​​The Department of Family Medicine is committed to ensuring top-notch patient-centered health care and patient safety, excellence in education and dedication to cutting-edge research. Our Department is comprised of multiple sub-specialties with a diverse faculty trained both locally and internationally. Our department embraces the concept of Community Oriented Primary Care (COPC).

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Submissions from 2024

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Associated Factors and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in COVID-19 Patients in Kenya., Susan Cheruiyot, Jacob Shabani, Jasmit Shah, Catherine Gathu, and Ahmed Sokwala

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Knowledge, attitudes and beliefs toward polypharmacy among older people attending Family Medicine Clinic, Nairobi, Kenya, Maureen Kamau, Njeri Nyanja, Adelaide Lusambili, Jacob Shabani, and Gulnaz Mohamoud

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The anthropometric determinants of peak expiratory flow rate among children in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, Willbroad Kyejo, Nancy Matillya, Neelam Ismail, Gloria Gachocha, Hajaj Salum, Rosebella Iseme, and Mariam Noorani

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Adequacy of Pain Management among Advanced Cancer Patients with Solid Tumors Attending Palliative Care Centers in Dar Es Salaam, Judith Mwijage, Willbroad Kyejo, Davis Rubagumya, Thabit Kombo, Blessing Mathew, Faisal Hooda, Mandela Makakala, Eunice Pallangyo, and Harrison Chuwa

Submissions from 2023

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Factors associated with depressive symptoms in patients with benign prostatic enlargement, Husni Abdalla, Jasmit Shah, Tabitha A.N. Nyanja, and Jacob Shabani

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Advancing primary care: Establishing family medicine specialty in Tanzania, Eric L. Aghan, Henry Ziegler, Donatus R. Mutasingwa, Enica R. Massawe, Peter J. Wangwe, Dennis Lyakurwa, Muzdalfat Abeid, Riaz Ratansi, Nadeem Kassam, and Esther Johnston

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WCN23-0874 A cross-sectional study of the prevalence and outcomes of acute kidney injury in patients with Covid 19 at a tertiary hospital in Nairobi, Susan Cheruiyot, Catherine Gathu, Jacob Shabani, and Ahmed Sokwala

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Prolonged retention of gauze sponge resulting in ileocolic fistula, a rare complication following cesarean section; case report, Willbroad Kyejo, Allyzain Ismail, Sajida Panjwani, Shabbir Adamjee, Sunil Samji, and Ally Mwanga

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Dorsal pancreas agenesis, an incidental finding during acute appendicitis diagnosis; A case report, Willbroad Kyejo, Ally Zain Ismail, Sajida Panjwani, Nancy Matillya, Ahmed Jusabani, Adil Datoo, and Pilly Ally

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Dorsal pancreas agenesis, an incidental finding during acute appendicitis diagnosis: a case report, Willbroad Kyejo, Allyzain Ismail, Sajida Panjwani, Nancy Matillya, Ahmed Jusabani, Adil Datoo, and Pilly Ally

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A private hospital’s approach to treating acute familial Mediterranean fever in Dar es Salaam, Willbroad Kyejo, Musa Machibya, Faisal Hooda, Waziri Gahhu, Shivangi Mandania, Neelam Ismail, Nancy Matillya, Kilalo Mjema, and Kamran Hameed

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Page 1/13 Peak Expiratory Flow Rate and anthropometric determinants in school children from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Willbroad Kyejo, Nancy Matillya, Neelam Ismail, Gloria Gachocha, Hajaj Salum, Rosebella Iseme, and Mariam Noorani

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Incidental right renal agenesis in a 23-year-old patient: A case report, Willbroad Kyejo, Fatma Mohamed, Fatma Zahran, Sumayyah Saudin, Antony Ngowi, Juvenalius Anselm, Nancy Matillya, and Gloria Gachocha

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Total abdominal hysterectomy in a patient with immune thrombocytopenic Purpura: A case report, Willbroad Kyejo, Gregory Ntiyakunze, Brenda Moshi, Neema Lubuva, Munawar Kaguta, and Shweta Jaiswa

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Outpatient management of urinary tract infections by medical officers in Nairobi, Kenya: lack of benefit from audit and feedback on adherence to treatment guidelines, Florence Mbatia, James Orwa, Mary B. Adam, Gulnaz Mohamoud, and Rodney Adam

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypotension in Patients Undergoing Cesarean Section with Spinal Anesthesia at Muhimbili National Hospital, Sunil Samji, Willbroad Kyejo, and Edwin Lugazia

Submissions from 2022

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Facilitators and Barriers of Reflective Learning in Postgraduate Medical Education: A Narrative Review, Catherine Gathu

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Knowledge, attitude and beliefs towards polypharmacy amongst older people attending Family Medicine Clinic (FMC) at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya (AKUHN)., Maureen Wanjiru Kamau

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Facilitators and barriers to implementing a community rotation to the internship training in Kenya, Peter Mwanza Kioko

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Pregnancy following robot-assisted laparoscopic bilateral endometriotic cystectomy rare case report of endometriosis stage IV, Willbroad Kyejo, Ally Zain Ismail, Brenda Moshi, Gregory Ntiyakunze, Nancy Matillya, and Munawar Kaguta

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Shortness of breath in a young lady, rare case report of thoracic endometriosis, Willbroad Kyejo, Ally Zain Ismail, Davis Rubagumya, Rahma Bakari, Munawar Kaguta, and Nancy Matillya

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Bilateral tubal ectopic gestation: Complication in a patient with previous ectopic pregnancy, rare case report, Willbroad Kyejo, Davis Rubagumya, Zainab Fidaali, Ahmed Jusabani, Munawar Kaguta, and Shweta Jaiswal

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“Do not detach the placenta from my baby's cord” - Lotus birth case series from Tanzania tertiary hospital, Willbroad Kyejo, Davis Rubagumya, Christian Mwalo, Lynn Moshi, Munawar Kaguta, Miriam Mgonja, and Shweta Jaiswal

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Diagnostic challenge of perimenopause molar pregnancy in a 52-year-old lady: Case report, Willbroad Kyejo, Davis Rubagumya, Gregory Ntiyakuze, Nancy Matillya, Munawar Kaguta, Miriam Mgonja, and Lynn Moshi

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The status and future of emergency care in the Republic of Kenya, J. Austin Lee, Grace Wanjiku, Naomi Nduku, Adam R. Aluisio, Ramu Kharel, John Tabu Simiyu, and Benjamin Wachira

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Clinical skills of general practitioners in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study, Gulnaz Mohamoud and Robert Mash

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Communication skills of general practitioners in Nairobi, Kenya: a descriptive observational study, Gulnaz Mohamoud and Robert Mash

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The quality of primary care performance in private sector facilities in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional descriptive survey, Gulnaz Mohamoud and Robert Mash

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Adequacy of pain management among advanced cancer patients with solid tumors attending palliative care centers in Dar es salaam, Judith Mwijage

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Burden in family caregivers of patients with chronic mental illness in Aga Khan University hospital and Mathari national referral hospital, Nairobi, Kenya., Norah Atieno Obungu

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Prevalence of depression and factors associated with depressive symptoms among patients diagnosed with benign prostatic enlargement at aga khan university hospital, Nairobi, Husni Abdalla

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Barriers to timely disclosure of HIV serostatus: A qualitative study at care and treatment centers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Neelam Ismail, Nancy Matillya, Riaz Ratansi, and Columba Mbekenga

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Barriers to timely disclosure of HIV serostatus: A qualitative study at care and treatment centers in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Neelam Ismail, Nancy Matillya, Riaz Ratansi, and Columba Mbekenga

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Prevalence and social determinants of alcohol use disorders in patients attending primary care clinics in Nairobi Kenya, Verah Kabwayi

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Smart Watch Detection of Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT): First Case from Tanzania, Nadeem Kassam, Omar Aziz, Eric Aghan, Samina Somji, Hanifa Mbithe, Mustaafa Bapumia, Robert Mvungi, and Salim Surani

Effect of Audit and Feedback on Adherence to Guidelines for the Management of Suspected Acute Uncomplicated Urinary Tract Infections by Medical Officers in Outpatient Settings- A Randomized Controlled Trial, Florence Njeri Mbatia

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The last frontier for global non-communicable disease action: The emergency department—A cross-sectional study from East Africa, Christine Ngaruiya, Mbatha Wambua, Thomas Kedera Mutua, Daniel Owambo, Morgan Muchemi, Kipkoech Rop, Kaitlin R. Maciejewski, Rebecca Leff, Mugane Mutua, and Benjamin Wachira

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Application of the Ultra-Poverty Graduation Model in understanding community health volunteers’ preferences for socio-economic empowerment strategies to enhance retention: a qualitative study in Kilifi, Kenya, Njeri Nyanja, Nelson Nyamu, Lucy Nyaga, Sophie Chabeda, Adelaide Lusambili, Marleen Temmerman, Michaela Mantel, and Anthony Ngugi

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The effectiveness of digital health interventions for weight loss in postpartum women: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Logan Rabuogi

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Prevalence and factors associated with comorbid diabetes and depression among patients attending a private hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, Alamin Suleiman, Njeri Nyanja, Anthony Ngugi, and Nancy Kunyiha

Submissions from 2020

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Expanding Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training in a Low- and Middle-Income Country: Experiences From a Collaborative Short-Training Workshop in Kenya, Leanne Jones, Catherine Gathu, Daria Szkwarko, Samuel Mucheru, Naushad Amin, James A. Amisi, Kevin Bergman, Mena Ramos, and Neil Jayasekera

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Reasons for patients with non-urgent conditions attending the emergency department in Kenya: A qualitative study, Caroline Matifary, Benjamin Wachira, Njeri Nyanja, and Caroline Kathomi

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Magnitude of screening for gestational diabetes mellitus in an urban setting in Tanzania; a cross-sectional analytic study, Akampa Mukuve, Mariam Noorani, Ibrahim Sendagire, and Miriam Mgonja

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Family medicine in Tanzania: Seize the moment, Riaz Ratansi and Bernhard M. Gaede

Submissions from 2019

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Lifestyle, cardiovascular risk knowledge and patient counselling among selected sub-Saharan African family physicians and trainees. African journal of primary health care & family medicine, Pius O. Ameh, Kenneth Yakubu, Miriam Miima, Olugbemi Popoola, Gulnaz Mohamoud, and Klaus B. von Pressentin

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Prevalence of and factors associated with female sexual dysfunction among women using hormonal and non-hormonal contraception at the AGA Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Momin Butt, Valentino Lema, Abraham Mukaindo, Gulnaz Mohamoud, and Jacob Shabani

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Female genital mutilation and its medicalizationa qualitative study among healthcare professionals and community leaders in Kisii County, Douglas Oimeke Mariita

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Patients perspective on the non-urgent use of the emergency department in Kenya, Carolyne Robai Matifary

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Magnitude of screening for gestational diabetes mellitus in an urban setting in Tanzania, Akampa Mukuve

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Prevalence and correlates of comorbid depression in patients with type 2 diabetes attending clinic at Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Alamin Suleiman

Submissions from 2018

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Structured review of the patient-reported outcome instruments used in clinical trials in head and neck surgery, H Boyes, J Barraclough, Riaz Ratansi, S N. Rogers, and A Kanatas

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Prevalence and Factors associated with Female Sexual Dysfunction amongst Women using Hormonal and Non-Hormonal Contraception at The Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi Clinics, Momin Butt

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Assessment of patient satisfaction with primary health care at the Family Medicine Centre of Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi, Alvin M. Juma

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Pattern and determinants of contraceptive usage among women of reproductive age from the Digo community residing in Kwale, Kenya: results from a cross-sectional household survey, Vernon Mochache, Amyn Lakhani, Hajara El-Busaidy, Marleen Temmerman, and Peter Gichangi

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A comparison of caesarean section rates before and after introduction of free maternity services at Maragua Level IV Hospital, Grace Rwamba

Submissions from 2017

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Relationships matter: contraceptive choices among HIV-positive women in Tanzania, Njeri Nyanja and Charlotte Tulinius

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Myositis in the head and neck: challenges in diagnosis and management, Riaz Ratansi, G Fabbron, and A Kanatas

Submissions from 2016

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An assessment of implementation of community - oriented primary care in Kenyan family medicine postgraduate medical education programmes, Ian Nelligan, Jacob Shabani, Stephanie Taché, Gulnaz Mohamoud, and Megan Mahoney

