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9.8 %In Eshowe, South Africa, the proportion of people living with HIV (PLHIV) with advanced HIV was 9.8% in 2013.

KenyaVIH avancéobserved 2013published 2024Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CarePubMeddocument of 7 observations

111,910 deathsThe database covered 111,910 deaths over 12,204,043 person-years in 22 sites.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 1992-2012published 2014Global health actioneurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

22 yearsThe median age of 399 participants enrolling into an HIV incidence cohort in Kenya was 22 years, with an interquartile range of 19–24 years.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 6 observations

76 %The probe containing a 21 base pair tandem repeat had an overall sensitivity of 76% for detecting Plasmodium falciparum.

Kenyapaludismepublished 1990Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmc

The RTS,S/ASO1E malaria vaccine is being piloted in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi.

Ghana · Kenya · Malawipaludismepublished 2021PloS onePubMeddocument of 7 observations

50 yearsThe median age of women with breast cancer admitted to inpatient hospice in Western Kenya was 50.0 years.

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

41 %Vaccine efficacy against all episodes of clinical malaria was 41% (95% CI 26-53) in the Fx017-20-32 group up to month 50.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 9 observations

Chlamydia trachomatis accounted for the majority of STI infections among Kenyan women aged ≥18 and ≤30 years enrolled in a trial of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis.

KenyaChlamydia trachomatisobserved between February 2020 and November 2021published 2023BMC women's healthPubMeddocument of 11 observations

53 %About 53% of fevers had some form of parasitological diagnosis before treatment.

Kenyafeverobserved 2009published 2011Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

91.1 %The rate of acquiring headlice between the two surveys was reduced by 91.1% in children who slept under insecticide-treated bednets compared with children with placebo-treated bednets.

Kenyaheadlicepublished 1989Medical and veterinary entomologyeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

33.3 %In the study sample, approximately one-third of participants reported ever using permanent and/or semi-permanent hair dyes.

Kenyacancer du seinpublished 2024International journal of environmental research and public healthPubMeddocument of 5 observations

56.8 %Among 220 female sex workers in Nairobi, 56.8% (125/220) reported depression (PHQ-9 ≥ 10).

Kenyadépressionobserved 2019published 2021Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 11 observations

28.8 %The mutation 436H in Pfdhps was identified in 28.8% of Plasmodium falciparum isolates.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 14 observations

13.8 %In Kenya, only 13.8% of women participate in cervical cancer screening programs.

Kenyacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2026BMC research notesPubMeddocument of 7 observations

31 %Leukocytosis was present in 31% of malaria-infected children with HbAA genotype.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 13 observations

27.5 %Comparative analysis revealed a significant prevalence of the Pfk13 A675V allele (27.5%) in the Kisii region.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 12 observations

83 %Among 624 children admitted to Garissa County referral hospital, Kenya, from January 2017 to December 2019, underweight was present in 518 (83%) children.

Kenyamalnutritionobserved 2017–2019published 2025Maternal & child nutritionPubMeddocument of 14 observations

0.78 IRRPaediatric pneumonia admissions in Kenya decreased overall with an incidence rate ratio of 0.78 compared to the pre-pandemic period.

Kenyapneumoniepublished 2024Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions and inpatient mortality in Kenya: europe_pmcdocument of 9 observations

Plasmodium falciparum is the most common cause of severe and life-threatening malaria.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2004Journal of postgraduate medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

70.3 %Polyclonal variation in the msp-2 gene was at 70.3%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 9 observations

5,500 patientsOf the 5,500 people living with HIV aged ≥15 years on first-line antiretroviral therapy at one health facility in Kenya, 4,233 (77%) had transitioned to optimized antiretroviral drugs.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 4 observations

64 %At the screening visit, 64% of women had more than one reproductive tract infection (N. gonorrhoea, C. trachomatis, T. vaginalis, syphilis) and/or Candida.

Kenyareproductive tract infectionspublished 2014PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

116,000 CVD eventsProviding NCD treatment to 50% of diagnosed cases from 2019 to 2023 and maintaining them on treatment afterwards could avert 116,000 cardiovascular disease (CVD) events in Kenya over the next 15 years.

Kenyamaladies cardiovasculairesobserved 2019 to 2023published 2020Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 10 observations

22 %In 2013, 22% of participants in the African Cohort Study (AFRICOS) reported HIV stigma at the enrollment visit.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2013published 2022AIDS carePubMeddocument of 4 observations

97.5 %Bivalent HPV vaccine efficacy was 97.5% against persistent HPV 16/18 infection in the modified intention-to-treat cohort after three years of follow-up.

Kenyapersistent HPV 16/18 infectionpublished 2023Nature medicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations