| hiv type 1 subtype surveillance in central kenya. | abstract human immunodeficiency virus 1 (hiv-1) infection is characterized by genetic diversity such that specific viral subtypes are predominant in specific geographic areas. to determine circulating subtypes of hiv-1 in different parts of central kenya, a cross-sectional study was carried out on hiv-1-positive blood samples collected from consenting individuals in eight hospitals of kenya's central province. proviral dna was extracted from peripheral blood mononuclear cells. polymerase chain r ... | 2011 | 21740274 |
| dramatic changes in kenya. | the 1993 kenya demographic and health survey (dhs) is a nationally representative survey of 7540 women aged 15-49. interviews were also conducted with a subsample of 2336 men aged 20-54. the data show the rate of total fertility to have fallen from 6.7 children per woman in 1984-88 to 5.4 in 1990-92, while the use of family planning among married women increased from 17% to 33% over the period 1984-1993. family planning methods seem to be readily accessible to the vast majority of women amid ... | 1995 | 12319377 |
| conference highlight: paradigms for aids prevention and women's identities in thika, kenya. | thika, kenya, is an industrial town where many single male workers and bus drivers frequently stop during long distance trips. as such, the town was chosen as a site for various aids educational and condom distribution programs. karina kielmann of the johns hopkins university presented a paper examining the social impact of an aids education program on female prostitutes in thika. she found the program to be based upon the assumptions that thika has an identifiable homogenous group of prostit ... | 1994 | 12288939 |
| male fertility and sexual behaviour. | men in kenyan society are expected to marry by a certain age and impotence is not respected. these factors influence men's decisions on marriage and fertility. more than 80% of kenyan men know about family planning, but only 29% currently practice contraceptive use. men more often than women decide upon contraceptive use and the period of postpartum sexual abstinence is very limited throughout most of the country. 27% of men interviewed in the machakos, kajiado, nyeri, migori, mombasa, and k ... | 1996 | 12292584 |
| aspects of epidemiological and clinical features of patients with central nervous system burkitt's lymphoma in kenya. | establishing characteristics of central nervous system (cns) burkitt's lymphoma (bl) is essential as cns disease is associated with poor treatment outcome. | 2004 | 15622608 |