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7 %Of the 207 randomly selected charts of adolescents living with HIV aged 15–19 years in Kiambu and Nakuru Counties, Kenya, 7% (n = 14) of viral load results were missing from the clinic electronic medical record.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANACPubMeddocument of 4 observations

18 %RT-PCR detected 18% (319/1,777) Plasmodium infections.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 15 observations

38.9 %Among patients with underlying conditions in Kenya's hospitalized COVID-19 cohort, diabetes was present in 38.9%.

KenyaCOVID-19 · diabète (non précisé)published 2025Global health actionPubMeddocument of 11 observations

1.06 risk_ratioThe intervention improved retention in care with a risk ratio of 1.06 (95% CI: 1.02–1.1).

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 48 weekspublished 2024Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 6 observations

In 2010–14, neoplasms and cardiovascular disease were the top causes of death among adults aged 60 years and older.

Kenyamaladies cardiovasculaires · neoplasmsobserved 2010–14published 2024The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

3 %3% of all malaria infections were among children aged less than 1 year in the coast endemic zone.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2016Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 12 observations

43.7 %Among 11,239 HIV-positive persons who named ≥1 contact in the SEARCH Study in rural Kenya and Uganda between 2013 and 2014, 43.7% had not initiated treatment.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2013 and 2014published 2021Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)PubMeddocument of 3 observations

78.6 %The prevalence of Mild HAND (Asymptomatic Neurocognitive Impairment and HIV-associated Mild Neurocognitive Disorder) was 78.6% among the studied HIV-infected persons on antiretroviral therapy.

KenyaMild HAND (ANI and MND)published 2020BMC neurologyPubMeddocument of 4 observations

92.7 %The Platelia Total Ab Assay and the Mount Sinai spike IgG ELISA showed a high qualitative agreement of 92.7% in detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in a mother-infant cohort in Nairobi, Kenya.

KenyaCOVID-19observed May 2019 to December 2020published 2023Journal of medical virologyPubMeddocument of 3 observations

7.8 %Among 4153 women, 7.8% (n = 323) experienced intimate partner violence.

Kenyaintimate partner violencepublished 2023Paediatric and perinatal epidemiologyPubMeddocument of 8 observations

4 %Pfk13 C469Y mutation associated with artemisinin resistance was present as mixed genotype infections in 23 samples (4%) among primary school-going children in 15 counties in Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 6 observations

12.9 %12.9% (1104) of HIV-positive adolescents were pregnant at study inclusion.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020Reproductive healthPubMeddocument of 8 observations

Less than half of the included patients were alive 3 years after a cancer diagnosis for lung cancer in sub-Saharan Africa.

Kenyalung cancerpublished 2024The Lancet. Global healtheurope_pmcdocument of 12 observations

96.9 %The specificity of provider-delivered HIVST at the pharmacy was 96.9% when interpreted by providers.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved between March and June 2022published 2023Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 9 observations

67 %The K65 wild-type allele was detected in two recrudescent DP treated samples (67%) while the K65Q mutant allele was identified in one DP treated (33%) recrudescent sample.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2023Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

23.1 %In Western Kenya, the Beijing 128 lineage accounted for 23.1% of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates.

Kenyatuberculosepublished 2023BMC pulmonary medicinePubMeddocument of 5 observations

2.5 timesThe non-users of LLINs were 2.5 to 3 times more likely to be exposed to the risk of acquiring malaria compared to LLINs users.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021The Journal of infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1093/infdis/jiaa774

52 clients52 clients initiated STI testing during the pilot period from January to July 2022.

Kenyasexually transmitted infectionobserved January to July 2022published 2025Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 19 observations

60 %In east and southern Africa, high sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance was categorised as a prevalence of the Lys540Glu mutation of 60% or higher combined with a prevalence of the Ala581Gly mutation of less than 5%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025The Lancet. Infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 13 observations

Among the tribes of Bantu ethnicity, the Kamba had lower risks of oesophagus, stomach, corpus uteri and nervous system cancers.

Kenyacorpus uteri cancer · nervous system cancer · oesophagus cancer · stomach cancerpublished 2017International journal of cancereurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1002/ijc.30502

67.4 %The mean relative survival at Year 1 for the seven series was 67.4%.

Kenyaovarian cancerpublished 2024International journal of cancereurope_pmcdocument of 14 observations

Breast and cervical cancer incidence rates and mortality rates in Kenya are high.

Kenyabreast and cervical cancerpublished 2023Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer PubMeddocument of 5 observations

3.16 aHRAdolescent girls and young women (AGYW) with a new sexual partner had an adjusted hazard ratio of 3.16 for first STI episode.

Kenyasexually transmitted infection (STI)published 2023The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent MediPubMeddocument of 9 observations

3.6 %Genotyping detected D1246Y mutation at a frequency of 3.6% in the multidrug resistance 1 (Pfmdr1) gene.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 12 observations

3 isolatesThe WHO-validated A675V k13 mutation was detected in three Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2018–2022published 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 7 observations