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Progress on the national action plan of Pakistan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR): a narrative review and the implications
(University of Nairobi, 2022-01)
Introduction: The emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a threat to public health. In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced a global action plan to tackle AMR in the World Health Assembly. Pakistan's ...
Pairwise Joint Modeling of Clustered and High-dimensional Outcomes With Covariate Missingness in Pediatric Pneumonia Care
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Multiple outcomes reflecting different aspects of routine care are a common phenomenon in health care research. A common approach of handling such outcomes is multiple univariate analyses, an approach which does not allow ...
Potential pharmacologic interventions targeting TLR signaling in placental malaria
(University of Nairobi, 2022)
Complications from placental malaria cause poor pregnancy outcomes, including low birthweight, preterm delivery, and stillbirths. Many of these complications are driven by maternal innate proinflammatory responses to the ...
Comparison of Technical Efficiency and Technology Gaps Between Contracted and Non-contracted Vegetable Farmers in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Contract farming is an innovative institutional arrangement with potential benefits to the livelihood of value chain actors................................................................................................. ...
Longitudinal and cross-sectional validation of the WERCAP screen for assessing psychosis risk and conversion
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)
Background: The Washington Early Recognition Center Affectivity and Psychosis (WERCAP) Screen was developed to assess risk for developing psychosis. Its validity has not been investigated in a large population-based study ...
Keloids: Does patients' sex influence the presentation and recurrence post-excision?
(University of Nairobi, 2022-01)
Keloid is a dermo-fibroproliferative disorder thought to result from abnormal proliferation of
fibroblasts. Few studies have been done to compare the clinical presentation and outcomes
of keloids based on gender. The ...
How to Exploite Scholarly Resources on the Net
(University of Nairobi, 2009)
The Internet (Net) has an enormous amount of scholarly information due to information
explosion and advances in Information and Communication Technology (lCT).
However, it has been observed that it is not easy for someone ...
Rational use of antibiotics and covariates of clinical outcomes in patients admitted to intensive care units of a tertiary hospital in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022-04)
Objectives: Rational use of antibiotics implies appropriate choice of an antibiotic administered at correct dose, frequency, and duration using the most suitable route of administration. Irrational antibiotics use is ...
Age related effects of selective and non-selective COX-2 inhibitors on bone healing
(University of Nairobi, 2022-01)
Introduction: Fractures are increasing worldwide and with an aging population, are frequent in the elderly. The healing of fractures progresses through various phases including the inflammatory stage. Aging is associated ...
The Contribution of Extensive Chicken Production Systems and Practices to Newcastle Disease Outbreaks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Newcastle disease (ND) poses a challenge especially for farmers rearing indigenous chicken under the extensive system. This is due to the lack of uniformity in practices, favoring the introduction and spread of the disease. ...