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

Kenyaoesophageal cancerpublished 2024The Lancet. Global healtheurope_pmcdocument of 12 observations

In children, complications of severe malaria include metabolic acidosis, hypoglycaemia, hyperlacticacidaemia, severe anaemia, seizures and raised intracranial pressure.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2004Journal of postgraduate medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

7 %Marigat enrolled 23 (7%) malaria cases, representing 7% of the total.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 23 observations

41 casesAmong 373 subjects who underwent STI testing, there were 41 cases of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT).

KenyaChlamydia trachomatispublished 2020Frontiers in public healthPubMeddocument of 9 observations

100 %In Kenya, point-of-care (POC) early infant diagnosis increased the percentage of HIV-infected infants initiated on treatment to 100%.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 13 observations

8.6 %Among 824 enrolled women living with HIV, 8.6% had moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms in pregnancy.

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

32.8 %The magnitude of any type of post-TB lung disease was 32.8% among HIV-positive individuals in low- and middle-income countries.

Kenyapost-TB lung disease · VIH/sidapublished 2022PLOS global public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 11 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000805

7.4 %The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis was 7.4% among 691 Kenyan women planning pregnancies.

KenyaChlamydia trachomatispublished 2023Sexually transmitted diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1097/olq.0000000000001795

50.2 %In Nairobi, seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG was 50.2% (95% CI 39.7–61.1%) at the end of the study period.

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

1.32 aHRAmong sexual contacts of HIV-positive index clients in Siaya County, Kenya, those aged 18–24 years had an adjusted hazard ratio of 1.32 for HIV testing compared to those aged 35–44 years.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved June 2017-August 2018published 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 8 observations

27.6 %PAFs for Plasmodium falciparum ranged between 0% and 27.6% in 14-year-old girls.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2013BMJ openeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

8 %Only 316 (8%) of the unsuppressed adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Kenya had a repeat viral load test within 3 months.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved April 2017 to May 2019published 2020Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 7 observations

24.4 %Of the surveyed facilities in Kenya, 24.4% offered cervical cancer screening services.

Kenyacancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2019–2020published 2022BMC health services researchPubMeddocument of 8 observations

100 %There was 100% adequate clinical and parasitological response.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2015published 2021Epidemiology and infectionPubMeddocument of 5 observations

19.7 %Among 651 (97.0%) participants who had ever been tested for HIV, 129 (19.7%) reported HIV testing in the past 6–12 months.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2021BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 8 observations

2.5 monthsPatients with type 1 diabetes took an average of 2.5 months and a median interval of 18 days from symptom onset to diagnosis at Kenyatta National Hospital between January 2008 and December 2021.

Kenyadiabète de type 1observed January 2008 to December 2021published 2025Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEMPubMed

41.5 %Included studies on chikungunya fever in children were commonly conducted during an epidemic season (41.5%).

Kenyachikungunyapublished 2022PLOS global public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000914

Young adults aged 20–24 years old among adolescents living with HIV in Kenya had more mild to severe depressive symptoms than younger age groups (p < 0.001).

Kenyadépressionpublished 2021AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 6 observations

24.6 %Among 115 gbMSM in Nairobi, Kenya, HPV prevalence was 24.6% among those without HIV.

Kenyainfection à HPVpublished 2023Cancer medicinePubMeddocument of 7 observations

34.5 %A third of the included studies on HCV in Kenya were from Nairobi, accounting for 34.5%.

Kenyahépatite Cpublished 2024Journal of epidemiology and global healthPubMeddocument of 8 observations

Superinfected women had lower baseline viral load before superinfection (P = 0.05).

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2014AIDS (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 6 observations

43.6 %The prevalence of more remote sexual violence was 43.6% among HIV-1 negative Kenyan women who engage in sex work.

Kenyasexual violencepublished 2025Sexually transmitted diseasesPubMeddocument of 4 observations

13.04 %The R622I mutation appeared at a frequency of 13.04% (3/22) in Semera, Ethiopia.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2018–2022published 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 7 observations

17 clustersSeventeen significant clusters of low birthweight were identified at enumeration zone level.

Kenyafaible poids de naissanceobserved 2011–2021published 2023BMC pregnancy and childbirtheurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12884-023-05586-6

61.9 %GeneXpert sensitivity in retreatment cases was 61.9%, compared to 42.9% for ZN microscopy and 47.6% for LED fluorescent microscopy.

Kenyatuberculoseobserved 2013-2014published 2019African Journal of Health SciencesOpenAlexdocument of 6 observations