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98.8 %Nearly all participants (98.8%) lived within 5 km from a voluntary medical male circumcision facility.

Kenyavoluntary medical male circumcisionobserved 2008 and 2010published 2016AIDS and behavioreurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1007/s10461-015-1210-z

2.07 odds_ratioModerate-to-severe depressive symptom risk was significantly increased with intimate partner violence (adjusted odds ratio 2.07 [95% CI 1.81–2.31]).

Kenyadepressive symptomspublished 2022The lancet. PsychiatryPubMeddocument of 9 observations

Malaria infections were present year-round in central Turkana.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021The American journal of tropical medicine and hygienePubMeddocument of 2 observations

All blood samples examined were negative for both species of Plasmodium.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2008published 2010Eastern Mediterranean health journal = La revue de sante de la Mediterranee orientale = aleurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

9,936 casesBetween 2000 and 2014 there were 9936 cases of imported malaria in Jazan Province.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2000–2014published 2015Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12936-015-0858-1

5,370 mosquitoesAnopheles funestus sensu lato constituted 70.3% of 5,370 Anopheles mosquitoes sampled from 608 trapping efforts.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 13 observations

36 specimensAmong 453 seropositive dried blood spot specimens, 36 (7.9%) were successfully sequenced for HIV pol.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2019 and 2020published 2024BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 6 observations

27 %Noncommunicable diseases account for approximately 27% of all deaths in Kenya.

Kenyamaladies non transmissiblespublished 2026BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 8 observations

2.73 odds_ratioThe odds of developing COVID-19 symptoms were higher among cases with underlying conditions (odds ratio = 2.73, P < 0.001).

KenyaCOVID-19published 2022Journal of global healthPubMeddocument of 24 observations

3.8 %The overall cervical cancer screening positivity was 3.8% across the 19 facilities in Siaya and Busia counties of Kenya from September 2021 to September 2022.

Kenyacancer du col de l'utérusobserved September 2021 to September 2022published 2025JCO global oncologyPubMeddocument of 3 observations

17 individualsHLA-DQB1 and HLA-DRB1 alleles were analyzed in 17 pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) patients.

Kenyatuberculosepublished 2022The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 6 observations

79.3 %All injection substance users had higher rates of anemia compared to non-injection substance users: HIV+TB+ ISUs (79.3%), HIV-TB+ISUs (70.0%), HIV+TB- ISUs (56.6%), HIV-TB- ISUs (56.2%), versus non-ISUs (16.6%).

KenyaHIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis co-infectionpublished 2020Ethiopian journal of health sciencesPubMeddocument of 6 observations

3.8 %The prevalence of candiduria among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Murang'a County Referral Hospital was 3.8% (95% confidence interval: 2.1–6.4%; 14 out of 365).

Kenyacandiduriaobserved May to October 2023published 2026BMC pregnancy and childbirthPubMeddocument of 8 observations

1.3 %Among 3152 participants who inject drugs in Kenya, 40 (1.3%) were HBV-positive.

Kenyahépatite Bpublished 2025The International journal on drug policyPubMeddocument of 6 observations

24 %Aromatase inhibitors showed a lower incidence of disease progression (24%) compared to tamoxifen (29.7%) 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

1.35 %HIV prevalence was 1.35% among patients with risk-score 10–15.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved September 2017 to May 2018published 2021AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 4 observations

84 %HIV/AIDS awareness was 84% in the non-intervention site and 79.8% in the intervention site.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2017African Journal of Health SciencesOpenAlexdocument of 33 observations

62.2 %Resistance markers for sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine were identified at high frequencies in 62.2% of isolates on Ngodhe island, Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2015 and 2016published 2023Scientific reportsPubMeddocument of 5 observations

567 couplesThe study included 567 couples where the HIV-negative partner discontinued PrEP because of their partner with HIV using ART for ≥6 months.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 3 observations

25 %The lowest resistance rate in Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates from urinary tract infections among adult HIV-positive outpatients at Embu County Referral Hospital, Kenya, was 25% for colistin in January–February 2023.

Kenyainfection urinaireobserved January to February 2023published 2025BMC microbiologyPubMeddocument of 16 observations

4.4 RRStigma was associated with moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms with a relative risk of 4.4.

Kenyadepressive symptomspublished 2022Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 14 observations

0.9 %Testing using the four-tests panel yielded a positivity rate of 0.9% for syphilis among pregnant women in selected Primary Health Care facilities in Kenya.

Kenyasyphilispublished 2024Frontiers in public healthPubMeddocument of 15 observations

100 %The 28-day polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-corrected parasitological cure rate was 100% for both pregnant and non-pregnant women with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2026British journal of clinical pharmacologyPubMeddocument of 3 observations

709 casesOverall, 709 individuals were infected with Plasmodium in a cross-sectional survey conducted in 2008 in four contiguous villages in Mulanda sub-county, Tororo district, eastern Uganda.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2008published 2010Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-9-2

1.59 IRRAdult pneumonia admissions in Kenya increased with an incidence rate ratio of 1.59 compared to the pre-pandemic period.

Kenyapneumoniepublished 2024Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions and inpatient mortality in Kenya: europe_pmcdocument of 9 observations