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88 %Health workers prescribed artemether-lumefantrine (AL) to 88% of RDT-positive patients.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2009The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.919

97.9 %Mean nocturnal SpO2 was lower in 54 Tanzanian children with sickle cell anaemia (97.9%, IQR 95.4-99.3%) compared to 95 Kenyan children with sickle cell anaemia (99.0%, IQR 96.7-99.8%) and 19 Tanzanian controls (98.4%, IQR 97.5-99.1%).

Kenya · Tanzaniedrépanocytosepublished 2016Archives of disease in childhoodeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306468

1.23 relative_riskThe relative risk of first-time HIV testing when offering two HIV self-tests versus one was 1.23.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved March 2021-June 2022published 2024Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 5 observations

G6PD c.202T homo/heterozygosity was positively associated with neonatal jaundice.

Kenyaneonatal jaundicepublished 2020Blood advancesPubMeddocument of 11 observations

28 per_100000_person-yearsIn the 5-17 months age group, the incidence rate of cerebral malaria was 28 per 100,000 person-years within an at-risk period of 1 year after the simulated vaccination schedule.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 5 observations

74 %At 50 parasites/µL, the sensitivity of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) was 74%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022The Journal of infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 13 observations

12 %A female sex worker who is 1 year older had 12% less HIV drug resistance mutations (HIVDRM), with an incidence rate ratio of 0.88.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2023MedicinePubMeddocument of 3 observations

4.4 per_1000_person_monthsThe incidence of laboratory-confirmed influenza among young infants was 4.4 episodes per 1,000 person-months in Siaya County, Kenya, from June 2015 to May 2020.

Kenyagrippeobserved June 2015 to May 2020published 2022Influenza and other respiratory virusesPubMeddocument of 4 observations

1.26 %Discordance between PfHRP2-based and PfLDH-based RDTs was 1.26%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2026Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 7 observations

HPV 52 was the most frequently detected HPV strain.

KenyaHPV 52published 2025European journal of cancer prevention : the official journal of the European Cancer PrevenPubMeddocument of 6 observations

6 odds_ratioHIV infection was associated with studying in private institutions (adjusted odds ratio = 6.0; 95% CI: 1.2–30.0, p = 0.027).

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

89.5 %HIV-1 subtype A1 accounted for 89.5% of all cases among female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved November 2020 to April 2021published 2022MedicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

22.9 %Among 1081 adolescent girls and young women aged 15–22 years in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya, physical violence prevalence in the past year was 22.9%.

Kenyaphysical violenceobserved past yearpublished 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 11 observations

635,000,000 USDThe total cost of managing type 2 diabetes for the healthcare system in Kenya was estimated to be US$ 635 million in 2021.

Kenyadiabète de type 2observed 2021published 2024BMC health services researchPubMeddocument of 4 observations

3.8 aORHIV infection was positively associated with Giardia intestinalis assemblage B infection in males with an adjusted odds ratio of 3.8.

KenyaGiardia intestinalis assemblage B infectionpublished 2023Parasitology internationalPubMeddocument of 7 observations

94.1 %94.1% of household heads reported sleeping under a long-lasting insecticidal net the previous night in Kirinyaga County, Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

9 %Of the total 28,800 surveyed residents in western Kenya, 9% had fever and associated malaria symptoms.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2021published 2023Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 4 observations

69 %Among people with TB and HIV in Kenya between 2008 and 2018, 69% received antiretroviral therapy (ART).

Kenyatuberculose · VIH/sidaobserved 2008 to 2018published 2022The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the IPubMeddocument of 8 observations

School age was associated with increased risk of submicroscopic malaria infection (p = 0.002).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 15 observations

3.5 %STI prevalence was 3.5% for vaginal discharge syndrome among participants in the African Cohort Study.

KenyaSTIspublished 2021BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 10 observations

35 %Preexposure of mosquitoes to piperonyl butoxide significantly increased permethrin mortality from 35% to 84.2% in rural populations.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2022-2023published 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 25 observations

71.6 %Among 901 women surveyed in fishing communities in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda from 2018 through 2019, 645 (71.6%) reported travelling, with 53.4% reporting short-term trips and 18.2% reporting long-term trips.

Kenya · Ouganda · TanzanieVIH/sidaobserved 2018 through 2019published 2023AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 2 observations

16 %The proportion of HIV-infected women screened for cervical cancer increased from 16% to 57% in the intervention arm after the nurse-led health education intervention.

Kenyacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2025Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCPPubMeddocument of 5 observations

58 %Reporting among facilities with diagnostic capacity was 58% for HIV and 52% for malaria.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2018published 2023BMC health services researchPubMeddocument of 7 observations

17 %17% of DALYs due to neurological impairment in children aged 5–14 years were years lived with disability (YLDs).

Kenyaneurological impairmentpublished 2022PLOS global public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations