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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 ...
Keloid pathophysiology: fibroblast or inflammatory disorders?
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Background:
Keloids are defined as a benign dermal fibroproliferative disorder with no malignant potential. They tend to occur following trivial trauma or any form of trauma in genetically predisposed individuals. Keloids ...
Study of the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Cancer Patients at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Introduction: Cancer is not only a burden in the country but also a global burden with among the highest rate of mortality. In spite of the great strides made by the conventional therapy, many cancer patients have resorted ...
The Genital Tract and Rectal Microbiomes: Their Role in HIV Susceptibility and Prevention in Women
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Introduction: Young women in sub-Saharan Africa are disproportionately affected by HIV, accounting for 25% of all new infections in 2017. Several behavioural and biological factors are known to impact a young woman's ...
1“bottom-up” Approach: a Community-based Intervention in Fighting Non Communicable Diseases in Urban Informal Settlements, Nairobi – Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Objective: The main objective of this study was to identify challenges faced by healthcare front-liners towards health promotion in the prevention and management of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) amongst the urban 25 - ...
Does the Assumption of Exponential Arrival Distributions in Wireless Sensor Networks Hold?
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Wireless Sensor Networks have seen a tremendous growth in various application areas despite prominent performance and availability challenges. One of the
common configurations to prolong the lifetime and deal with the ...
On the performance, availability and energy consumption modelling of clustered IoT systems
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) form a large part of the ecosystem of the Internet of Things (IoT), hence they have numerous application domains with varying performance and availability requirements. Limited resources ...