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Factors Affecting Short Course Efficacious ARV Prophylaxis Regimen Use for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Nairobi, Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2010)
Introduction: The enormous progress in Kenya in mobilizing the Human Immunodeficiency
Virus (HIV) infected pregnant women to access the antiretroviral (ARV) prophylaxis provides a
real opportunity for preventing the ...
Food aid and livelihoods in Kyatune Location, Mutomo District: A case study of World Food Programme (WFP)
(University of Nairobi, 2010-09-10)
Food aid discourse is of interest and controversial development aid. It is a particularly topical
and relevant issue of development concern in the Kenyan context where food shortages have
become a regular occurrence. ...
Effects of education on age at first birth in Kenya
(2010)
Education is a significant factor in influencing the onset of childbearing by women. This study
examined the effects of education levels on the timing of the first birth in Kenya using data
from the Kenya Demographic and ...
Escaping poverty and chronic poverty through rural development: the role of agriculture with reference to the Bar-sauri millennium villages project in Yala Division, Siaya District.
(2010)
This study explored the role of Millennium Villages Project intervention in agriculture as an
escape route out of poverty and chronic poverty in Siaya district. The ultimate goal of rural
development is improved livelihoods ...
Association between climatic variability and malaria risk in Tanzania
(2010)
Malaria is still a major public health problem in the United Republic of Tanzania, is the
leading cause of outpatient and inpatient health service attendance and the leading cause of
death in both children and adults.
This ...
Technical Trading Support System (TTSS); A Stock Market Analyst Support System
(2010)
Stock exchanges like the Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) release daily, weekly, and other periodic
data. This data, if filtered and stored can be of important use for stock market analysis using
technical analysis methods. ...
Factors associated with preterm birth in KNH
(2010)
Introduction: Preterm birth is an important cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality as
well as increased cost of health care provision in our set-up. Preterm birth is the cause of
at least 7S% of neonatal deaths that ...
Social stigma and reintegration of obstetric Fistula survivors in west pokot, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Obstetric fistula is a medical condition in which a woman develops a hole between the
vagina and rectum or the bladder during delivery. In West Pokot, this condition attracts
social stigma, abandonment, seclusion and ...
An ethnographic study of cervical cancer among women in Limuru Division, Kiambu District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Cervical cancer is the most common form of cancer among women in the developing
countries. In Kenya, it accounts for 59% of all genital cancers of both men and women.
Although it is the most preventable form of cancer, ...
Public Administration Re-engineering (PAR): A Case of Land Administration in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
Public administration all over the world is under pressure to improve its effectiveness by
providing better services to the public. The pressure to provide timely services has been
attributed to public demand and minimal ...