Loarec A, Carnimeo V, Molfino L, Kizito W, Muyindike WR, et al.
2018-11-16 • AIDS
2018-11-16 • AIDS
: A multicentric, retrospective case-series analysis (facility-based) in five sites across Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, and Uganda screened HIV-positive adults for hepatitis C virus (HCV) ...
Some D, Edwards JK, Reid AJ, Van der Bergh R, Kosqei RJ, et al.
2016-01-26 • PLOS One
2016-01-26 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND In sub-Saharan Africa there is an increasing need to leverage available health care workers to provide care for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This study was conducted ...
Setting: Kavango, a 'moderate' transmission risk region located in north-eastern Namibia, borders Angola, a country with higher malaria transmission levels. Objective: To determine 1) th...
Geoffroy E, Harries AD, Bissell K, Bvumbwe A, Tayler-Smith K, et al.
2014-12-21 • Public Health Action
2014-12-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING Malawi has chronic shortages of health workers, high burdens of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and malaria and a predominately rural population. Mobile health c...
Mumbengegwi DR, Sturrock H, Hsiang M, Roberts K, Kleinschmidt I, et al.
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
SETTING A comparison of routine Namibia National Malaria Programme data (reported) vs. household survey data (administrative) on indoor residual spraying (IRS) in western Zambezi reg...
BACKGROUND Malaria in pregnancy is a preventable disease which results in poor pregnancy outcomes. The use of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) and long-lasting i...
Nganga M, Matendechero S, Kariuki L, Omondi W, Makworo N, et al.
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
BACKGROUND Soil-transmitted helminthiases cause a substantial yet under-appreciated public health burden. School age children harbour the heaviest burden. Infected children experienc...
Edwards JK, Bygrave H, Van der Bergh R, Kizito W, Cheti EO, et al.
2015-05-21 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2015-05-21 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased the life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLHIV); HIV is now considered a chronic disease. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and HIV care w...
van Kooij E, Schrever I, Kizito W, Hennaux M, Mugenya G, et al.
2011-09-01 • Journal of Trauma - Injury Infection and Critical Care
2011-09-01 • Journal of Trauma - Injury Infection and Critical Care
BACKGROUND On January 31, 2009, a fuel tanker exploded in rural Kenya, killing and injuring hundreds of people. This article describes the care of >80 burn victims at a rural hospita...
Mbau L, Harrison RE, Kizito W, Timire C, Namusonge T, et al.
2022-06-21 • Public Health Action
2022-06-21 • Public Health Action
BACKGROUND Prevalence of hypertension in Africa is rising but it remains underdiagnosed and poorly controlled. In Kenya, only 22% of individuals known to have hypertension were on tr...
