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9 %Among 241 adults newly diagnosed with Kaposi sarcoma in Kenya and Uganda from 2016 to 2019, extensive oral Kaposi sarcoma was present in 9% of patients as an ACTG T1 qualifier.

Kenyasarcome de Kaposiobserved 2016 to 2019published 2021Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 12 observations

22 casesOf the 128 participants with genotypes available at timepoint 1, 22 failed at timepoint 2, 17 died, and 32 were lost to follow-up before timepoint 2.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 13 observations

97 %A randomized, controlled trial in western Kenya found over 97% adherence rates to artemether-lumefantrine (AL) in both intervention and control arms.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2018Malaria journaleurope_pmc

40.6 %Among 5901 eligible patients receiving antiretroviral therapy, 40.6% were lost to follow-up during the study period.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved between Sept 1, 2012 and Jan 31, 2014published 2021BMC medical informatics and decision makingPubMeddocument of 5 observations

23 schoolsA total of 23 local primary schools participated in creating awareness on malaria prevention and control during the project phase.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 11 observations

79 %Globally, only 79% of adults living with HIV know their status.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 5 observations

10 %Less than 10% of women with breast cancer admitted to inpatient hospice in Western Kenya voiced spiritual distress.

Kenyacancer du seinobserved 2011-2019published 2022Journal of pain and symptom managementPubMeddocument of 10 observations

4.6 odds_ratioBathing less than the median for the cohort (14 times/week) was associated with a significantly higher likelihood of bacterial vaginosis (odds ratio = 4.6, 95% confidence interval = 1.2–17.5).

Kenyavaginose bactériennepublished 2007Sexually transmitted diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1097/01.olq.0000243624.74573.63

0.2 ratioChildren living more than 25 km from the hospital had severe malaria admission rates which were about one-fifth of those for children living within 5 km of the hospital.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1998International journal of epidemiologyeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

0.8 per_100_person_yearsThe HIV incidence rate among female sex workers (FSW) was 0.8 cases per 100 person-years of follow-up.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 5 observations

3,232 casesFrom June 2017 to March 2019, 3,232 acute febrile illness cases were enrolled among hospitalized patients at four sites in Kenya.

Kenyafebrile illnessobserved June 2017 to March 2019published 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 13 observations

1.29 odds_ratioHigher antiretroviral nonadherence was associated with treatment failure (OR = 1.29 per 1-unit higher nonadherence, 95% CI = 1.01–1.64, p < 0.035).

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved February/2021 to July/2022published 2025AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 9 observations

2 odds_ratioWomen with a personal history of breast cancer had an adjusted odds ratio of 2.00 for reporting breast complaints.

Kenyabreast complaintsobserved 2019 and 2020published 2026JCO global oncologyPubMeddocument of 10 observations

98.08 %The triple mutant IRNI haplotype in Pfdhfr had a prevalence of 98.08% in Kisii.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 14 observations

IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, TNF-α and TGF-β were significantly elevated in HIV-1 HAART non-adherent individuals compared with HIV-1 HAART adherent individuals and healthy controls.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2021African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 5 observations

57 %Prevalence of tungiasis was 57% among children aged 5–12 years in Murang’a South district, Central Kenya, during August–September 2009.

Kenyatungiasisobserved August – September 2009published 2012RetrovirologyOpenAlexdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s1-p37

50 %Approximately half of SARS-CoV-2 cases were completely asymptomatic.

KenyaCOVID-19published 2026PloS onePubMeddocument of 4 observations

2.4 hazard_ratioHIV infection was associated with a 2.40-fold higher hazard of death during TB treatment compared to HIV-negative status.

Kenyatuberculose · VIH/sidaobserved 2012–2020published 2023BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 11 observations

37 %The overall prevalence of cervical squamous epithelial lesions (CSIL) was 37% among 480 women.

Kenyacervical squamous epithelial lesionspublished 2021The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 9 observations

19 %Among 856 women living with HIV attending a large referral facility in Kenya from 2015 to 2019, 19% of women were missing viral load results.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2015 to 2019published 2022AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 4 observations

83 %Among 381 inpatient deaths at Kilifi County Hospital from 2010 to 2019, 317 (83%) occurred among children with any level of anaemia.

Kenyaanémieobserved 2010 to 2019published 2024BMJ global healtheurope_pmcdocument of 13 observations

1.3 %There were 2 deaths among 150 DKA admissions, corresponding to a mortality rate of 1.3%.

Kenyadiabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)observed 2017–2021published 2024BMC endocrine disordersPubMeddocument of 16 observations

3,700,000 US$Implementing paclitaxel instead of bleomycin-vincristine would increase the overall 5-year Kenyan health-care costs by $3.7 million for advanced AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma.

Kenyaadvanced AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcomaobserved 5-yearpublished 2022The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 5 observations

48 %The transmission dynamics model predicted a reduction in malaria prevalence in children of 6-months to 10-years of age of 48% to 72% in Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025PLoS pathogensPubMeddocument of 5 observations

73 %73% of HIV self-testing acceptors were very happy with their overall testing experience, compared to 47% of decliners.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 7 observations