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Effects of Conservation Agriculture on Weed Abundance and Herbicide Residues in a Humic Nitisol in Kabete Sub-county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
Conservation agriculture has often been fronted as a sustainable practice that minimizes soil degradation while improving crop yields and soil fertility through its principles of minimum tillage, mulching and crop rotation. ...
Risk Factors for Malnutrition Among Children Aged 6-59 Months Attending Sos Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
Malnutrition is a condition that arises from an inadequate or excessive intake of nutrients, an imbalanced consumption of essential nutrients, or a malfunction in nutrient utilization. It encompasses both under-nutrition ...
Maternal Risk Factors for Perinatal Asphyxia at the Kiambu Level Five Hospital . (a Case Control Study)
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
Introduction: The prevalence rate of birth asphyxia in resource poor countries in Africa is high with Kenya reporting a prevalence rate of 5.1 % in one local hospital. However, this prevalence is an under es- timation of ...
Pattern of Ocular Findings and Conjunctival Swab Positivity in Patients With Coronavirus Disease-19 at Kenyatta National Hospital in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
background: On 11th March 2020, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2
(SARS-CoV-2) which causes Corona Virus disease-2019 (COVID-19) was declared a global
pandemic. Ocular signs have been documented in several ...
Land Adjudication and Its Implications for the Social Organization of the Mbere
(university of Nairobi, 1978)
Comparison of Pregnancy Outcomes Between Chronic Hypertensive Pregnant Women With and Without Superimposed Preeclampsia at Kenyatta National Hospital From 2016-2021
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Introduction: Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDPs) complicate 6-15% of pregnancies globally, and are associated with increased risks of adverse maternal and perinatal outcomes. HDPs are the 3rd leading cause of ...
Anxiety and Depression Among Patients Treated at Two Fertility Centres in Nairobi; Prevalence and Associated Factors: a Descriptive Cross-sectional Study With a Sub-group Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Background: WHO recognizes infertility as the 5th highest cause of disability under the age of 60 globally. Studies have shown a link between infertility and psychiatric problems, whereby earlier studies blame infertility ...
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Advanced Trauma Life Support Principles Among Health Care Workers in Accident and Emergency Departments in Nairobi, Kenya: a Multi-center Study
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
Background: According to the World Health Organization, traumatic injuries are among the leading contributors to death globally, with ninety percent of the injuries approximated to occur in LMICs. The Global Burden of ...
Phytoremediation of Hexavalent Chromium in Effluent Tannery Sludge and Chromium Contaminated Soils by Using Ricinus Communis Plant
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
Heavy metal pollution is a global problem of expanding apprehension due to its toxic effects on the environment which in turn adversely affects Flora and Fauna. Tanning industries have a sludge effluent that is highly ...
Effect of East Coast Fever Marikebuni Vaccine on Feeding and Reproductive Success of Rhipicephalus Appendiculatus
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
East Coast Fever is a tick-borne disease of economic importance in bovines caused
by Theileria parva, a protozoan parasite transmitted transstadially by a three-host
tick, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus. The control of ECF ...