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Poverty, witchcraft blamed for fistula disease in Kwale

Bomu hospital has so far reached out to around 500 fistula disease patients across the six coast region counties. ....

Safina Ramadhan , Kabuka Ngao , Fistula Foundation , Bomu Hospital ,

Prevalence of microcephaly and Zika virus infection in a pregnancy cohort in Kenya, 2017–2019 | BMC Medicine

Zika virus (ZIKV), first discovered in Uganda in 1947, re-emerged globally in 2013 and was later associated with microcephaly and other birth defects. We determined the incidence of ZIKV infection and its association with adverse pregnancy and fetal outcomes in a pregnancy cohort in Kenya. From October 2017 to July 2019, we recruited and followed up women aged ≥ 15 years and ≤ 28 weeks pregnant in three hospitals in coastal Mombasa. Monthly follow-up included risk factor questions and a blood sample collected for ZIKV serology. We collected anthropometric measures (including head circumference), cord blood, venous blood from newborns, and any evidence of birth defects. Microcephaly was defined as a head circumference (HC) < 2 standard deviations (SD) for sex and gestational age. Severe microcephaly was defined as HC < 3 SD for sex and age. We tested sera for anti-ZIKV IgM antibodies using captur ....

Nairobi Area , Port Reitz , Washington State University , Kenya Medical Research Institute Centers For Disease , Coast General Hospital , Port Reitz Hospital , Bomu Hospital , Kenya Medical Research , Disease Control , Perry Laboratories , Kenyatta National , Nairobi Ethical Review Committee ,