Publications by authors named "J Machoki"
Article Synopsis
- A study in Kenya assessed the effects of HIV and antiretroviral therapy (ART) on pregnancy outcomes among women, focusing on pregnancy loss, premature birth, and low birth weight.
- Out of 2113 pregnant women, 15% were HIV-positive on ART, with similar rates of pregnancy loss (5%) and prematurity (10%) compared to HIV-negative women, showing no significant adverse effects from treated HIV.
- Factors linked to being HIV-positive included older age, food insecurity, lower education, and other health issues, indicating that while treated HIV itself didn't worsen outcomes, associated factors may affect overall pregnancy health.
Objective: To determine the correlation of oral health home-care practices, snacking habits and dental caries experience among 3-15 year-old-HIV-positive children attending out-patient clinic at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya.
Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study.
Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital comprehensive care centre out-patient clinic.
Species distribution and antifungal sensitivity patterns of vaginal yeasts.
East Afr Med J
April 2010
Objectives: To identify yeastisolates in vaginal specimens to species level and determine their antifungal susceptibility patterns.
Design: Cross-sectional laboratory-based study.
Setting: The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Nairobi.
Endometriosis is a gynecological disorder characterized by the growth of endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity. Although the prevalence of endometriosis is well documented in women living in developed countries, studies on the prevalence of this disease among African women are still wanting. The current view is that endometriosis rarely affects women of African descent.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: With stringent cervical cytology screening programmes for women in reproductive age group, cervical cancer is, to a large extent, preventable. Back-up confirmatory colposcopic evaluation is necessary in order for cytology to have impact on cervical cancer-related morbidity and mortality.
Objectives: To track the management outcomes of abnormal cervical cytology and hence confer credence to the value of colposcopy in management of abnormal cervical cytology.