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Assessment of management of health-care wastes in non-government health care facilities in Nairobi province
(2009-06)
Poor management of health care wastes exposes health care workers, waste handlers .
and the community to infections, toxic effects and injuries. Despite this inherent
hazardous nature of the health care wastes, their ...
Incidence of Post Dural puncture headache in elective cesarean section patients following spinal anesthesia at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2009-05)
Title
Incidence of PDPH in elective cesarean section patients undergoing spinal
anesthesia at KNH.
Background
Post dural puncture headache (PDPH) is an iatrogenic complication of
neuraxial anesthesia and results from ...
Evaluation of erectile dysfunction among bicycle taxi riders (bodaboda) in Bungoma town
(University Of Nairobi, 2009)
Organic erectile dysfunction is common in elderly men but is not prevalent in
menbelow 40 years of age. However, in addition to other known causes such as smoking,
alcohol intake and diabetes mellitus, recent research ...
Microbiological quality of camel milk along the market chain and its correlation with food borne illness among children and young adults in Isiolo, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
The study was done to determine the microbiological quality of raw camel milk along the
informal market chain and to assess risk factors in symptoms of food-borne illnesses and the
role of camel milk in the diet of camel ...
Corporate governance and dividend policy in Kenya : A survey of companies listed at the Nairobi stock exchange
(2009-10)
Corporate governance exists to provide checks and balances between shareholders and
management and thus to mitigate agency problems. Hence, firms with better governance quality
should incur less agency conflicts, and ...
Benefits and challenges of electronic data interchange implementation and application in Kenya: case of Kilindini water front project
(2009-08)
Many organizations are applying Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) to improve operational efficiency, enhance information quality, and achieve reductions in processing time of critically important business information. EDI ...
The process and challenges of implementing strategic change: A case study on Kwatos project in Kenya Ports Authority
(2009)
The phenomenon of change is not something new. Perhaps what is new is the fact that the volume, momentum and complexity of change are accelerating at an increasing rate due to globalization of the marketplace and technological ...
The Epidemiology and control of East Coast fever and other vector-borne diseases: perceptions of the pastoral communities in Northern Rift Valley Province, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
A participatory epidemiological study was conducted among the Pokot and Tugen
communities in Northern Rift Valley, Kenya, to assess the status of tick-borne infections
and obtain livestock keepers' perceptions of how the ...
Socio-economic Factors Influencing Smallholder Banana Farmers’ Participation in Banana Farmers’ Association Marketing Channel in Murang’a South District.
(2009)
This study analyses the socio-economic factors that influence smallholder banana farmers’
participation in a marketing association. The study further evaluates the returns from alternative
banana marketing channels to ...
Integrating non-motorized transport into the urban transport system a case study of Westlands commercial centre Nairobi.
(2009-08)
In most countries, NMT has developed spontaneously and remains largely the normal
process of transportation planning. In Kenya, studies carried out on non-motorized
transport and their provision have dwelt on the larger ...