• CHALLENGES FOR EARLY INFANT DIAGNOSIS OF HIV IN THE GBEKE HEALTH REGION, IN CENTRAL COTE D'IVOIRE 

  Clifford, Muluh

  In low income countries, 35% of HIV infected infants will die within a year if they are not tested and treated early for HIV infection. Identifying and tracking HIV exposed infants remains a significant challenge for many ...
• Exploring RIG-I like receptor signaling: Regulation by DHX15 and RIGing the pathway for broad-spectrum antiviral immunity 

  Pattabhi, Sowmya

  Retinoic acid inducible gene-I (RIG-I) is a cytoplasmic pathogen recognition receptor essential for recognition of RNA viruses. RIG-I engagement of viral RNA activates downstream signaling through the mitochondrial ...
• Structural Diversity in Antibody Interactions with HIV-1 Env Immunogens 

  Davenport, Thaddeus McHarg

  Due to the impressive diversity of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), control of the HIV-1 pandemic will likely depend on the design of a vaccine that can elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) that can ...
• Parental disclosure of HIV status: Experiences and perceptions of HIV positive parents in Nairobi, Kenya 

  Firdawsi, Olivia

  Background: Research on parental disclosure of HIV status to children is limited, especially in sub-Saharan Africa where most HIV-infected adults reside. Rates of parental HIV disclosure cited in the literature range from ...
• Influencing women's attitudes and intentions to enhance exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya: Value of health education and peer counseling 

  ODENY, BERYNE M.

  Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rates are low in Kenya. Knowledge of the motivators and deterrents of EBF can facilitate development of strategies to promote EBF. We use the `Theory of Planned Behavior' (TPB) to ...
• Influencing women's attitudes and intentions to enhance exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya: Value of health education and peer counseling 

  ODENY, BERYNE M.

  Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rates are low in Kenya. Knowledge of the motivators and deterrents of EBF can facilitate development of strategies to promote EBF. We use the `Theory of Planned Behavior' (TPB) to ...
• Risky Business: Condom failures as experienced by female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya 

  Bradburn, Caitlyn K.

  Background: Limited research exists about condom failure as experienced by female sex workers (FSW). We conducted a qualitative study to examine how FSW in Mombasa, Kenya contextualize and explain the occurrence of condom ...
• An Evaluation of the Capacity of the Kisiizi Hospital Health Insurance Scheme to Provide Health Education to Member Population 

  Fry, Alia Eve

  Background: Gaps in health care financing and absent risk coping strategies have led to an influx of new community health insurance (CHI) schemes in developing countries. These CHI programs have reduced the burden of ...
• DEMOGRAPHIC AND SUBSTANCE USE CONTRIBUTORS OF POOR HEALTH OUTCOMES IN INJECTION DRUG USING WOMEN IN NAIROBI, KENYA 

  Windle, Michael Darryl

  <italic>Background</italic>: Injection drug use (IDU), while still uncommon in sub-Saharan Africa, has risen markedly in the last two decades. There is currently relatively little data on IDU in the region, in particular ...
• Experimental Characterization of <italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</italic> Adenosine Nucleotide Binding and Ser/Thr/Tyr Phosphosignaling 

  Ortega, Corrie Maria

  Tuberculosis (TB) is responsible for 1.3 million deaths each year and is a global health burden of overwhelming proportions. The success of <italic>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</italic> (<italic>Mtb</italic>), the causative ...
• Influencing women's attitudes and intentions to enhance exclusive breastfeeding in Kenya: Value of health education and peer counseling 

  ODENY, BERYNE M.

  Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) rates are low in Kenya. Knowledge of the motivators and deterrents of EBF can facilitate development of strategies to promote EBF. We use the `Theory of Planned Behavior' (TPB) to ...
• A Comparison of Sub-national Survey Data and Health Management Information System Data in Zambia 

  Gabert, Rose

  Child health outcomes and coverage of key maternal and child health interventions vary widely across districts in Zambia. Sub-national data is necessary to empower health decision makers to target informed strategies to ...
• ASSURED and Beyond: What characteristics drive the use of HIV rapid diagnostic tests? 

  Byrnes, Samantha Ann

  <bold>Background:</bold> Since 1999 WHO has tracked the procurement of rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) for common infections, such as HIV, and has reported a significant increase in usage. In 1999 less than 40% of all HIV ...
• Diagnostic Accuracy of Nucleic Acid Amplification Tests in Urine for Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Meta-Analysis 

  Marangu, Diana Mwendwa

  <bold>Objective:</bold> To determine the diagnostic accuracy of tuberculosis nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) in urine samples for active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). <bold>Design:</bold> Systematic review and ...
• Associations between poverty, maternal experience of intimate partner violence, and developmental delay among 12-23 month-old children in Nicaragua 

  Westley, Eva

  Background: As under-five mortality rates decrease in Nicaragua there is an increased urgency to understand the health of this young population, including factors that affect their developmental trajectories. Delays in ...
• TprK Variation and Syphilis Pathogenesis 

  Reid, Tara Brinck

  Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum is the etiologic agent of syphilis, a multistage disease that poses a global health problem. Despite the availability of curative therapy and ongoing public health efforts to eradicate ...
• Vaccination Trends in Bangladesh and Mozambique: Small area estimation of routine childhood vaccinations 1991-2013 

  Engell, Rebecca

  <bold>Background </bold>In many countries, vaccine-preventable diseases remain major causes of child mortality. Childhood vaccination is one of the most cost-effective and efficient ways of protecting the health of children ...
• Driving Under the Influence of Khat: From the Perspective of Ethiopians 

  Abdul-kader, Mohammed

  Abstract Background: In Ethiopia, chewing khat is legal and driving while chewing is normal. Although drugged driving is implicitly illegal in the country, it does not appear that this law includes khat. It has been suggested ...
• Measuring effective coverage of measles immunization in low-resource settings: A method and application from the baseline evaluation of Salud Mesoamérica 2015 

  Colson, Katherine Ellicott

  Background: Estimating vaccination coverage is challenging in resource-poor settings where accurate records are sparse. Household surveys, a key source of coverage information, typically capture data from child health cards ...
• Prevalence and Correlates of Dyslipidemia among HIV-1 Infected and HIV-1 Uninfected Individuals in Nairobi, Kenya. 

  Njoroge, Anne

  <bold>Background</bold>: The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Sub-Saharan Africa is rising in the background of high prevalence of infectious diseases including HIV. Being HIV infected is associated with lipid ...

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