainaina

“…Presence of PVL toxin was tested from the 54 S. aureus clinical isolates obtained from Thika and Kiambu Level 5 Hospitals, in Kiambu County, Kenya, by Geno Type® MRSA assay (Hain Life Science, Nehren, Germany). …”
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Differential growth and productivity of oyster mushroom ( Pleurotus pulmonarius ) on agro-waste substrates in semi-arid regions of Kenya by Judy Wachira, Simon Nguluu, Josphert Kimatu

“…However, recommended mushroom substrates in Kenya (rice and wheat straws) are not widely available cheaply. …”
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International Scope of Emergency Ultrasound: Barriers in Applying Ultrasound to Guide Central Line Placement by Providers in Nairobi, Kenya by Fareen Zaver, Keith Boniface, Benjamin Wachira, Grace Wanjiku, Hamid Shokoohi

“…Prior to an US-guided CVC placement training course conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, physicians were asked to complete a survey to determine previous experience and perceived barriers. …”
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“What’s that on your phone?” The aftermath of parents finding sexual and reproductive health messages on their children’s phone in coastal Kenya by Jefferson Mwaisaka, Lianne Gonsalves, Lale Say, Peter Gichangi

“…This article explores what happens when a young user’s privately-access Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) messages from a digital health campaign in Kenya are discovered by his/her parents. Methods: This qualitative study took place in Mtwapa, Kenya. …”
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