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Causes of injuries resulting in a visit to the emergency department of a Provincial General Hospital, Nyanza, western Kenya
(African Health Sciences, 2012-06-02)Background: There is increasing importance of trauma not only as a major cause of surgical admissions, but also as a significant cause of morbidity, mortality, and disability. Objective: To document injury-related visits ... -
Factors associated with viral load suppression among HIV patients in Rutsiro District, Rwanda
(Global Scientific Journals, 2021-06)Introduction: HIV/AIDS constitutes a global public health problem since the early 1980s. Globally, there was 37.9 million PLHIV with 79% informed of their status, of the 78% accessing ART and their 86% had viral load ... -
Factors Associated with Non-Use of Mosquito Nets for Prevention and Control of Malaria among Rural Communities in Nyagatare District, Rwanda
(EC Nutrition, 2020-12)Malaria is one of the top causes of death and illness in subtropical and tropical region. Taking into consideration the contribution of bed nets use and factors correlated to their non-utilization at community level for ... -
Environmental and Nutritional Determinants of Diarrhoea Disease Among Children Under Five Years in Rwanda
(Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2020-12)Background Diarrhoea remains one of the leading of causes of deaths in children under five years old globally. Children under five years are more vulnerable to diarrhea especially those from low and middle countries. The ... -
Social-Cultural Factors Associated with Risky Sexual Behaviours among Young People in Gatsata and Remera Sectors, Gasabo District in Rwanda
(World Wide Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 2021-06)Background: Sexual behaviors of young people are becoming one of the critical social and major public-health concerns in recent years. The study aimed to examine social-cultural factors associated with risky sexual behaviours ... -
Spatial distribution and habitat characterization of mosquito species during the dry season along the Mara River and its tributaries, in Kenya and Tanzania
(BioMed Central, 2018)Background: Vector-borne diseases are increasingly becoming a major health problem among communities living along the major rivers of Africa. Although larger water bodies such as lakes and dams have been extensively ... -
Presence and distribution of mosquito larvae predators and factors influencing their abundance along the Mara River, Kenya and Tanzania
(Springer Plus, 2015)Among all the malaria controlling measures, biological control of mosquito larvae may be the cheapest and easiest to implement. This study investigated baseline predation of immature mosquitoes by macroinvertebrate predators ... -
Distribution and abundance of schistosomiasis and fascioliasis host snails along the Mara River in Kenya and Tanzania
(Infection Ecology & Epidemiology (Taylor & Francis), 2014-10-24)We purposively selected 39 sampling sites along the Mara River and its two perennial tributaries of Amala and Nyangores and sampled snails. In addition, water physicochemical parameters (temperature, turbidity, dissolved ... -
Prevalence and Factors Associated with Modern Contraceptive Methods Dropout among Women of Reproductive Age in Gatsibo District in Rwanda
(Stratford Peer Reviewed Journals and Book Publishing, 2020-11)The use of modern contraceptive methods is important as it assists couples to give birth to the desired number of children and space pregnancies. Government of Rwanda has put much emphasis on family planning services ... -
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices towards contraceptive Use among Unmarried Females Students at Mount Kenya University Rwanda
(Journal of Clinical Review & Case Reports, 2020-12)Background: Contraceptive use is one of the effective means for preventing unintended pregnancies and is highly affected by cultural and social demographic background especially in premarital or unmarried females. Rwanda ... -
Knowledge and Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity Prevention among Women Attending Kibagabaga Hospital, Rwanda
(JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH INTERNATIONAL, 2021-02)Women in Rwanda are still suffering from overweight and obesity and health-related complications. However, little is known about overweight/obesity prevention knowledge and factors associated with overweight/ obesity ... -
Factors Influencing Late Utilization of First Antenatal Care Services Among Pregnant Women in Rwanda
(Journal of Clinical Review & Case Reports, 2021-05)Background: Early antenatal care (ANC) attendance promotes early detection and treatment of pregnant complications. The late utilization of ANC refers to seeking ANC services after twelve weeks of pregnancy. The research ... -
Rates of Comorbidities Associated with Cardiometabolic Disease among Patients Seen in the Outpatient Department at Kibagabaga Hospital in Rwanda
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2020-09)Cardiometabolic disease (CMD) comorbidities are the most common cause of death among patients suffering from cardiometabolic diseases. There are no known studies on cardiometabolic disease comorbidities, and their rates ... -
Health Care Worker’s Experience on Rapid Diagnostic Test (Rdt) for Malaria and Their Views on Community Acceptability of Rdt in Rubavu District, Rwanda: Qualitative Study
(Malaria control & Elimination, 2017)Background: Malaria remains one of the major public health problems in Rwanda. The country introduced artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) at community level using community health workers (CHWs) for treatment of uncomplicated ... -
Factors Associated with Failure to Attend Four Recommended Postnatal Care Visit in Rwanda
(Austin Journal of Women’s Health, 2020-05-15)Maternal mortality is still a public health concern in Sub-Saharan Africa. The higher prevalence of maternal mortality in Sub-Sahara Africa is partially attributed to inaccessibility of postnatal care services. In Rwanda ... -
Determinants Of Choice Of A Place For Delivery Among Women Aged 18-49 Years Attending Post-Natal Clinic At Nyahururu County Hospital Laikipia County, Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2020-06)Choice of a place for delivery is important because this prevents maternal death, in support of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). In Kenya, according to KDHS (2014) 62% of the women chose a health facility as a place, ... -
Social and physical factors influencing malaria incidence among farmers in Bugesera District, Rwanda
(TMR, 2020-07)Background: In Rwanda, farmers experience health problems due to the consistency increase in mosquitoes which bring about malaria incidence. We researched to realize if there is malaria occurrence among farmers and to ... -
Field Lessons from a Zoonotic Disease Study in the Nairobi Health Surveillance System
(International Society for Disease Surveillance, 2015)Objective Disseminate field lessons from a zoonotic disease study nested on the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS). The study investigates the emergence and introduction of zoonoses in urban ... -
What works and what does not work in response to COVID-19 prevention and control in Africa
(International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020)Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, there have been nearly 6,663,304 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 392,802 deaths, worldwide as of 10:00 CEST 06 June 2020. In Africa, ... -
Weight changes since age 20 and cardiovascular risk factors in a middle-aged Chinese population
(Journal of Public Health, 2017-05-19)Background Little is known about the association between weight changes and adverse health outcomes among Chinese adults. Methods A total of 1715 Chinese adults, 45–60 years of age, have been recruited to participate in ...
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