Implementation of a pediatric trauma registry at a national referral center in Kenya: Utility and concern for sustainability.

Background: Pediatric trauma disproportionately affects low- and middle-income countries, particularly the pediatric trauma systems, are frequently limited. This study assessed the patterns of pediatric traumatic injuries and treatment at the only free-standing public children's hospital in East Africa as well as the implementation and sustainability of the trauma registry.

Methods: A prospective pediatric trauma registry was established at Shoe4Africa Children's Hospital (S4A) in Eldoret, Kenya.

Wilms tumor survival in Kenya.

Purpose: Survival from Wilms Tumor (WT) exceeds 90% at 5 years in developed nations, whereas at last report, 2-year event-free survival (EFS) in Kenya reached only 35%. To clarify factors linked to these poor outcomes in Kenya, we established a comprehensive web-based WT registry, comprised of patients from the four primary hospitals treating childhood cancers.

Materials And Methods: WT patients diagnosed between January 2008 and January 2012 were identified.

Distribution of orofacial clefts and frequent occurrence of an unusual cleft variant in the Rift Valley of Kenya.

Objective: To investigate the pattern and distribution of nonsyndromic orofacial clefts among patients in the Rift Valley region of northwestern Kenya.

Methods: Subjects were categorized anatomically for occurrence of an atypical cleft lip variant (ACL), typical cleft lip (CL), cleft lip and palate (CLP), or cleft palate (CP), and family history of orofacial clefts. Tribal ethnicity data were obtained from both cleft and noncleft clinic attendees.