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    • Disaster Management: The Kenyan Perspective 

      Muhonja, Faith (LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012-12-19)
      Over the past few years, disasters have increased in their frequency and intensity at an exponential speed. The damages caused by disasters cannot be over emphasised; they include loss of life, human suffering, economic ...

    • Emerging Trends in Socio-Demographic Characteristics and their Relationship to Economic Development in Nairobi 

      Osur, Joachim (LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2015-04-29)
      An intricate relationship exists between economic development and maternal health. The performance of bilateral tubal ligation (BTL) marks the end to risks associated with pregnancy and maternal mortality, an indicator of ...

    • Influence of mHealth SMS utilization on adolescents’ attitude towards risky sexual behavior in Homa-Bay County, Kenya 

      Muhonja, Faith; Keraka., Margaret; Ndayala, Phoebe (CEDRED Publications, 2023-11)
      Abstract Risky Sexual Behaviors (RSB) refers to behaviors leading to unintended pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs). Adolescents’ Risky Sexual Behavior (RSB) is a global public health concern. In ...

    • Internally Displaced People and Mental Health Issues 

      Njiru, Lucy Njarui (Notion Press, 2021-01-01)
      Reports from many parts of the world have shown an increase in mental health burden across all ages. The impacts of mental health on global development goals have led to mental health inclusion in the Sustainable Development ...

    • Occupational Health Services in Smaller Work Places in Britain 

      Taylor, Lord; Wood, C. H. (1957)
      PERHAPS the greatest problem in the planning and running of an occupational health service on a national basis is how to meet the health needs of the smaller work places. A small work place may be defined for our purposes ...

    • Street Food Vendors Morbidity Burden 

      Muhonja, Faith; Oiye, Shadrack; Ngatiri, George (LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2013-11-21)
      Street food vendors play an important role in food security. They feed the larger urban populace with nutritious, cheap, easily accessible and ready to eat foods. Much as we applaud all these benefits; they are potentially ...

    • Universal Health Coverage 

      Gitahi, Githinji; Cashin, Cheryl (Springer, Cham, 2020-12-17)
      Universal health coverage (UHC) aims at providing quality health services for all people in a society without suffering financial hardship. UHC embodies three related objectives: (1) equity in access to health services, ...

    • Variability in the Metabolism of Proguanil to the Active Metabolite Cycloguanil in Healthy Kenyan Adults 

      Watkins, W.M.; Mberu, E.K.; Nevill, C.G.; Ward, S.A.; Breckenridge, A.M.; Koech, D.K. (Oxford University Press, 1990-08-01)
      Extensive metabolizers (EM) and poor metabolizers (PM) of the malaria chemoprophylactic drug proguanil have been identified by measuring the proguanil/cycloguanil ratio in urine following a single dose of the pro-drug. The ...

    • WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE PROJECT (WASH) 

      AMREF Health Africa (AMREF Health Africa, 2021)
      mref Health Africa under Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project, seeks to increase access to sustainable, safe and adequate water, appropriate sanitation and Hygiene. Amref is therefore trying to reduce prevalence ...