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Uptake and effect of universal test-and-treat on twelve months retention and initial virologic suppression in routine HIV program in Kenya by Kimanga, Davies O, Oramisi, Violet A, Hassan, Amin S, Mugambi, Mary K, Miruka, Frederick O, Muthoka, Kennedy J, Odhiambo, Jacob O, Yegon, Peter K, Omoro, Gonza O, Mbaire, Catherine, Masamaro, Kenneth M, Njogo, Susan M, Barker, Joseph L, Ngugi, Catherine N

“…Early combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), as recommended in WHO's universal test-and-treat (UTT) policy, is associated with improved linkage to care,…”
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Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection in Kenya: A study nested in the Kenya Population-based HIV Impact Assessment 2018 by Ondondo, Raphael O, Muthusi, Jacques, Oramisi, Violet, Kimani, Daniel, Ochwoto, Missiani, Young, Peter, Ngugi, Catherine, Waruru, Anthony, Mwangi, Jane, Chao, Ann, Bronson, Megan, Dobbs, Trudy, Ng'ang'a, Lucy, Bowen, Nancy, Aoko, Appolonia, Armstrong, Paige A, Aman, Rashid, Bulterys, Marc

“…Background Sub-Saharan Africa region bears the highest chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection burden worldwide. National estimates of HBV burden are…”
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Characteristics of users of HIV self-testing in Kenya, outcomes, and factors associated with use: results from a population-based HIV impact assessment, 2018 by Mwangi, Jonathan, Miruka, Fredrick, Mugambi, Mary, Fidhow, Ahmed, Chepkwony, Betty, Kitheka, Frankline, Ngugi, Evelyn, Aoko, Appolonia, Ngugi, Catherine, Waruru, Anthony

“…About 20% of persons living with HIV aged 15-64 years did not know their HIV status in Kenya, by 2018. Kenya adopted HIV self-testing (HIVST) to help close…”
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Outcomes of isoniazid preventive therapy among people living with HIV in Kenya: A retrospective study of routine health care data by Karanja, Muthoni, Kingwara, Leonard, Owiti, Philip, Kirui, Elvis, Ngari, Faith, Kiplimo, Richard, Maina, Maurice, Masini, Enos, Onyango, Elizabeth, Ngugi, Catherine

“…Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) taken by People Living with HIV (PLHIV) protects against active tuberculosis (TB). Despite its recommendation, data is…”
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A national household survey on HIV prevalence and clinical cascade among children aged ≤15 years in Kenya (2018) by Immaculate Mutisya, Evelyn Muthoni, Raphael O Ondondo, Jacques Muthusi, Lennah Omoto, Charlotte Pahe, Abraham Katana, Evelyn Ngugi, Kenneth Masamaro, Leonard Kingwara, Trudy Dobbs, Megan Bronson, Hetal K Patel, Nicholas Sewe, Doris Naitore, Kevin De Cock, Catherine Ngugi, Lucy Nganga

“…We analyzed data from the 2018 Kenya Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (KENPHIA), a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey, to estimate the…”
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A national household survey on HIV prevalence and clinical cascade among children aged ≤15 years in Kenya (2018) by Mutisya, Immaculate, Muthoni, Evelyn, Ondondo, Raphael O, Muthusi, Jacques, Omoto, Lennah, Pahe, Charlotte, Katana, Abraham, Ngugi, Evelyn, Masamaro, Kenneth, Kingwara, Leonard, Dobbs, Trudy, Bronson, Megan, Patel, Hetal K, Sewe, Nicholas, Naitore, Doris, De Cock, Kevin, Ngugi, Catherine, Nganga, Lucy

“…We analyzed data from the 2018 Kenya Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment (KENPHIA), a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey, to estimate the…”
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Assessing the Real-Time Impact of COVID-19 on TB and HIV Services: The Experience and Response from Selected Health Facilities in Nairobi, Kenya by Mbithi, Irene, Thekkur, Pruthu, Chakaya, Jeremiah Muhwa, Onyango, Elizabeth, Owiti, Philip, Njeri, Ngugi Catherine, Kumar, Ajay M.V., Satyanarayana, Srinath, Shewade, Hemant D., Khogali, Mohammed, Zachariah, Rony, Rusen, I. D., Berger, Selma Dar, Harries, Anthony D.

