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17.2 per_100_person-yearsIncidence of C. trachomatis or N. gonorrhoeae was 17.2 cases per 100 person-years among Kenyan MSM taking PrEP.

KenyaC. trachomatis · N. gonorrhoeaepublished 2021AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 2 observations

33.2 %Chemase Health Centre had a malaria test positivity rate of 33.2% in Nandi County.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 16 observations

0.02 p-valueTrachoma and NCDs clustered together in distances less than 1 km, with statistical significance p=0.02.

KenyaNCDs · trachomapublished 2024International healthPubMeddocument of 9 observations

1 odds_ratioThere was no difference in HIV testing during the 6-month follow-up between participants in the intervention and the standard of care arms (odds ratio = 1.0).

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 6-month follow-uppublished 2021Frontiers in public healthPubMeddocument of 7 observations

12 µg/mlCirculating total adiponectin levels were lower in antiretroviral treatment-experienced injection substance users (median, 12.0; IQR, 4.4 µg/ml) than in naive users.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020Ethiopian journal of health sciencesPubMeddocument of 7 observations

35.5 %Among 7,046 individuals sampled starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Kenya between April 2018 and March 2021, 35.5% started ART during April 2018–March 2019.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved April 2018–March 2019published 2023PloS onePubMeddocument of 7 observations

7.3 %The prevalence of group B streptococcus (GBS) was 7.3% during the early first trimester.

Kenyagroup B streptococcus (GBS)published 2026PloS onePubMeddocument of 4 observations

0.001 p_valueTIM3 was higher in CHEU compared to CHU, with a p-value of 0.001.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025AIDS (London, England)PubMeddocument of 5 observations

14.3 %NCDs were frequent among those with trachomatous trichiasis, occurring in 14.3% of such cases.

KenyaNCDs · trachomatous trichiasispublished 2024International healthPubMeddocument of 9 observations

104 mothersOf 182 screened mothers, 104 were eligible and followed on antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy and postpartum.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved February and November 2010published 2014Vaccineeurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

42 %In the first two years of the pandemic, 42% of low- and middle-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

1.83 incidence_rate_ratioText messaging was associated with an incidence rate ratio of 1.83 for identification of HIV in infants.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved October 2015 to September 2016published 2022AIDS carePubMeddocument of 16 observations

18 patientsPatients from whom bacterial enteric pathogens were isolated and identified included 18 from Machakos County Referral Hospital.

Kenyabacterial enteric pathogenspublished 2019African Journal of Health SciencesOpenAlexdocument of 18 observations

5.2 %The prevalence of Candida urinary tract infections among pregnant women attending antenatal care at Murang'a County Referral Hospital was 5.2% (95% confidence interval: 1.9–8.5%; 9 out of 174).

Kenyainfection urinaireobserved May to October 2023published 2026BMC pregnancy and childbirthPubMeddocument of 8 observations

2.44 foldAdolescents with HIV showed a 2.44-fold increased risk of PRISm findings compared to adolescents without HIV.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025ChestPubMeddocument of 9 observations

6.4 %In 2019, 6.4% of Kenya's population resided in communities where Plasmodium falciparum parasite prevalence was predicted to be ≥ 30%.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2019published 2021PLOS global public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 11 observations

64.3 %High-level resistance against at least 2 drugs of the ART regimen was observed in 9 of the 14 patients with RT resistance mutations.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2009AIDS research and therapyeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

10 %Fewer than 10% of eligible participants had ever undergone cancer screening in a predominantly rural coastal population in Kenya.

Kenyacancer (non précisé)published 2025JCO global oncologyPubMeddocument of 5 observations

77 %The proportion of adolescents and young people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy whose viral load was resuppressed on repeat testing improved to 77% in the final month of the implementation period.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved July 2020published 2022BMJ open qualityPubMeddocument of 8 observations

66 %The majority (66%) of the 1.3 million people living with HIV in Kenya are women.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 12 observations

4 infantsFour infants were diagnosed with HIV.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2021The Pediatric infectious disease journalPubMeddocument of 10 observations

5,964 KShThe total societal cost (health system and household costs) per patient admitted with a malaria diagnosis was KSh 5964 (USD 58.4).

Kenyapaludismeobserved June 2016 to May 2017published 2021Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 11 observations

76 introductionsPhylogenetic analysis identified at least 76 independent SARS-CoV-2 introductions into Kenyan coast.

KenyaCOVID-19published 2020Tracking the introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in coastal Kenyaeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1101/2020.10.05.20206730

453 casesAmong 2,450 participants in Kisumu, Mombasa, and Kiambu counties, Kenya, 453 (18.5%) were living with HIV.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2019 and 2020published 2024BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 6 observations

18 %Calculus as the most severe finding of a tooth overestimates the occurrence of bleeding by up to 18%, depending on age of the individuals and the set of teeth examined.

Kenyadental calculus · gingival bleedingpublished 1993Community Dentistry And Oral EpidemiologyOpenAlexdocument of 3 observations