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Climate change poses a threat to nutrition and food security in Kilifi County, Kenya [PDF]

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2022
Over the last decades, increased emission of greenhouse gases has led to hot weather extremes, heavy precipitation and worsening of agricultural and ecological droughts.
Susan J. Cheruiyot, Mary Kimanthi, Jacob S. Shabani, Nelson F. Nyamu, Catherine Gathu, Felix Agoi, Fleur De Meijer   +6 more
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Antidiabetes study of Spondias mombin (Linn) stem bark fractions in high-sucrose diet-induced diabetes in Drosophila melanogaster [PDF]

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences, 2023
الملخص: أهداف البحث: ارتبط ظهور مرض السكري المقاوم للأنسولين بنظام غذائي عالي السكروز في الفقاريات واللافقاريات. من ناحية أخرى، تم الإبلاغ عن أن جزءا مختلفا من نبات ''سبوندياس مومبين'' يمتلك إمكانات مضادة لمرض السكري.
Damilola A. Omoboyowa, PhD, Mary D. Agoi, M.sc, Sidiqat A. Shodehinde, PhD, Oluwatosin A. Saibu, M.sc, Jamiyu A. Saliu, PhD   +4 more
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Burden of upper respiratory tract infections in primary care facilities and excessive antimicrobial over-prescription: A community-oriented primary care project in rural Kenya [PDF]

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2021
During their community oriented primary care (COPC) rotation in rural coastal Kenya, residents of the Family Medicine programme at the Aga Khan University–Nairobi, identified a high burden of upper respiratory tract infections (URTI) in the dispensaries ...
Nelson Nyamu, Florence Mbatia, Pieter van den Hombergh, Simone Jaarsma, Felix Agoi, Jacob Shabani, Michaela Mantel, Fleur O. de Meijer   +7 more
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Process and outputs from a community codesign workshop on reducing impact of heat exposure on pregnant and postpartum women and newborns in Kilifi, Kenya [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
BackgroundAmbient heat exposure is increasing due to climate change and is known to affect the health of pregnant and postpartum women, and their newborns.
Adelaide Lusambili, Adelaide Lusambili, Peter Khaemba, Felix Agoi, Martha Oguna, Martha Oguna, Britt Nakstad, Britt Nakstad, Fiona Scorgie, Veronique Filippi, Jeremy Hess, Nathalie Roos, Mathew Chersich, Sari Kovats, Sari Kovats, Stanley Luchters   +15 more
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Pentavalent vaccination in Kenya: coverage and geographical accessibility to health facilities using data from a community demographic and health surveillance system in Kilifi County [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background There is substantial evidence that immunization is one of the most significant and cost-effective pillars of preventive and promotive health interventions.
Morris Ogero, James Orwa, Rachael Odhiambo, Felix Agoi, Adelaide Lusambili, Jerim Obure, Marleen Temmerman, Stanley Luchters, Anthony Ngugi   +8 more
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Provider–client rapport in pre-exposure prophylaxis delivery: a qualitative analysis of provider and client experiences of an implementation science project in Kenya [PDF]

Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters, 2022
Daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is being incorporated into services frequented by adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa who are at a significant risk of HIV.
Victor Omollo, Stephanie D. Roche, Felix Mogaka, Josephine Odoyo, Gena Barnabee, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Ariana W. K. Katz, Jennifer Morton, Rachel Johnson, Jared M. Baeten, Connie Celum, Gabrielle O’Malley   +11 more
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Temporal Variation and Human Host Predominance in Aedes aegypti from Coastal and Western Kenya: Insights from Pooled Blood Meal Metagenomics [PDF]

Pathogens
Aedes aegypti is the primary vector of arboviral diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika, posing significant global health and economic challenges. The effective control of this mosquito species requires understanding its seasonality,
Kavinya Mwendwa, Francis Mutuku, Sammy Wambua, Makenzi Nzaro, Bryson A. Ndenga, Kennedy Agoi, Angelle D. LaBeaud, Carren Bosire   +7 more
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Cultural and contextual adaptation of the Solastalgia subscale of the Environmental Distress Scale in drought-affected Kilifi, Kenya [PDF]

Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health
Background There is an urgent need to measure the psychological toll of climate-related ecological degradation and destruction in low- and middle-income countries. However, availability of locally adapted tools is limited.
Syed Shabab Wahid, Linda Norah Khakali, Felix Agoi, Benjamin Oestericher, Emily Mendenhall, Edna N. Bosire   +5 more
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Self-reported, functional, and objective health and sociodemographic characteristics among older adults in Kenya: findings from the pilot longitudinal study of health and ageing in Kenya (LOSHAK) [PDF]

Frontiers in Aging
BackgroundBy 2050, the global population of individuals aged 60 years and older is projected to reach two billion, with 80% residing in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Eunice Muthoni Mwangi, James Orwa, Roselyter Monchari Riang’a, Niranjani Nagarajan, Felix Agoi, Felix Agoi, Patrick N. Mwangala, Alden L. Gross, Alden L. Gross, Jean N. Ikanga, Jean N. Ikanga, Kenneth M. Langa, Kenneth M. Langa, Edward Miguel, Muthoni Gichu, Joshua R. Ehrlich, Joshua R. Ehrlich, Anthony K. Ngugi   +17 more
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Reimagining nutrition education for pregnant adolescents in the face of climate change: a community approach [PDF]

BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health
Objectives To explore challenges with current nutrition education for teenage pregnant women in a drought-prone community in Kenya and to elicit the communities’ suggestions on how to best adapt it in the face of climate change.Design Nine serial focus ...
Felix Agoi, Fleur de Meijer, Mary Kimanthi, Susan Cheruiyot, Alex Makau Muia, Donnah Goga, Soulthy Azamkhan Mohamed, Cecilia Njoga, Catherine Gathu, Nelson Nyamu, Jacob Shabani   +10 more
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