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Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence among children aged 2–10 years (PfPR2-10) along the Kenyan coast began to rise from 2011 through to 2014.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2011 to 2014published 2015PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

72 %In Homa Bay county, 72% of households had received a service on malaria.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025PloS onePubMeddocument of 6 observations

35 %Kombewa enrolled 108 (35%) malaria cases, representing 35% of the total.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 23 observations

Breast wounds were the most common physical finding among women with breast cancer admitted to inpatient hospice in Western Kenya.

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

3.6 aHRAdolescent girls and young women (AGYW) who did not disclose sexual activity had an adjusted hazard ratio of 3.60 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

All women with CIN2/3 were positive by HR-HPV DNA testing.

Kenyalésions précancéreuses du col (CIN)published 2015Infectious Agents and CancerOpenAlexdocument of 11 observationsDOI 10.1186/s13027-015-0020-2

96.9 %96.9% of the 3646 eligible partners were successfully contacted for APS and tested for HIV.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2021published 2024Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 15 observations

14.5 %In Kilifi, seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG was 14.5% (95% CI 9.1–21.0%) at the beginning of the study period.

KenyaCOVID-19published 2022PLOS global public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000883

7 %Of the 97,124 tests from asymptomatic individuals, 7,149 (7%) were SARS-CoV-2 positive by RT-PCR in the Coastal part of Kenya between 17th March 2020 and 30th June 2021.

KenyaCOVID-19observed 17th March 2020 to 30th June 2021published 2022Wellcome open researcheurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

50 %Youth living with HIV who had self-disclosed reported internalized stigma at a prevalence of 50%, compared to 21% among those who had not self-disclosed.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2021AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 13 observations

61 %Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) accounted for 61% (1620) of malaria tests conducted in Nandi County.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 16 observations

521 per_100000_person_years_observationIn the urban site (Kibera), the crude incidence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi bacteremia was 521 cases per 100,000 person-years of observation among children 2–4 years old.

KenyaSalmonella enterica serovar Typhi bacteremiaobserved 2007-9published 2012PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0029119

-14.7 mm HgMean systolic blood pressure declined by -14.7 mm Hg in the group medical visits group.

Kenyadiabète (non précisé) · hypertension artériellepublished 2021Journal of the American College of CardiologyPubMeddocument of 7 observations

51.4 %Among 1182 high-risk women enrolled in Mombasa, Kenya between 2001 and 2007, 613 (51.4%) were HIV-1 seropositive.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2001-2007published 2012Sexually transmitted diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1097/olq.0b013e318275ec7f

3 childrenThe median number of children among 838 pathologically confirmed breast cancer cases in Kenya was 3.

Kenyacancer du seinobserved between March 2012 to May 2015published 2021Breast cancer research : BCRPubMeddocument of 9 observations

12 %Four years later, 11 out of 95 Kenyan children with sickle cell anaemia had died, corresponding to a mortality rate of 12%.

Kenyadrépanocytoseobserved four years laterpublished 2009British journal of haematologyeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

476 clientsFrom November 2020 to October 2021, 476 out of 575 screened clients met the prescribing checklist criteria for PrEP initiation at private pharmacies in Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved November 2020 to October 2021published 2023Journal of the International AIDS Societyeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.1002/jia2.26131

11 %In 2004, 11% of 394 children weighing 10 kg or more with uncomplicated malaria were treated with artemether-lumefantrine in four Zambian districts.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2004published 2007Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 13 observations

1,001 admissionsFrom 5766 malaria admissions, 1001 (10%) were severe malaria anaemia.

Kenyamalarial anaemiaobserved December 2015 to November 2016 and November 2017 to October 2018published 2020Scientific reportseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1038/s41598-020-58284-0

78 %In the first two years of the pandemic, 78% of high-income countries sequenced more than 0.5% of their COVID-19 cases.

KenyaCOVID-19observed first two years of the pandemicpublished 2022Nature communicationseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

4 casesAmong 65 HIV-positive patients who provided saliva samples, 4 had co-infection of Candida species and TB.

Kenyatuberculoseobserved 2003published 2006East African Medical JournalOpenAlexdocument of 8 observations

12 %Among 9431 admissions at Kilifi County Hospital from 2010 to 2019, 1140 (12%) had severe anaemia.

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

233.81 USDA user-initiated modification of halving reagent volumes for some laboratory processes reduced the unit cost for a HIVDR test to $233.81, representing a 13.97% reduction.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020F1000ResearchPubMeddocument of 3 observations

20 %A fifth of pregnancies were preterm birth in this large multi-site cohort.

Kenyapreterm birthpublished 2025BMC pregnancy and childbirthPubMeddocument of 5 observations

69.5 %69.5% of female sex workers living with HIV in Mombasa, Kenya were not using modern nonbarrier contraception.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved October 2012-April 2017published 2020Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)europe_pmcdocument of 10 observations