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42.1 %Fetal macrosomia incidence was 42.1% among women with gestational diabetes in Nyeri County, Kenya.

Kenyadiabète gestationnelpublished 2022The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 3 observations

4.8 %Among Kenyan adolescents aged 15–19 years in Kisumu who engaged in transactional sex, 4.8% had used PrEP.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 15 observations

31.1 %The proportion of vitamin D insufficiency was 31.1% among HAART-experienced participants.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 10 observations

55.7 odds_ratioAmino acid threonine at position 22 of V3 loop increased the odds of a strain being X4 by 55.7 times compared to alanine which occurred in CCR5-tropic strains.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022MedicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

3,519 individualsA total of 3,519 children aged 0–9 years living with HIV newly initiated antiretroviral therapy at 47 health facilities in central Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022AIDS research and human retrovirusesPubMeddocument of 18 observations

7.5 per_100000In 2013–2015, head and neck cancer incidence was highest in Kenya at 7.5 per 100,000 among women.

KenyaHead and neck cancerobserved 2013-2015published 2021Cancer epidemiologyeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

32 %In 2020, across Africa, only 32% of eligible pregnant women received at least three doses of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp).

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2020published 2024The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 4 observations

97 %HIV self-testing completion was 97% among adolescents and young adults in an urban settlement in Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 3 observations

24 %Aromatase inhibitors showed a higher rate of complete radiological response (24%) compared to tamoxifen (13.5%) among hormone receptor-positive breast cancer patients at Kenyatta National Hospital.

Kenyacancer du seinobserved 2019 to 2022published 2025Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer InstitutePubMeddocument of 6 observations

100 %An optimized symptom screen including weight loss, cough, anorexia, or TB contact had 100% sensitivity and 31% specificity to detect confirmed tuberculosis among hospitalized antiretroviral therapy-naive Kenyan children with HIV.

Kenyatuberculosepublished 2022Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 5 observations

120 infantsOf 626 enrolled infants, 120 (19.2%) received point-of-care HIV testing at 6 weeks only.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 13 observations

56 %Among women attending large HIV care and treatment programs across Kenya between June and September 2016, 1671 of 3007 (56%) reported ever being screened for cervical cancer.

Kenyacancer du col de l'utérusobserved June and September 2016published 2022International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the InternationPubMeddocument of 3 observations

161 mother-infant pairsA total of 161 mother-infant pairs were included in the study, comprising 59 cases (HIV-positive mothers whose infants tested HIV-positive by DNA PCR) and 101 controls (HIV-positive mothers whose infants tested HIV-negative).

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2026The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 2 observations

1,100,000 inhabitants1.1 million Kenyans on antiretroviral therapy (ART) are HIV-seropositive.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2021MedicinePubMeddocument of 11 observations

115 copies_per_swabMost women with cervical HIV-1 RNA levels above the threshold for quantitation had low concentrations during cervical infections (median 115, range 100–820 copies per swab).

Kenyacervical infections · VIH/sidapublished 2010AIDS (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1097/qad.0b013e32833f9f43

5.1 %Homa Bay had a frequency of 5.1% of mutated Pfs25 sites.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 6 observations

16.9 %HIV prevalence was 16.9% in Ndhiwa sub-county in 2018.

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

3.8 %Plasmodium malariae accounted for 3.8% of infections among 1,134 malaria-positive samples.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 7 observations

42.5 USDThe average unit cost per male sex partner (MSP) tested was $42.50.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022BMC health services researchPubMeddocument of 13 observations

40 %In Africa, when infection prevalence exceeded 40%, clinical incidence reached a plateau of 500 cases per thousand of the population per annum.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2009Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-8-186

25.5 %The prevalence of viral load non-suppression among treatment-experienced female sex workers in Kenya decreased from 25.5% in 2016 to 4.3% in 2021.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2016published 2025AIDS (London, England)PubMeddocument of 5 observations

4.3 %Thrombocytopenia was the least prevalent clinically relevant hematological abnormality at 4.3% (24/562) among participants.

Kenyathrombocytopeniapublished 2021BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 6 observations

6.4 %The 30-day case-fatality ratio was 6.4% among 1769 cases of severe pneumonia in children aged 1–59 months without HIV infection and with positive chest x-rays.

Kenyapneumonieobserved Aug 15, 2011 to Jan 30, 2014published 2019Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 9 observations

81.8 %The highest sensitivity rate was 81.8% in the GeneXpert positive / HIV positive category.

Kenyatuberculosepublished 2019African Journal of Health SciencesOpenAlexdocument of 2 observations

50 timesThe Ala15Ser-Ser58Arg mutant DHFR protein showed a 50-times increase in pyrimethamine half-maximal inhibitory concentration compared with the wild-type counterpart.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024The Lancet. MicrobePubMeddocument of 6 observations