LIVER FUNCTION MARKERS AND ASSOCIATED SERUM ELECTROLYTES CHANGES IN HIV PATIENTS ATTENDING PATIENT SUPPORT CENTRE OF JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL, KISUMU COUNTY, KENYA.

Objective: To determine the distribution of markers of liver function disorders and their association with co-existing fluids and electrolytes states in ambulatory HIV infected individuals.

Design: A case-control study.

Setting: Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital's Patient Support Centre.

Urine markers of kidney disorders and their risk associations in HIV-infected patients attending Nyanza Provincial General Hospital in Kisumu, Western Kenya.

Objective: To identify abnormal levels of urine metabolites and cells that serve as markers of existing kidney disorders in ambulatory HIV-infected patients.

Design: A cross sectional study.

Setting: Nyanza Provincial General Hospital's patient support centre.

A peer-led HIV counselling and testing programme for the deaf in Kenya.

Purpose: To describe and evaluate the establishment of the first VCT services for the Deaf in Africa.

Method: Operational research methods were used to document programme establishment. The demographics of deaf VCT clients were compared with hearing clients at the same sites as well as where clients had learned of the service, HIV risks, and HIV test results.