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Effective coverage and budget implications of skill-mix change to improve neonatal nursing care: an explorative simulation study in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Introduction:
Neonatal mortality is an urgent policy priority to improve global population health and reduce health inequality. As health systems in Kenya and elsewhere seek to tackle increased neonatal mortality by ...
Assessment of local stakeholders' preferences for foreign land lease design attributes in Kenya: A participatory choice-based survey approach.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Global land acquisition and lease investments in developing countries by foreign companies have elicited a lot of controversy and interest in recent literature. Well-structured foreign land leases and investments might ...
Medicinal Plants of the Maasai of Kenya: A Review.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
The use of medicinal plants for treatment of humans and animals is entrenched in the Maasai culture and traditional knowledge related to it is passed on from one generation to the next. A handful of researchers have in the ...
Stochastic impact evaluation of an irrigation development intervention in Northern Ethiopia.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Irrigation plays a significant role in achieving food and nutrition security in dry regions. However, detailed ex-ante appraisals of irrigation development investments are required to efficiently allocate resources and ...
Does the Informal Sector in Kenya Have Financial Potential to Sustainably Prepay for Health Care? Implications for Financing Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Settings.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Kenya currently lacks evidence on whether income in the informal sector is sustainable and predictable and therefore able to support financing of universal health coverage (UHC). This article demonstrates the financial ...
Data for the evaluation of irrigation development interventions in Northern Ethiopia.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
This data article provides the datasets that are used in the holistic ex-ante impact evaluation of an irrigation dam construction project in Northern Ethiopia [1]. We used an expert knowledge elicitation approach as a means ...
The Economic Geography of Kenyan Tobacco Farmers' Livelihood Decisions.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
INTRODUCTION:
The narrative of prosperous economic livelihood of tobacco farmers in Kenya as alleged by the tobacco industry deserves challenge as evidence increasingly suggests that smallholder tobacco farmers are ...
Household characteristics as predictors of access to paediatric malaria treatment in Homa-Bay County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the influence of socioeconomic household characteristics on access to paediatric malaria treatment in Homa Bay County, Kenya.
RESULTS:
From univariate analysis, treatment with analgesics ...
Seroprevalence of canine neosporosis and bovine viral diarrhoea in dairy cattle in selected regions of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Neospora caninum is the causative agent for canine neosporosis (CN), a disease of potential zoonotic importance causing reproductive losses in cattle while causing neuromuscular disease in dogs. Bovine viral diarrhoea on ...
Does the Informal Sector in Kenya Have Financial Potential to Sustainably Prepay for Health Care? Implications for Financing Universal Health Coverage in Low-Income Settings
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Kenya currently lacks evidence on whether income in the informal sector is sustainable and predictable and therefore able to support financing of universal health coverage (UHC). This article demonstrates the financial ...