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23,800,000 casesEast African countries had an estimated 23.8 million malaria cases in 2022.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2022published 2024Scientific reportsPubMeddocument of 3 observations

3.9 per_1000_per_yearAdmission rates for severe malaria for children up to their 10th birthday were estimated as 3.9 per 1000 per year in one community.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1997Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 11 observations

80 %By 2018, the estimated percentage of adolescent girls and young women who would know their HIV status was 80% if all were DREAMS invitees and 68% if none were DREAMS invitees in Gem, western Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2018published 2022AIDS (London, England)PubMeddocument of 11 observations

3,000 casesIn Kenya, about 3000 obstetric fistula cases are estimated to occur every year.

Kenyaobstetric fistulapublished 2013BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthOpenAlexdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1186/1471-2393-13-56

15.7 %Few adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) reported likely HIV exposures in Kenya (15.7%), Malawi (46.2%), and Zambia (9.5%).

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2016/2017published 2024BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 10 observations

2.45 ORIn multivariate analysis controlling for age, gender, alcohol use and cigarette smoking, khat chewing had an odds ratio of 2.45 (95% CI: 1.13–5.34) for strange experiences.

Kenyastrange experiencespublished 2019BMC PsychiatryOpenAlexdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12888-019-2118-3

494,745 childrenBy April 30, 2021, 494,745 children had received three doses of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine.

Kenyapaludismeobserved April 30, 2021published 2024Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 15 observations

83.7 %Viral suppression 6 months postintervention was 83.7% among patients receiving provider-patient communication (PPC) training plus standard of care (SOC).

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 5 observations

3.8 %The overall prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium was 3.8% among women of reproductive age in Kwale County, Coastal Kenya.

Kenyaschistosomiasepublished 2022BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 14 observations

3 deathsThree deaths were reported from the medical (Hypertension) clinic.

Kenyahypertension artériellepublished 2021Journal of global healthPubMeddocument of 12 observations

0.44 aORAmong adolescent girls and young women aged 13–24 in Kenya, high parental monitoring was associated with reduced odds of intimate partner violence (adjusted odds ratio: 0.44).

Kenyaintimate partner violenceobserved 2018–19published 2025AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 12 observations

430 hoursIn scenario 2, samples spent 430 hours cumulatively in the HIV viral load processing system.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024Health policy and planningPubMeddocument of 15 observations

13 %HIV infection was identified in 13% of 77 patients admitted with radiographically confirmed community acquired pneumonia in Kenya from May 2019 to March 2020.

Kenyapneumonie · VIH/sidaobserved May 2019 to March 2020published 2021BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 5 observations

29.3 %HIV prevalence among female sex workers in Kenya is 29.3%.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 6 observations

67 %Pathogenic E. coli revealed tetracycline resistance ranging from 67% to 76% in all sites.

Kenyapathogenic E. colipublished 2019African Journal of Health SciencesOpenAlexdocument of 18 observations

59 participantsA total of 59 participants acquired HIV infection or died during the study period.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2021JAMA network openPubMeddocument of 15 observations

16 %Among 607 survey responders (86% of 704 seroconverters), 16% of men reported transactional sex as the suspected infection source.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2021PloS onePubMeddocument of 16 observations

16 %Among 765 adult patients enrolling in HIV care in East Africa, 16% were classified as World Health Organization (WHO) stage 3 or 4.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 7 observations

0.1 per_person_yearThe median estimated incidence of sexual violence (SV) in 2023 among female sex workers (FSWs) in Mombasa, Kenya who had not previously experienced that type of violence was 0.10 per person-year.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2023published 2024BMC medicinePubMeddocument of 9 observations

1.59 odds_ratioAnaemia burden was higher in HIV-positive injection substance users compared to HIV-negative injection substance users, with an odds ratio of 1.59.

Kenyaanémie · VIH/sidapublished 2022African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 7 observations

18.8 %Among HIV-positive patients with cancer, breast cancer accounted for 18.8% (6 of 32) of malignancies.

Kenyacancer du sein · VIH/sidapublished 2023JCO global oncologyPubMeddocument of 8 observations

0.6 AUCThe simplified HIV risk score had an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) of 0.60 for predicting HIV acquisition among pregnant and postpartum women in Western Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 6 observations

320,000 casesWe estimated 320,000 cases attributed to cervical cancer over the lifetimes of the 14 evaluated birth cohorts.

Kenyacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2023VaccinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

35 %Among 15,632 individuals at elevated HIV risk, 5,447/15,632 (35%) initiated PrEP.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2021PLoS medicinePubMeddocument of 12 observations

3 samplesCoxsackievirus A24 variant (CA24v) was detected in three of the 13 samples from individuals with acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis in coastal Kenya.

Kenyaacute hemorrhagic conjunctivitisobserved early 2024published 2025Wellcome open researcheurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations