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22.6 %Elevated blood pressure prevalence was 22.6% among females.

Kenyaelevated blood pressureobserved 2015published 2020The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 26 observations

0.6 yearsPegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) increases life expectancy by 0.6 years per person compared with paclitaxel for advanced AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcoma in Kenya.

Kenyaadvanced AIDS-associated Kaposi sarcomapublished 2022The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 5 observations

5.6 %The overall prevalence of soil transmitted helminthes was 5.6% among women of reproductive age in Kwale County, Coastal Kenya.

Kenyasoil transmitted helminthespublished 2022BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 14 observations

19,000 casesIn 2020, Kenya had 19,000 new HIV infections among women aged 15+ years.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2020published 2023Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 10 observations

31.5 %By 24 months, 31.5% of children who are HIV-exposed and uninfected (CHEU) were stunted.

Kenyamalnutritionobserved 24 monthspublished 2025PLoS medicinePubMeddocument of 14 observations

15.3 percentage_pointsStandardized patient actor training resulted in an adjusted mean difference of 15.3 percentage points in quality score for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) care between intervention and control sites.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024AIDS (London, England)PubMeddocument of 9 observations

4 log_10_copies_per_mLThere were no viral load differences between men who were circumcised and uncircumcised at the time of HIV infection (means 4.00 and 4.03 log 10 copies/mL respectively, p = .88) in any analysis.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2018BMC infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

2.6 %The prevalence of self-reported depression was 2.6% in the 2022 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey.

Kenyadépressionobserved 2022published 2025BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

9.41 %Thirteen (9.41%) infants had a positive PCR test during the 12-month study period.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2023PLoS ONEOpenAlexdocument of 5 observations

60 %Funding for malaria control worldwide is 60% lower than the US$4.9 billion needed for comprehensive control in 2010.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2010published 2010Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 8 observations

3 %The prevalence of smoking was 3% among 200 people living with HIV in Kenya.

Kenyasmokingobserved 2019-2020published 2022BMJ openPubMeddocument of 6 observations

0.81 adjusted_odds_ratioDMPA exposure did not increase detection of plasma HIV-1 RNA compared with visits with no hormonal contraception exposure (adjusted odds ratio: 0.81, 95% confidence interval: 0.47 to 1.39).

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2014Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)europe_pmcdocument of 2 observations

6.6 aHRAmong patients switching to dolutegravir-containing regimens, those with a preswitch viral load ≥1000 copies/mL had an adjusted hazard ratio of 6.60 for incident viral load ≥1000 copies/mL compared to those with preswitch viral load <200 copies/mL.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society PubMeddocument of 6 observations

12.2 %12.2% of ARI cases were managed at private facilities in the comparison site.

Kenyarespiratory infectionspublished 2025Frontiers in public healthPubMeddocument of 12 observations

2.46 hazard_ratio_per_parent_lostAmong children who were HIV negative at enrollment, loss of a parent was associated with HIV or death (adjusted hazard ratio: 2.46 per parent lost, 95% CI: 1.37–4.42).

KenyaHIV or deathpublished 2023The Journal of pediatricsPubMeddocument of 7 observations

2.9 SMRThe median standardized mortality ratio (SMR) for intellectual disability was 2.9.

Kenyaintellectual disabilitypublished 2021Frontiers in neurologyeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

14.2 %Plasmodium falciparum sero-prevalence in the oldest age group (≥50 years) in the Republic of Djibouti was 14.2% (76/510).

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2008–2009published 2011BMC infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

8.2 %SARS-CoV-2 positivity among acute respiratory infection cases in coastal Kenya ranged from 8.2% to 25.6% across nine infection waves.

KenyaCOVID-19published 2025Longitudinal Epidemiology and Variant Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 in Coastal Kenya (2020 - 2025europe_pmcdocument of 8 observations

50 yearsThe median age at diagnosis of oesophageal cancer ranged from 50 years in Blantyre to 65 years in Harare between 2004 and 2008.

Kenyaoesophageal cancerobserved 2004–2008published 2015Cancer epidemiologyeurope_pmcdocument of 10 observationsDOI 10.1016/j.canep.2015.01.001

36.6 %Raw cassava was consumed by 30 out of 81 women who engaged in pica, representing 36.6%.

Kenyapicapublished 2019International journal of environmental research and public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

140,000 casesIn Kenya, 140000 new tuberculosis cases occurred in 2019.

Kenyatuberculoseobserved 2019published 2021International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the InternatPubMeddocument of 10 observations

0.5 %At 72 hours after starting treatment, 0.5% of children in the artemether-lumefantrine group were still parasitaemic.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

46 %Seven women (46%) had bacterial vaginosis within 70 days before DMPA start.

Kenyavaginose bactériennepublished 2016Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)europe_pmcdocument of 8 observations

49.4 %Among 11,239 HIV-positive persons who named ≥1 contact in the SEARCH Study in rural Kenya and Uganda between 2013 and 2014, 49.4% had viral nonsuppression.

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

18 per_1000_per_yearAdmission rates for severe malaria for children up to their 10th birthday were estimated as 18.0 per 1000 per year in one community.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1997Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 11 observations