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A trans-disciplinary study on the health risks of cryptosporidiosis from dairy systems in Dagoretti, Nairobi, Kenya: study background and farming system characteristics
(2009)
This paper characterises the dairy farming system in Dagoretti, Nairobi. Characterisation was part of a broader ecohealth project to estimate the prevalence and risk of cryptosporidiosis and develop risk mitigation strategies. ...
Suicidal behaviour among youths associated with psychopathology in both parents and youths attending outpatient psychiatric clinic in Kenya
(2013)
BACKGROUND:
Suicide is a major cause of death among youths particularly with psychiatric, alcohol abuse and substance abuse disorders. There are relatively few studies on the relationship between psychiatric and substance ...
Funding the fight against HIV / AIDS
(Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR), 2004)
The Abuja Declaration, adopted at the Africa Union special summit on AIDS in 2001, called upon African governments to allocate 15% of their national budgets to health spending, with more emphasis on HIV/AIDS programmes. ...
Male circumcision is associated with a lower prevalence of human papillomavirus-associated penile lesions among Kenyan men.
(2012)
Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated penile lesions in men may increase the risk of HPV transmission to their female partners. Risk factor data on HPV-associated penile lesions are needed from regions with a high burden ...
The relationship between macro economic variables and stock market performance in Kenya
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2012)
This study investigates the relationship between macroeconomic variables on NSE All
share index (NASI) and goes further to determine whether changes in macroeconomic
variables can be used to predict the future NASI. Three ...
Caseous lymphadenitis of sheep and goats in Kenya
(1990)
In a survey of caseous lymphadenitis in local sheep and goats in Kenya, 54 of 757 goats (7.13%) and 6 of 378 sheep (1.6%) were found to have one or more abscesses. Abscessation was commonest in the prescapular (68.25%) ...
Dynamics of development of late blight [Phytophthora infestans] in potato, and comparative resistance of cultivars in the highland tropics
(2006)
Host resistance is an important component for the management of late blight [Phytophthora infestans] on
potato, in the highland tropics, where effective fungicide use is limited because of the cost of application. ...
Diversity of Fungal Species Associated with Peanuts in Storage and the Levels of Aflatoxins in Infected Samples
(2004)
The threat of aflatoxin contamination in food commodities and its association with health risks in both animals and humans
continues to raise increasing concern over years. In this report, fungal species found in association ...
Preliminary Findings on the Carrier Status of Pasteurella multocida in Farmed and Traded Healthy-appearing Scavenging Indigenous Chickens and Ducks in Kenya
(2007)
One hundred and twenty three indigenous chickens and 24 ducks reared under free range scavenging system were examined for the carrier status of
Pasteurella multocida. Both the oropharynyngeal and cloacal swab samples ...
Knowledge of Mange among Masai Pastoralists in Kenya
(2012-08)
Background: Pastoralists in low-income countries usually live in close proximity to their animals and thus represent an
important repository of information about livestock disease. Since wild and domestic animals often ...