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Population-based study to determine prevalence of hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors in a rural region of Kenya, Jacob Shabani, B Cogburn, Anthony Ngugi, S Macfarlane, and M Mahoney

Submissions from 2015

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Prevalence and risk factors for Active Convulsive Epilepsy in Kintampo, Ghana, Kenneth Ayuurebobi Ae-Ngibise, Bright Akpalu, Anthony Ngugi, Albert Akpalu, Francis Agbokey, Patrick Adjei, Damien Punguyire, Christian Bottomley, Charles Newton, and Seth Owusu-Agyei

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Effect of diabetes self-management education on glycemic control, compared to usual care in Type 2 diabetic patients at the Family Medicine Clinic, Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi, Catherine Wanjiku Gathu

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Burden, causes, and outcomes of people with epilepsy admitted to a rural hospital in Kenya, Symon M. Kariuki, Eddie Chengo, Fredrick Ibinda, Rachael Odhiambo, Anthony Etyang, Anthony Ngugi, and Charles R. J. C. Newton

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Prevalence and factors associated with convulsive status epilepticus in Africans with epilepsy, Symon M. Kariuki, Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige, Ryan G. Wagner, Eddie Chengo, Steven White, Gathoni Kamuyu, Anthony Ngugi, Josemir W. Sander, Brian G.R. Neville, and Charles R.J. Newton

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Electroencephalographic features of convulsive epilepsy in Africa: A multicentre study of prevalence, pattern and associated factors, Symon M. Kariuki, Steven White, Eddie Chengo, Ryan G. Wagner, Kenneth A. Ae-Ngibise, Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige, Honorati Masanja, Anthony Ngugi, Josemir W. Sander, Brian G. Neville, and Charles R. Newton

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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/Montre de journal) September 2015, Benjamin Wachira

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Incidence, remission and mortality of convulsive epilepsy in rural northeast South Africa, Ryan G. Wagner, Christian Bottomley, Anthony Ngugi, Fredrick Ibinda, F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, and Charles R. Newton

Submissions from 2014

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Evaluation of Kilifi epilepsy education programme: a randomized controlled trial, Fredrick Ibinda, Caroline K. Mbuba, Symon M. Kariuki, Eddie Chengo, Anthony K. Ngugi, Rachael Odhiambo, Brett Lowe, Greg Fegan, Julie A. Carter, and Charles R. Newton

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Burden of epilepsy in rural Kenya measured in disability-adjusted life years, Fredrick Ibinda, Ryan Wagner, Melanie Bertram, Anthony Ngugi, Evasius Bauni, Theo Vos, Josemir Sander, and Charles Newton

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Exposure to Multiple Parasites Is Associated with the Prevalence of Active Convulsive Epilepsy in Sub-Saharan Africa, Gathoni Kamuyu, Christian Bottomley, James Mageto, Brett Lowe, Patricia Wilkins, John C. Noh, Thomas B. Nutman, Anthony Ngugi, Rachael Odhiambo, Ryan Wagner, Angelina Kakooza-Mwesige, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Kenneth Ae-Ngibise, Honorati Masanja, Faith Osier, Peter Odermatt, and Charles Newton

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An assessment of whether medical doctors have the Knowledge that would enable them to competently deliver tobacco cessation services, Miriam Miima Khamonya

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Perceived barriers among pregnant women towards cervical cancer screening, Visavilwa Vincent Lamuka

African Primary Care Research: Current situation, priorities and capacity building, Robert Mash, Akye Essuman, Riaz Ratansi, Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Klaus Von Pressentin, Zelra Malan, Marianne Van Lancker, and Jan De Maeseneer

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Premature mortality in active convulsive epilepsy in rural Kenya: causes and associated factors, Anthony Ngugi, Christian Bottomley, Gregory Fegan, Eddie Chengo, Rachael Odhiambo, Evasius Bauni, Brian Neville, Immo Kleinschmidt, Josemir W. Sander, and Charles R. Newton

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Prevalence and potential causes of epilepsy in Nigeria, Anthony Ngugi, Symon Kariuki, and Josemir Sander

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Understanding the barriers to contraceptive use in HIV-positive women of child bearing age in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, Tabitha-Alexandria Njeri Nyanja

