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23.03 daysPoint-of-care (POC) early infant diagnosis significantly reduced the time between sample collection and return of results to caregiver by an average of 23.03 days in Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 13 observations

4.2 odds_ratioHIV infection was associated with meeting the last sex partner online (adjusted odds ratio = 4.2; 95% CI: 1.1–17.0, p = 0.043).

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2021published 2023AIDS research and therapyPubMeddocument of 14 observations

13.5 %Among 4232 cases with World Health Organization-defined severe or very severe pneumonia, 573 (13.5%) had nonpneumonia.

Kenyapneumoniepublished 2017Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society europe_pmcdocument of 5 observations

3.15 aORVaginal Megasphaera species first tertile concentration was associated with an adjusted odds ratio of 3.15 (95% CI 1.45–6.81) for HIV acquisition.

KenyaHIV acquisitionobserved November 2004 to August 2014published 2018The Lancet. Infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations

77 %77% of visits to shops and chemists for fever resulted in treatment with an antipyretic, not an antimalarial, in a low malaria-transmission area of Kenya.

Kenyafeverpublished 2004Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

88.3 %Viral suppression among all HIV-positive individuals was 88.3% in Ndhiwa sub-county in 2018.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2018published 2021Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHPubMeddocument of 7 observations

10.8 %In the intervention arm, glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) decreased from 10.8% to 9.0%.

Kenyadiabète (non précisé)published 2025Global health actionPubMeddocument of 6 observations

9.5 %In Eldoret, cervical cancer incidence increased significantly by 9.5% annually from 2002 to 2016.

Kenyacancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2002-2016published 2020British journal of cancereurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

HIV prevalence among female sex workers in Nairobi varied by hotspot from 7% to 52%.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2014 to 2017published 2023Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 5 observations

5 %At ART initiation, 94 (5%) of AHD clients had Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia.

KenyaPneumocystis jiroveci pneumoniapublished 2023MedicinePubMeddocument of 14 observations

4.64 aORParvimonas species type 1 third tertile concentration was associated with an adjusted odds ratio of 4.64 (95% CI 1.73–12.46) for HIV acquisition.

KenyaHIV acquisitionobserved November 2004 to August 2014published 2018The Lancet. Infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations

1.6 %In a centralised laboratory-only network, the system could not handle a demand proportion exceeding 1.6%.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024BMJ openPubMeddocument of 6 observations

78.1 %Using real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) as the reference test, the sensitivity of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) at Rota Dispensary was 78.1% (95% CI 67.5–86.4).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 17 observations

50.9 %Of the traced patients with stage I-III breast cancer (n=320), 50.9% received inadequate or no cancer-directed therapy.

Kenyacancer du seinpublished 2021Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCNeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

33 %The median Plasmodium falciparum PCR-positive prevalence (PCRpfPR) among children aged 7 months to 10 years was 33% in the intervention arm after 12 months.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 10 observations

70 %Pneumonia was determined as the cause of death in 70% of cases where death was associated with an infectious disease process among pediatric deaths investigated from 2014 to 2015.

Kenyapneumonieobserved 2014 to 2015published 2021The Pediatric infectious disease journalPubMeddocument of 12 observations

73.6 %Among HIV-positive children in Kenya, 73.6% were receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2018.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2018published 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 10 observations

15.8 %Among 1081 adolescent girls and young women aged 15–22 years in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya, sexual violence prevalence in the past year was 15.8%.

Kenyasexual violenceobserved past yearpublished 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 11 observations

1 patientOne of the three SCID patients had vaccine-acquired Rotavirus infection.

Kenyarotavirus · Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)observed 2016 and 2019published 2021The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

89.9 %In scenario 2, time spent at a facility awaiting sample batching and transport accounted for 89.9% of total turnaround time for HIV viral load monitoring.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024Health policy and planningPubMeddocument of 15 observations

0.94 adjusted_prevalence_ratioDepressive symptoms were not significantly associated with oral PrEP use, with an adjusted prevalence ratio of 0.94 among adolescent girls and young women in Kisumu, Kenya.

Kenyadepressive symptomspublished 2025BMJ openPubMeddocument of 6 observations

66.7 %In anophelines, bovine blood was 66.7% in latrines.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Parasites & vectorsPubMeddocument of 6 observations

64 %Participants on dolutegravir-based cART regimen had 64% lower odds of viral load non-suppression compared to those on protease inhibitor-based regimen.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025AIDS (London, England)PubMeddocument of 5 observations

The CD4 count measurements increased nonlinearly over time.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 5 observations

6,000 deathsOver 6,000 deaths were attributed to malaria in the database.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 1992-2012published 2014Global health actioneurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations