NAIROBI, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's health authorities on Thursday launched national guidelines for cardiovascular disease management to help reverse the increasing cases of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Sicily Kariuki, Health Ministry Cabinet Secretary said that the guidelines will help in prevent...
The prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa, a region previously thought to suffer mainly from infectious diseases only. The recently observed trend of increasing sedentary lifestyles in Kenya [1,2] is likely to contribute to the increased prevalence of CVD an...
Inequalities in the use of secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease by socioeconomic status: evidence from the PURE observational study. The Lancet Global Health. 2018;6(3):e292–e301. Article PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Sozmen K, Belgin U. Socioeconomic inequalities in non-...
Logistic regressions were used to identify factors associated with the readiness of facilities to provide disease-specific services.Of the surveyed facilities, 93.8% offered chronic respiratory disease (CRD) diagnosis and/or management services, 82.2% diabetes mellitus, 65.1% cardiovascular disease (CVD)...
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(PDF 533 kb) Abbreviations AMPATH: Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare; BMI: Body mass index; CVD: Cardiovascular Disease; DM: Diabetes Mellitus; HbA1c: Glycosylated hemoglobin; HIV: Human immunodeficiency virus; IDF: International Diabetes Federation; IQR: Interquartile range; IUPUI: ...
In North America and Europe, cardiovascular disease is the second most common cause of death among HIV seropositive (+) individuals after acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-related mortality [1]. This trend has been accompanied by a shift in the long-term care of HIV+ patients to include...
INTRODUCTION: Uncontrolled hypertension is a leading modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. Data on adequacy of blood pressure control in Kenya is scarce. This study aimed at assessing the level of blood pressure contr
Blood pressure lowering for prevention of cardiovascular disease and death: a systematic review and meta-analysis Lancet, 387 (2016), pp. 957-967 View PDFView articleView in ScopusGoogle Scholar 25 D.O. Abegunde, B. Shengelia, A. Luyten, et al. Can non-physician health-care workers assess...
Cancer is the third highest cause of mortality in Kenya after infectious and cardiovascular diseases. Leading cancers are breast and cervical for women [1, 2]. Seventy to 80 % of cancer cases are diagnosed in late stages. Like many other Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) breast cancer progresses...