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You Will Know That Despite Being HIV Positive You Are Not Alone: Qualitative Study to Inform Content of a Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
BACKGROUND:
Prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT) relies on long-term adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). Mobile health approaches, such as text messaging (short message service, SMS), may improve ...
Performance evaluation of five commercial assays in assessing seroprevalence of HEV antibodies among blood donors.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
INTRODUCTION:
Although hepatitis E virus (HEV) is mainly transmitted via the faecal-oral route, the rate of HEV transmission via blood donation is on the rise. However, the seroprevalence of HEV among blood donors is ...
Analysis of Fish Commonly Sold in Local Supermarkets Reveals the Presence of Pathogenic and Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Communities
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Fish has been an important source of proteins, essential vitamins, and low saturated fats for centuries. However, improperly handled fish can expose consumers to infectious bacteria, including difficult to treat ...
Drivers of women's sanitation practices in informal settlements in sub-Saharan Africa: a qualitative study in Mathare Valley, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Despite evidence suggesting women are disproportionately a
ff
ected by
the lack of adequate and safe sanitation facilities around the world, there
is limited information about the factors that in
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uence women
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s ...
Social Capital as a Coping Mechanism for Women Small Scale Traders in the Informal Economy in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Gender relations are increasingly being transformed in the informal urban economy in Kenya. Women small scale traders (WSSTs) have had to cope by neither relying on their spouses as traditionally expected nor on profit ...
Seroprevalence of bovine leukosis infection in selected farming systems in Kenya
(2018)
Bovine leukosis infection (EBL) is a worldwide occurring disease of cattle caused by the bovine leukemia virus and is clinically characterised by occurrence of multiple lympho-sarcomas in about 10% of the infected cattle. ...
Factors influencing adoption of improved cookstoves among households of Thuti Location, Othaya, Nyeri County, Kenya
(2018)
Majority of the rural households in developing nations use traditional cooking devices with high-energy inefficiency and biomass use. The result is a high pressure on forests that serve as sources of firewood. Improved ...
Use of remote sensing and gis in tea mapping, case study South Imenti Constituency
(2018-07)
The main aim of this research is to map tea plantations within three tea processing factories (Kionyo, Kinoro, Imenti) in South Imenti Constituency. Further analysis is done to evaluate the number of tea bushes and tea ...
Determinants Of Pastoral And Agro-pastoral Households
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Fodder production has been regarded as one of the suitable strategies for increasing feed availability for enhanced livestock production among pastoral and agro-pastoral communities in the drylands of Kenya. Previous studies ...
The inheritance of yield components and beta carotene content in sweet potato
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Analysis of the gene action exhibited by an agronomic trait in crop plants is useful in the planning of an effective plant breeding program. This study sought to establish the inheritance variance of root yield components ...