Background: The commonly accepted gold standard diagnostic method for detecting malaria is a microscopic reading of Giemsa-stained blood films. However, symptomatic diagnosis remains the basis of therapeutic care for the ...

Background: Conventional targeted leishmanicidal chemotherapy has persistently remained prohibitive for most economically deprived communities due to costs, associated time to accessing health services and duration for ...

Background: Although the co-burden of injection drug use and HIV is increasing in Africa, little is known about the laboratory markers of injection drug use and anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in Kenyan injection drug ...

Immune responses during pregnancy are specifically regulated to allow fight against infections and prevent any damage to the growing fetus. HIV infections, a pro-inflammatory infection, present a challenge to the enhancement ...

Introduction: Although University e - examinations started in 2009, Covid-19 pandemic popularized their use thus necessitating their evaluation. COC was among the pioneer institutions in Kenya to use the e - examinations ...

Background: Immunisation contributes significantly to the achievement of MDGs. It is one of the eight elements and success stories of primary health care. Proper utilisation of Immunisation services is associated with ...

In the efforts to terminate Female Genital Mutilation globally, in the recent years some religious authorities have openly opposed the continued practice of Female Genital Mutilation, at least the most radical operations. ...

Adiponectin is an important marker of anthropometric profiles of adipose tissue. However, association of adiponectin and adiposity in HIV mono- and co-infected and hepatitis (HCV) injection drug users (IDUs) has not been ...

This paper examines the impact that the personal and socio-economic issues of families have on boy and girl child in their development of talents in creative activities such as painting and drawing. The study targeted ...

There are over fifty methods which have been described for the assessment of immune complexes in sera or plasma. The measurement of circulating immune complexes in sera of patients with different diseases has been ...