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Lifestyle Modification Strategies Practiced in Management of Hypertensive Patients in Imenti North Sub County, Kenya
(Medwin Publishers, 2019-06-10)
Globally, the prevalence of Non-Communicable diseases such as hypertension is increasing dramatically hence a burden
to countries of low income countries such as Kenya. In Kenya the prevalence of hypertension has increased ...
Patients Related Factors Associated with Non-Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication among Patients at Chuka Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2019-09-27)
Antihypertensive medication is one way to manage hypertension but many
hypertensive patients do not optimize drug therapy to achieve blood pressure control. Hypertensive medication non-adherence continues to become
a ...
Service Delivery Factors That Influence Utilization of HIV Integrated Primary Health Care Programme in Embu Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2019-09-25)
Globally, there are approximately 36.7 million people living with HIV. Integration of HIV treatment with primary care services improves effectiveness,
efficiency and equity in service delivery. The study sought to establish ...
Barriers to Immediate Post-Partum Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Device Uptake among Mothers Delivering at Meru Hospital
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc, 2019-03-04)
Global contraceptive use is at 64%, Africa lagging behind at 33.4%. Kenya has
an unmet need for family planning at 23%. Hormonal injections are the most
used in Africa at 9.8% and Intra-Uterine Contraceptive Devices at ...
Service Delivery Factors That Influence Utilization of HIV Integrated Primary Health Care Programme in Embu Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2019-09-25)
Globally, there are approximately 36.7 million people living with HIV. Integration of HIV treatment with primary care services improves effectiveness,
efficiency and equity in service delivery. The study sought to establish ...
Integration of Cervical Cancer Screening Services in the Routine Examinations Offered in the Kenyan Health Facilities: A Systematic Review
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2019-05-21)
Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women and the
leading cause of deaths among women worldwide. In Kenya, uptake of
screening services is at 3.2% below the targeted of 70%. Therefore, there is
need ...
Predictive Modelling of Benign and Malignant Tumors Using Binary Logistic, Support Vector Machine and Extreme Gradient Boosting Models
(Science and Education Publishing, 2019-11-26)
Breast cancer is the leading type of cancer among women worldwide, with about 2 million new cases
and 627,000 deaths every year. The breast tumors can be malignant or benign. Medical screening can be used to
detect the ...
HIV/AIDS in Kisii County: Current Status and Challenges
(Science Publishing Group, 2019-12-20)
In 2012, adult HIV/AIDS prevalence in Kisii County was disproportionately high at 8.6%, against the national
average of 5.6%. Thus, the researchers set out to investigate the current status and intervention measures in ...
Patients Related Factors Associated with Non-Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication among Patients at Chuka Referral Hospital, Kenya
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2019-09-27)
Antihypertensive medication is one way to manage hypertension but many
hypertensive patients do not optimize drug therapy to achieve blood pres sure control. Hypertensive medication non-adherence continues to become
a ...