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24.43 %In the 2015 Kenya STEPwise Survey, 24.43% of participants were classified as having hypertension.

Kenyahypertension artérielleobserved 2015published 2021Public healthPubMeddocument of 7 observations

72 participants72 participants had multiple sexually transmitted infections (STIs) during follow-up.

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

64 %The incidence of hospitalized malaria from the same community was concentrated among children aged 6 months to 4 years, accounting for 64% of all hospitalized malaria during the 12 months of surveillance.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 12 monthspublished 2020Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12936-020-03286-6

The FY.4 variant circulated as early as December 2022 in Kenya.

KenyaCOVID-19observed December 2022published 2025Virus evolutioneurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

97 %97% of reported adverse events were mild after yellow fever vaccination.

Kenyafièvre jaunepublished 2023The Lancet. Infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 7 observations

86 %By 2018, the estimated percentage of adolescent girls and young women who would know their HIV status was 86% if all were DREAMS invitees and 56% if none were DREAMS invitees in Nairobi.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2018published 2022AIDS (London, England)PubMeddocument of 11 observations

19 %Among STI clients, 19% (10/52) tested positive for gonorrhoea (n = 7) and/or chlamydia (n = 5).

Kenyachlamydia · gonorrhoeapublished 2025Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 19 observations

1.47 odds_ratioThere was no significant association between diabetes control and occurrence of cervical cytomorphological abnormalities (odds ratio = 1.47, p = 0.704).

Kenyacervical cytomorphological abnormalities · diabète (non précisé)published 2025Acta cytologicaPubMeddocument of 7 observations

13 %Overall compliance with the malaria test and treat policy was 13%.

Kenyapaludismeobserved April 2019published 2020Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 20 observations

28 daysBinding antibody levels peaked at day 28 after PCR testing.

KenyaCOVID-19published 2023Wellcome open researcheurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

2.3 HOMA-IR unitsThe median HOMA-IR was 2.3 (0.7, 6.5).

Kenyadiabète de type 2published 2021Scientific reportsPubMeddocument of 7 observations

36.4 %The mutant pfmdr1 86Y/184Y/1246Y allele declined from 36.4% in 1995 to 0% in 2013 in Plasmodium falciparum from coastal Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 1995published 2014International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistanceeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

17.6 %The prevalence of fever among children under the age of five years was 17.6% in northern Namibia, based on the 2009 Malaria Indicator Survey.

Kenyafeverobserved 2009published 2012International journal of health geographicseurope_pmcdocument of 2 observationsDOI 10.1186/1476-072x-11-6

9.1 %56 (9.1%) of the 617 participants were infected with non-tuberculous mycobacteria.

Kenyanon-tuberculous mycobacteriaobserved July 2021 to June 2022published 2023Ethiopian journal of health sciencesPubMeddocument of 9 observations

1 hazard_ratioThe ratio of monocytes to lymphocytes shows no association with risk of clinical malaria during follow-up among Kenyan children without detectable parasitaemia.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2013PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

3.75 aORAfter excluding women with concurrent bacterial vaginosis, concurrent vaginal Lactobacillus colonization was associated with an adjusted odds ratio of 3.75 for symptomatic vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC).

Kenyavulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC)published 2009The Journal of infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1086/599213

72.4 %Among 29 confirmed cases of endocervical adenocarcinoma diagnosed at AKUHN between July 2017 and July 2018, high-risk HPV type 16 was present alone or in combination with others including type 18 in 21 (72.4%) cases.

Kenyaendocervical adenocarcinomaobserved July 2017 to July 2018published 2022Annals of clinical and laboratory sciencePubMeddocument of 5 observations

68 patientsEMR data included 68 patients with NCD from Kakuma's surgical and outpatient departments.

Kenyanoncommunicable diseaseobserved May 2021 to March 2022published 2023JMIR mHealth and uHealthPubMeddocument of 10 observations

0.5 %Among 1265 participants with complete data on HBsAg and HBcAb-Total, 0.5% had acute HBV infection.

Kenyahépatite Bpublished 2023PloS onePubMeddocument of 15 observations

15,000 mosquitoesThe Kenyan national malaria program analyses an average of 15,000 mosquitoes annually.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025PloS onePubMeddocument of 5 observations

184 eventsFrom week 3 through week 26, a total of 184 events of hospital readmission or death occurred in the dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine chemoprevention group and 316 occurred in the placebo group.

Kenyasevere anemiapublished 2020The New England journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 5 observations

The Mobile WAChX trial evaluates an interactive semiautomated SMS text messaging intervention to improve adherence to antiretroviral therapy and retention in care among peripartum women infected with HIV in Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020JMIR mHealth and uHealthPubMeddocument of 12 observations

60 %The 5-year relative survival for prostate cancer patients in sub-Saharan Africa was 60.0%.

Kenyacancer de la prostateobserved 2005-2015published 2021Cancer causes & control : CCCeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1007/s10552-021-01453-x

27 %PLHIV had a 27% higher mean hsCRP concentration compared with HIV-negative participants, independent of CVD risk factors.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2021Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society PubMeddocument of 8 observations

51.2 %Of the 168 widows with confirmed dates of HIV diagnosis, 51.2% may have been exposed 2 years after widowhood.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2026Global health actioneurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations