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Power brokering, empowering, and educating: the role of home-based care professionals in the reduction of HIV-related stigma in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
In this article the authors report on how home-based care (HBC) professionals reduce stigmatizing behavior in Kenya. This study was part of an action research project that evaluated the introduction of HBC. HBC professionals ...
The provision of citizenship education through NGOs Case studies from England and South Korea
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2007-07)
Treatment of tuberculosis of the hip
(2007)
Between September 1986 and December 1993, 57 patients were seen with tuberculosis of the hip at Kenyatta National Hospital. The diagnosis was proven by histological examination in all and in 54 patients (95%) caseation was ...
The management of early prostate cancer: a review
(2007-09)
Objective:To carry out a review of the management of early (clinically localised) prostate cancer.
Data Source:
Review of all published literature on the management of early prostate cancer was carried out through medline ...
Fighting Striga:Deploying Genes For Resistance in Sorghum
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
A Grid Service Matrix Model for Resource Scheduling in Grid Computing Environments
(2007)
A grid computer consists of shared computing resources that are presented to the user
as a single powerful computing facility. The shared computing resources have
independent autonomous ownership. The vision in grid ...
Epitope Cross-Reactivity Frequently Differs between Central and Effector Memory HIV-Specific CD8 T Cells1
(2007)
HIV diversity may limit the breadth of vaccine coverage due to epitope sequence differences between strains. Although amino acid
substitutions within CD8 T cell HIV epitopes can result in complete or partial abrogation ...
School as a Workplace in Kenya: Evaluation of the Teachers Matter HIV/AIDS Project
(UNESCO, 2007)
Countless HIV/AIDS interventions rely on teachers to deliver vital prevention messages to their
students but do not target the teachers as direct beneficiaries, even though the teachers themselves are
at risk of HIV ...
Obstacles to utilization of institutionalized delivery care in Kenya: a case study of Teso district
(University of Nairobi, 2007)
This paper examines the factors that underlie the choice of place of delivery among expectant mothers in Teso district, Kenya. Data from surveys carried out in Teso district in 2000 and 2002 indicate that seventy-six percent ...