J M Chakaya

Summary

Publications

  1. ncbi National scale-up of HIV testing and provision of HIV care to tuberculosis patients in Kenya
    J M Chakaya
    Centre for Respiratory Diseases Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 12:424-9. 2008
  2. ncbi Planning for PPM-DOTS implementation in urban slums in Kenya: knowledge, attitude and practices of private health care providers in Kibera slum, Nairobi
    J M Chakaya
    Centre for Respiratory Diseases Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 9:403-8. 2005
  3. ncbi Under-diagnosis of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Nairobi, Kenya
    M P Hawken
    Centre for Respiratory Diseases Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute KEMRI, Nairobi
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 5:360-3. 2001
  4. ncbi Isolation of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis strains in patients from private and public health care facilities in Nairobi, Kenya
    W A Githui
    Centre for Respiratory Diseases Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute KEMRI, Nairobi
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 8:837-41. 2004
  5. ncbi Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV/AIDS patients at an urban district hospital in Kenya
    J M Chakaya
    CRDR, KEMRI, P.O. Box 47855, Nairobi, Kenya
    East Afr Med J 80:30-5. 2003
  6. ncbi Tuberculosis risk among staff of a large public hospital in Kenya
    T Galgalo
    Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 12:949-54. 2008
  7. ncbi Tuberculosis re-treatment outcomes within the public service in Nairobi, Kenya
    J M Chakaya
    Centre for Respiratory Diseases Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi
    East Afr Med J 79:11-5. 2002
  8. ncbi Working with risk: occupational safety issues among healthcare workers in Kenya
    M Taegtmeyer
    Liverpool VCT, Care and Treatment, Nairobi, Kenya
    AIDS Care 20:304-10. 2008
  9. ncbi Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children with pneumonia at Mbagathi District Hospital, Nairobi
    C C Bii
    Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
    East Afr Med J 79:317-22. 2002
  10. ncbi Bronchoscopic study on aetiology of chronic cough in HIV-infected adults with negative sputum smears for Mycobacterium tuberculosis at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
    A M Siika
    Department of Medicine, Moi University School of Medicine, P. O. Box 4606-30100, Eldoret, Kenya
    East Afr Med J 83:295-305. 2006

Collaborators

  • W A Githui
  • M Kai
  • S Dalal
  • M Taegtmeyer
  • C F Gilks
  • J Odhiambo
  • K P Cain
  • T Galgalo
  • R M Suckling
  • A M Siika
  • C C Bii
  • M P Hawken
  • K Ijaz
  • B Miller
  • R F Breiman
  • K M De Cock
  • J G Kamau
  • N N Bock
  • J Oeltmann
  • M K Njenga
  • H M Irimu
  • C Tetteh
  • S S Mohamed
  • P M Nguku
  • G Revathi
  • S S Al-Abri
  • P M Tukei
  • K M Bhatt
  • J Kibaru
  • H Taguchi
  • G G Mbugua
  • H Kamiya
  • Y Sugiura
  • K Nagai
  • H Yamaguchi
  • J D Porter
  • L W Ng'ang'a
  • D W Muhindi
  • S M Bhatt

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi National scale-up of HIV testing and provision of HIV care to tuberculosis patients in Kenya
    J M Chakaya
    Centre for Respiratory Diseases Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 12:424-9. 2008
    ..Kenya, one of the 22 tuberculosis (TB) high-burden countries, whose TB burden is fuelled by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)...
  2. ncbi Planning for PPM-DOTS implementation in urban slums in Kenya: knowledge, attitude and practices of private health care providers in Kibera slum, Nairobi
    J M Chakaya
    Centre for Respiratory Diseases Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 9:403-8. 2005
    ..Kibera, the largest slum in Nairobi, Kenya...
  3. ncbi Under-diagnosis of smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis in Nairobi, Kenya
    M P Hawken
    Centre for Respiratory Diseases Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute KEMRI, Nairobi
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 5:360-3. 2001
    ..Nairobi City Council Chest Clinic, Nairobi, Kenya...
  4. ncbi Isolation of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis strains in patients from private and public health care facilities in Nairobi, Kenya
    W A Githui
    Centre for Respiratory Diseases Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute KEMRI, Nairobi
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 8:837-41. 2004
    ..Health care facilities in Nairobi, Kenya...
  5. ncbi Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV/AIDS patients at an urban district hospital in Kenya
    J M Chakaya
    CRDR, KEMRI, P.O. Box 47855, Nairobi, Kenya
    East Afr Med J 80:30-5. 2003
    ..This study suggests that cotrimoxazole preventive therapy may be a useful intervention in symptomatic HIV infected patients in Kenya for the prevention of PCP and may avert deaths from this disease...
  6. ncbi Tuberculosis risk among staff of a large public hospital in Kenya
    T Galgalo
    Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya
    Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 12:949-54. 2008
    ..In sub-Saharan Africa, high rates of tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection pose a serious threat for occupationally acquired TB among health care workers...
  7. ncbi Tuberculosis re-treatment outcomes within the public service in Nairobi, Kenya
    J M Chakaya
    Centre for Respiratory Diseases Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi
    East Afr Med J 79:11-5. 2002
    ..These observations point to an urgent need to improve Tb documentation and follow up procedures within the public service in Nairobi in order to forestall the emergence and spread of drug resistant Tb...
  8. ncbi Working with risk: occupational safety issues among healthcare workers in Kenya
    M Taegtmeyer
    Liverpool VCT, Care and Treatment, Nairobi, Kenya
    AIDS Care 20:304-10. 2008
    ..Post-exposure prophylaxis can be made readily available in a Kenyan district. However, where HIV testing remains stigmatised uptake will be limited - particularly in the initial phases of a programme...
  9. ncbi Mycoplasma pneumoniae in children with pneumonia at Mbagathi District Hospital, Nairobi
    C C Bii
    Centre for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya
    East Afr Med J 79:317-22. 2002
    ..However, there was no relationship between M. pneumoniae PCR positive and the severity of pneumonia. CONCLUSION: More investigation is required to establish the significance of atypical pathogens in respiratory infections in Kenya...
  10. ncbi Bronchoscopic study on aetiology of chronic cough in HIV-infected adults with negative sputum smears for Mycobacterium tuberculosis at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi
    A M Siika
    Department of Medicine, Moi University School of Medicine, P. O. Box 4606-30100, Eldoret, Kenya
    East Afr Med J 83:295-305. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: This study documents Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia as a common cause of morbidity in a subset of HIV infected patients with chronic cough and negative sputum smears for AFB in Kenya...
  11. ncbi Optimising the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis: the search continues
    J M Chakaya
    East Afr Med J 84:453-4. 2007
  12. ncbi Susceptibility of healthcare workers in Kenya to hepatitis B: new strategies for facilitating vaccination uptake
    R M Suckling
    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK
    J Hosp Infect 64:271-7. 2006
    ..High rates of vaccination can be achieved using childhood immunization systems for the distribution of vaccine to HCWs...