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Women In Conflict Management: How Traditional Roles And Perceptions Have Been A Hindrance
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
One of the major challenges we continue to face at
the close of the twentieth century is the real
involvement of women in all sectors of society. For
a long time this has been considered as a
small issue. But with the ...
Financing Medical Care through Insurance: Policy Lessons from Household- and Community-Level Analysis in Kenya
(2002)
Medical insurance is an important feature of a health care system in which patients pay user charges to get medical treatment. Without insurance, many people would not afford acceptable care in a fee-for-service system. ...
Healthcare priority setting in Kenya: A gap analysis applying the accountability for reasonableness framework
(2013)
In resource-poor settings, the accountability for reasonableness (A4R) has been identified as an important advance in priority setting that helps to operationalize fair priority setting in specific contexts. The four ...
Teachers' experiences in teaching evolution
(University of Nairobi, 2011-07)
Although prehistory and evolutionary studies are included in the Kenyan secondary school biology and history subjects, lack of consistent up-dating of the syllabi and sheer ignorance by a very large cross-section of teachers ...
History of Paleontological research in the Narok District of Kenya,
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
The geology of the Narok District of southern Kenya was first studied in the 1960s. From 1994 through 2005 more extensive paleontological and geological research was conducted on a series of late Miocene sediments of the ...
An inequality perspective of education structure and performance in Kenya - University of Nairobi Enterprises and Services Limited
(2011)
Education is an important determinant of individuals’ income, health as well as the capacity to interact and communicate with others. In spite of this view, there is considerable evidence of inequalities of opportunity in ...
Determinants And Consequences Of Transaction Costs Of Microfinance And Their Impact On Rural Poor Borrowers’ Incomes
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
Many studies have approached the issue of transactions costs of microfinance from the
institutional perspective with a view to drive recommendations on viable microfinance lending institutions. Only few studies have ...
Alpha-Lactalbumin: Its Production Technologies and Bioactive Peptides
(University of Nairobi, 2010-02-16)
Alpha-lactalbumin (α-La), a globular protein found in all mammalian milk, has been used as an ingredient in infant formulas. The protein can be isolated from milk using chromatography/gel filtration, membrane separation, ...
Is the Pedestrian an Endangered Road User? A Descriptive Account of Pedestrian Musculoskeletal Injuries
(2010)
Background: Trauma is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Africa. Road traffic crashes are
causative in majority of these cases. Pedestrians are vulnerable to injury in all types of collisions.
This paper ...
Hiv Postexposure Prophylaxis In An Urban Population Of Female Sex Workers In Nairobi, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2013-02)
OBJECTIVES:
To assess biological and behavioral factors in HIV-uninfected female sex workers (FSWs) accessing postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) and to characterize the circumstances preceding PEP, time to access, and ...