Research on cystic echinococcosis (CE) has a long history in Kenya, but has mainly concentrated on two discrete areas, Turkana and Maasailand, which are known to be foci of human CE in Africa. Here, we report on a survey ...

This study aimed to examine hearing function in a group of children aged between the ages of six months and twelve years admitted with bacterial meningitis so as to determine the prevalence and degree of sensorineural ...

Cystic Echinococcosis (CE) is caused by the larval stage of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. The disease occurs worldwide, and is endemic in Turkana and Maasai areas, Kenya. The objective of the study was to assess ...

Despite the extensive ownership and use of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) over the last decade, the effective lifespan of these nets, especially their physical integrity, under true operational conditions is not ...

This study focused on the 47 Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region.The specific objectives were to prepare a synthesis on the situation of health systems’ components, to analyse the correlation ...

An estimated 147,741 maternal deaths occurred in 2010 in 45 of the 47 countries in the African Region of the World Health Organization (WHO). The objective of this study was to estimate the indirect cost of maternal deaths ...

To better delineate the impact of parasitic coinfection in coastal Kenya, we developed a novel specimen-sparing bead assay using multiplex flow immunoassay (MFI) technology to simultaneously measure serum or plasma ...

Health-care waste in health facilities should be segregated accurately and generation rates established. The data so obtained supports the management of health-care waste in institutions by putting in place waste minimization ...

In order to raise African countries probability of achieving the United Nations Millennium. Development Goals by 2015, there is need to increase and more efficiently use domestic and external funding to strengthen health ...

Eritrean gross national income of Int$610 per capita is lower than the average for Africa (Int$1620) and considerably lower than the global average (Int$6977). It is therefore imperative that the country’s resources,including ...