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Effects of a school feeding intervention on school attendance rates among elementary schoolchildren in rural Kenya
(2011)
OBJECTIVE:
A randomized controlled school feeding intervention offered an opportunity to determine whether school feeding resulted in improved school attendance among elementary schoolchildren in a rural district of ...
Psychiatric morbidity among leprosy patients in Teso and Busia Districts of Western Kenya. East African Medical Journal, Vol. 82 no9, 452-456
(2005)
Objective: To establish the magnitude of psychiatric disorders among leprosy patients in western Kenya.
Design: A cross-sectional descriptive study.
Setting: Busia and Teso districts in western Kenya.
Subjects: A ...
Plasma bioactive LH and testosterone profiles in male New Zealand rabbits experimentally infected with Schistosoma mansoni
(2004)
The effects of Schistosoma mansoni (S. mansoni) infection on plasma levels of bioactive luteinising hormone (LH) and testosterone in the New Zealand rabbit model were studied. S. mansoni infection significantly decreased ...
Maxillofacial Injuries Caused By Terrorist Bomb Attack In Nairobi, Kenya.Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2002 Aug;31(4):374-7.
(2002)
Although military conflicts are common on the African continent, there is a paucity of data regarding bomb-blast injuries in this region and in Kenya in particular. This paper describes the pattern of maxillofacial injuries ...
Kenya Mental Health Country Profile
(2004)
The Kenya country profile is a description of Kenya covering the demographic, economic, cultural, religious, and health aspects including mental health in the country today. Like any other developing countries, Kenya is ...
The role of television in creating political awareness among the youth
(2007-10)
This study examines the role that television debate shows have in creating political
awareness among the youth. The focus of this study is on the youth, who live in Nairobi.
Nairobi was chosen for this study because, it ...
Delivering Affordable housing in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies
(2005)
Low-cost housing provision has been a major focus of government in post-apartheid urban South Africa. While successes can be noted, there is growing concern regarding the social and environmental sustainability of housing ...
Mainstreaming Women in Rural Travel and Transport in Kenya:
(2002)
The provision of rural transport infrastructure and services is inadequate in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). As
a result, social and economic activities in rural areas take place at high cost in terms of the time and ...
Land-use Conflicts and Urban Land Management in Kenya
(2002)
Protected areas throughout the world are key for conserving biodiversity, and land use is key for providing food, fiber, and other ecosystem services essential for human sustenance. As land use change isolates protected ...
Motivation and its Effect on Productivity of Workers in the Kenyan Construction Industry
(2010)
Human resource today has a strategic role for productivity increase of any organization. Effective and optimum use of human resource could result to enhanced productivity. Therefore, this study examined motivation as one ...