“…There was concern that the COVID-19 pandemic would adversely affect TB and HIV programme services in Kenya. We set up real-time monthly surveillance of TB and…”
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Mortuary and hospital-based HIV mortality surveillance among decedents in a low-resource setting: lessons from Western Kenya by Nyakeriga, Emmanuel, Waruiru, Wanjiru, Opollo, Valarie, Waruru, Anthony, Kingwara, Leonard, Onyango, Dickens, Junghae, Muthoni, Muuo, Sheru, Macharia, Teresia, Ngugi, Catherine, Mwangome, Mary, Ali, Hammad

“…Lack of dependable morbidity and mortality data complicates efforts to measure the demographic or population-level impact of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic…”
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All-cause and cause-specific mortality rates for Kisumu County: a comparison with Kenya, low-and middle-income countries by Waruiru, Wanjiru, Oramisi, Violet, Sila, Alex, Onyango, Dickens, Waruru, Anthony, Mwangome, Mary N, Young, Peter W, Muuo, Sheru, Nyagah, Lilly M, Ollongo, John, Ngugi, Catherine, Rutherford, George W

“…Understanding the magnitude and causes of mortality at national and sub-national levels for countries is critical in facilitating evidence-based prioritization…”
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Group antenatal care for improving retention of adolescent and young pregnant women living with HIV in Kenya by Teasdale, Chloe A, Odondi, Judith, Kidiga, Catherine, Choy, Michelle, Fayorsey, Ruby, Ngeno, Bernadette, Ochanda, Boniface, Langat, Agnes, Ngugi, Catherine, Callahan, Tegan, Modi, Surbhi, Hawken, Mark, Odera, Doris, Abrams, Elaine J

“…Pregnant and breastfeeding adolescents and young women living with HIV (AYWLH) have lower retention in prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT)…”
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High HIV prevalence among decedents received by two high-volume mortuaries in Kisumu, western Kenya, 2019 by Onyango, Dickens O, van der Sande, Marianne A. B, Musingila, Paul, Kinywa, Eunice, Opollo, Valarie, Oyaro, Boaz, Nyakeriga, Emmanuel, Waruru, Anthony, Waruiru, Wanjiru, Mwangome, Mary, Macharia, Teresia, Young, Peter W, Junghae, Muthoni, Ngugi, Catherine, De Cock, Kevin M, Rutherford, George W

“…Background Accurate data on HIV-related mortality are necessary to evaluate the impact of HIV interventions. In low- and middle-income countries (LMIC),…”
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OER in Africa's higher education institutions by Ngugi, Catherine N.

“…Higher education in Africa has had diverse histories and trajectories, and has played different roles over time. This article is concerned with the evolution…”
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Improving viral load utilisation to enhance care for Kenyan adolescents with HIV by Dougherty, Gillian, Akoth, Steve, Hawken, Mark, Leting, Isaac, Mutei, Redempta, Ngugi, Catherine, Naitore, Doris, Tsiouris, Fatima, Wakoli, Anne, Walker, Lauren, Rabkin, Miriam

“…Improving the use of viral load (VL) testing for adolescents and young people living with HIV (AYPLWH) is a priority for Kenya’s Ministry of Health (MOH)…”
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Uptake and effect of universal test-and-treat on twelve months retention and initial virologic suppression in routine HIV program in Kenya by Davies O Kimanga, Violet A Oramisi, Amin S Hassan, Mary K Mugambi, Frederick O Miruka, Kennedy J Muthoka, Jacob O Odhiambo, Peter K Yegon, Gonza O Omoro, Catherine Mbaire, Kenneth M Masamaro, Susan M Njogo, Joseph L Barker, Catherine N Ngugi

