Prevalence of Cryptoccocal Meningitis in Advanced HIV Disease at Kitale County Hospital, Kenya

Violet Wanyonyi¹** Hamisi Noah¹, Alex Isagi¹, JamesMairura¹, Seth Shikuku².

                      ¹Academic Model Providing Access to Health (AMPATH), P.O. Box 4606-30100,                   Eldoret Kenya

                      ²Kitale County Hospital, P.O. Box 98- 30200, Trans Nzoia Kenya

Background

The role of vitamin D status on treatment outcome among HIV-1infected children receiving care in Kisumu County, Kenya

Authors:     Calleb Onyango and Maurice Songoreh

Institution: Maseno University

Abstract Background: Kenya has a paediatric HIV burden of nearly 140,000 children, of which only 48% of those on antiretroviral therapy (ART) have achieved the desired viral suppression possibly due to vitamin D deficiency. We explored the influence of vitamin D levels on treatment outcome.