Browsing by Subject "Kenya"
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A Comparative Study of Echinococcus Granulos from Human and Animal Hosts in Kenya Using Isoelectric Focusing and Isoenzyme Analysis
(Australian Society for Parasitology, 1981-11-20)A comparative s1udy of Echinococcus granulosus from human and animal hosts in Kenya using isoelectric: focusing and isoenzyme analysis. International Journal for Parasitology 12: 515-521. The soluble enzyme extracts from ... -
A Comparative Study of Echinococcus granulosus from Human and Animal Hosts in Kenya Using Isoelectric Focusing and Isoenzyme Analysis
(12/1/1982)The soluble enzyme extracts from protoscoleces obtained from hydatid cysts of human, camel, cattle, sheep and goat origin were compared on the basis of their isoenzyme patterns for GPI and PGM using isoelectric focusing. ... -
Correlates of Individual‑level Stigma and Unsafe Abortions among Women Seeking Abortion Care in Trans Nzoia and Machakos Counties, Kenya
(Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd., 2016-08)Objectives: To compare the levels of abortion stigma in regions with high and low incidence of unsafe abortion in Kenya to explore whether abortion-related stigma is associated with incidence of unsafe abortion. Study ... -
Critical success factors in library reengineering: a case of academic libraries in Kenya
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019)Purpose: Academic libraries are reengineering their services to address the gap brought about by the convergence of physical and virtual information landscape. Despite the reengineering efforts, as many as 70 per cent of ... -
Cystic Echinococcosis in Turkana, Kenya: The Role of Cross-Sectional Screening Surveys in Assessing the Prevalence of Human Infection
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 5/30/2017)Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a neglected zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus. Infection leads to formation of cysts within the viscera of the human host. In the 1980s, the transhumant population of ... -
Daily chlorproguanil is an effective alternative to daily proguanil in the prevention of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kenya
(Transitional of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 8/5/1993)To test the efficacy of chlorproguanil prophylaxis, 156 malaria-free schoolchildren in the coastal region of Kenya were allocated at random to receive either 7.5 mg chlorproguanil daily, 50 mg chlorproguanil weekly, 100 ... -
The Delphi Panel Method for Generating Health Information
(Oxford University Press, 12/1/1993)The Delphi panel technique was tested as a component of a health information system in 1991 in rural Kenya. Twenty-six panel members were selected from twelve villages in a sub-district with a population of 160000. Most ... -
Determinants of Use of Skilled Birth Attendant at Delivery in Makueni, Kenya: A Cross Sectional Study
(Springer Nature, 2015-02-03)Background: Kenya has a maternal mortality ratio of 488 per 100,000 live births. Preventing maternal deaths depends significantly on the presence of a skilled birth attendant at delivery. Kenyan national statistics estimate ... -
Discussion paper; No. 002/2010 - Efficacy of Community Based Health Care in Kenya - An Evaluation of AMREF's 30 Years.
(AMREF HQ, 2010)AMRH has been involved in health development in Kibwezi, Eastern Kenya, since 1978. Its interventions have evolved in tandem with changes in community health needs and changes in government priorities. They have also ... -
Double Burden of Malnutrition among Cancer Outpatients in Nairobi, Kenya: Challenges and Opportunities for Action
(Haraka Publishing Platform, 2/13/2018)Introduction: the Kenya National Guidelines for Cancer Management identify nutrition care for persons with cancer as an integral part of cancer treatment. However, contribution of nutrition to cancer disease progression ... -
Effectiveness of Kenya's Community Health Strategy in delivering community-based maternal and newborn health care in Busia County, Kenya: non-randomized pre-test post test study
(Pan African Medical Journal, 12/26/2012)Background: Maternal mortality ratio and neonatal mortality rate trends in Kenya have remained unacceptably high in a decade. In 2007, the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation adopted a community health strategy to ... -
Effects of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy on the Survival of HIV-infected Adult Patients in Urban Slums of Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal, 1/22/2015)Recent improvements in access to Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) have radically reduced hospitalizations and deaths associated with HIV infection in both developed countries and sub-Saharan Africa. Not much is known about ... -
Enhancing the Supervision of Community Health Workers With WhatsApp Mobile Messaging: Qualitative Findings from 2 Low-Resource Settings in Kenya
(Global Health: Science and Practice, 5/26/2016)An estimated half of all mobile phone users in Kenya use WhatsApp, an instant messaging platform that provides users an affordable way to send and receive text messages, photos, and other media at the one-to-one, one-to-many, ... -
Evaluating the Impact of the DREAMS Partnership to Reduce HIV Incidence among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Four Settings: A Study Protocol
(BMC, 2018-07-25)Background: HIV risk remains unacceptably high among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in southern and eastern Africa, reflecting structural and social inequities that drive new infections. In 2015, PEPFAR (the United ... -
An Evaluation of Surveillance of Malaria at Primary Health Care in Kenya
(East African Medical Journal, 1997-09)As less than twenty five per cent of persons suffering from malaria seek formal treatment in most of sub-Saharan Africa, Facility-based morbidity statistics are inadequate for monitoring malaria control programmes. This ... -
Factors Affecting Motivation and Retention of Primary Healthcare Workers in Three Disparate Regions in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 6/6/2014)Background The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Government of Kenya alike identify a well-performing health workforce as key to attaining better health. Nevertheless, the motivation and retention of health care ... -
Factors Influencing Place of Delivery for Pastoralist Women in Kenya: A Qualitative Study
(2016)Background: Kenya’s high maternal mortality ratio can be partly explained by the low proportion of women delivering in health facilities attended by skilled birth attendants (SBAs). Many women continue to give birth at ... -
Factors that hinder the utilization of Family Planning Services among Men of Reproductive Age in Langata Sub-County, Nairobi, Kenya
(International Academic Journal of Advanced Practices in Nursing, 2021-08-10)In Kenya, most family planning services are ut ilized by female clients and this has led to this study to establish the factors hindering the ut ilizat ion of family planning services among men of reproduct ive age in ... -
Feeding Habits Associated with Overweight and Obesity Amongst Secondary School Students in Private and Public Schools in Langata Nairobi Kenya
(IJSRP Publications, 2017-05)Background; Obesity continues to pose major public health challenges globally. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of overweight /obesity amongst secondary school students in private and public schools ... -
Geographical and Linguistic Structure in the People of Kenya Demonstrated Using 21 Autosomal STRs
(Elsevier, 2021-07)Kenya is a diverse and populous nation that employs DNA evidence in its criminal justice system, and therefore requires reliable information on autosomal STR allele frequency variation across the country and in its many ...