“…Early combination antiretroviral therapy (cART), as recommended in WHO's universal test-and-treat (UTT) policy, is associated with improved linkage to care,…”
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From Sequence Data to Patient Result: A Solution for HIV Drug Resistance Genotyping With Exatype, End to End Software for Pol-HIV-1 Sanger Based Sequence Analysis and Patient HIV Drug Resistance Result Generation by Kingwara, Leonard, Karanja, Muthoni, Ngugi, Catherine, Kangogo, Geoffrey, Bera, Kipkerich, Kimani, Maureen, Bowen, Nancy, Abuya, Dorcus, Oramisi, Violet, Mukui, Irene

“…Introduction: With the rapid scale-up of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to treat HIV infection, there are ongoing concerns regarding probable emergence and…”
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Impact of the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic on HIV/AIDS Programming in Kenya: Evidence from Kibera Informal Settlement and COVID-19 Hotspot Counties by Muhula, Samuel, Opanga, Yvonne, Oramisi, Violet, Ngugi, Catherine, Ngunu, Caroline, Carter, Jane, Marita, Enock, Osur, Joachim, Memiah, Peter

“…The study sought to determine the impact of COVID-19 on HIV/AIDS programming in the Kibera informal settlement and COVID-19 hotspot counties during the first…”
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Second-Line Switch to Dolutegravir for Treatment of HIV Infection by Ombajo, Loice A., Penner, Jeremy, Nkuranga, Joseph, Mecha, Jared, Mburu, Margaret, Odhiambo, Collins, Ndinya, Florentius, Aksam, Rukia, Njenga, Richard, Wahome, Simon, Muiruri, Peter, Eshiwani, Sheila, Kimani, Maureen, Ngugi, Catherine, Pozniak, Anton

“…In an open-label, multicenter trial in Kenya, HIV-infected patients following a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor regimen were assigned to switch to…”
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Impact of nucleos(t)ide reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance on dolutegravir and protease-inhibitor-based regimens in children and adolescents in Kenya by Kingwara, Leonard, Inzaule, Seth C., Momanyi, Lazarus, Jordan, Michael R., Nyanya, Winnie, Bowen, Nancy, Oramisi, Violet, Kiiru, John Ndemi, Ngugi, Catherine

“…We assessed the impact of using dolutegravir or a protease inhibitor with an inactive nucleoside-reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) in children and…”
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Eliminating mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus, syphilis and hepatitis B in sub-Saharan Africa by Cohn, Jennifer, Owiredu, Morkor N, Taylor, Melanie M, Easterbrook, Philippa, Lesi, Olufunmilayo, Francoise, Bigirimana, Broyles, Laura N, Mushavi, Angela, Van Holten, Judith, Ngugi, Catherine, Cui, Fuqiang, Zachary, Dalila, Hailu, Sirak, Tsiouris, Fatima, Andersson, Monique, Mbori-Ngacha, Dorothy, Jallow, Wame, Essajee, Shaffiq, Ross, Anna L, Bailey, Rebecca, Shah, Jesal, Doherty, Meg M

“…Triple elimination is an initiative supporting the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of three diseases - human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)…”
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Impact of nucleos(t)ide reverse transcriptase inhibitor resistance on dolutegravir and protease-inhibitor based regimens in children and adolescents in Kenya by Kingwara, Leonard, Inzaule, Seth C., Momanyi, Lazarus, Jordan, Michael R., Nyanya, Winnie, Bowen, Nancy, Oramisi, Violet, Kiiru, John Ndemi, Ngugi, Catherine

“…We assessed the impact of using dolutegravir or a protease-inhibitor with an inactive nucleoside-reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) in children and…”
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