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Is breast cancer from Sub Saharan Africa truly receptor poor? Prevalence of ER/PR/HER2 in breast cancer from Kenya, Shahin Sayed, Zahir Moloo, Ronald Wasike, Peter Bird, Raymond Oigara, Dhirendra Govender, Joshua Kibera, Henri Carrara, and Mansoor Saleh

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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/Montre de Journal) April 2014, Benjamin Wachira

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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/Montre de Journal) December 2014, Benjamin Wachira

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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/Montre de Journal) March 2014, Benjamin Wachira

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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/Montre de journal) September 2014, Benjamin Wachira

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Prevalence and risk factors for active convulsive epilepsy in rural northeast South Africa, Ryan G. Wagner, Anthony Ngugi, Rhian Twine, Christian Bottomley, Gathoni Kamuyu, F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Myles D. Connor, Mark A. Collinson, Kathleen Kahn, Stephen Tollman, and Charles R. Newton

Submissions from 2013

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Sentence comprehension in Swahili-English bilingual agrammatic speakers, T.O. Abuom, E. Shah, and R. Bastiaanse

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Perception of final year undergraduate medical students towards family medicine in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Eric Luggar Aghan

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Science and policy on endocrine disrupters must not be mixed: a reply to a “common sense” intervention by toxicology journal editors, Åke Bergman, Anna-Maria Andersson, Georg Becher, Martin van den Berg, Bruce Blumberg, Poul Bjerregaard, Carl-Gustaf Bornehag, Riana Bornman, Ingvar Brandt, Jayne V. Brian, Stephanie C. Casey, Paul A. Fowler, Heloise Frouin, Linda C. Giudice, Taisen Iguchi, Ulla Hass, Susan Jobling, Anders Juul, Karen A. Kidd, Andreas Kortenkamp, Monica Lind, Olwenn V. Martin, Derek Muir, Roseline Ochieng, Nicolas Olea, Leif Norrgren, Erik Ropstad, Peter S. Ross, Christina Rudén, Martin Scheringer, Niels Erik Skakkebaek, Olle Söder, Carlos Sonnenschein, Ana Soto, Shanna Swan, Jorma Toppari, Charles R. Tyler, Laura N. Vandenberg, Anne Marie Vinggaard, Karin Wiberg, and R Thomas Zoeller

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Experience of nurses with using eHealth in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan: a qualitative study in primary and secondary healthcare, Saleema Gulzar, Shariq Khoja, and Afroz Sajwani

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Conceptual framework for development of comprehensive e-Health evaluation tool, Shariq Khoja, Hammad Durrani, Richard E. Scott, Afroz Sajwani, and Usha Piryani

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Risk of childhood asthma in a tropical African urban setting: a case - control study at The Aga Khan Hospital, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, Lynda C. Koech

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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/Montre de Journal) December 2013, Benjamin Wachira

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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/Montre de Journal) June 2013, Benjamin Wachira

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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/Montre de Journal) March 2013, Benjamin Wachira

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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/Montre de Journal) September 2013, Benjamin Wachira

Submissions from 2012

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Scope of policy issues in eHealth: results from a structured literature review., Shariq Khoja, Hammad Durrani, Parvez Nayani, and Ammad Fahim

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The study of HIV and antenatal care integration in pregnancy in Kenya: design, methods, and baseline results of a cluster-randomized controlled trial, Janet M. Turan, Rachel L. Steinfeld, Maricianah Onono, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Meghan Woods, Starley B. Shade, Sierra Washington, Reson Marima, Jeremy Penner, Marta L. Ackers, Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha, and Craig R. Cohen

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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/Montre de Journal) December 2012, Benjamin Wachira

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Uchunguzi (Journal Watch/Montre de Journal) June 2012, Benjamin Wachira

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An analysis of the clinical practice of emergency medicine in public emergency departments in Kenya, Benjamin Wachira, Lee Wallis, and Heike Geduld

Submissions from 2011

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The state of emergency care in the Republic of Kenya, Benjamin Wachira and Ian Martin

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

A comparison of clinical risk factors and Bone Mineral Density (BMD) in the assessment of osteoporosis in patients admitted with hip fractures aged fifty years and above at Aga Khan Hospital Dar-es-Salaam, 2009, Jacob Shabani

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Primary health care providers’ knowledge and practices on asthma management within Dar es salaam region health facilities, John C. Rwegasha