For seriously ill children in hospital investigations in low-income countries commonly demonstrate incorrect diagnosis and treatment and frequent prescribing errors. To help improve hospital management of the major causes of inpatient childhood mortality we developed simple clinical guidelines for use in ...
Innovative interventions are needed to increase HIV treatment among TB patients in Kenya, especially considering the 2009 WHO guidelines recommending that all HIV-infected TB patients be started on ART as soon as possible, regardless of CD4 count.5 Although these guidelines have not yet been ...
The HIV positive mother is given ART for life regardless of the CD4 count or WHO clinical staging. The infant is given AZT or NVP for six weeks after birth if not breastfeeding. In coast province Kenya, only 45.6 % of women were delivered by a skilled health worker in the year 2009. ...
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Socioeconomic inequity in the screening and treatment of hypertension in Kenya: evidence from a National Survey. Front Health Serv, 2022: p. 7. Zulu T. Socioeconomic inequalities in non-communicable diseases in South Africa 2019. Carrin G, et al. Universal coverage of health services: tailoring...
It encompasses a unique body of knowledge as set forth in the “Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine.” The practice of emergency medicine includes the initial evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and disposition of any patient requiring expeditious medical, surgical, or psychiatric care...
The vast majority of individuals initiating ART have CD4 near or below 350 cells/mm3, as that was the ART treatment guidelines in Kenya at the time. Further, presentation to care with advanced HIV care has been defined as having a CD4 count below 200 [15]. To maintain an adequate sample...
The child’s parents reported that on the day of the bite, they had taken him to a local health facility where he received painkillers (Paracetamol), a tetanus vaccination, and wound cleaning with paraffin, but no rabies-related treatment or advice was provided. With evident rabies symptoms, ...
Objective: To determine the incidence of loss to follow-up in a treatment programme for people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Kenya and to investigate how loss to follow-up is affected by gender. Methods: Between November 2001 and November 2007, 50 275 HIV-positive...
Effect of multiple interventions on community health workers' adherence to clinical guidelines in Siaya district, Kenya . Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg . 2007; 101 ( 2 ): 188–202.Rowe SY, Kelly JM, Olewe MA, et al. Effect of multiple interventions on community health workers' adherence to ...