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Makueni District Profile: Crop Production And Marketing, 1988-1999
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2000)
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This profile describes the changes in policies affecting marketing and crop production in
Makueni District since 1988. The creation of the district led to a larger market for milk
and vegetables around Wote, ...
Potential antitermite compounds from Juniperus procera extracts
(2000-10)
Thin layer chromatography (TLC) analysis revealed that destructive distillation of Juniperus procera tree gave .en
major components, whereas Croton megalocarpus tree yielded five components. This was confirmed by gas ...
Autopsy study of HIV-1-positive and HIV-1-negative adult medical patients in Nairobi, Kenya
(2000)
HIV infection has now been consistently identified as the major cause of death in young Africans in both urban and rural areas. In Africa, several studies have defined the clinical presentation of HIV disease but there ...
The changing impact of HIV/AIDS on Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi from 1988/89 through 1992 to 1997.
(2000)
Consequences of the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic for health services in sub-Saharan Africa remain poorly defined. Longitudinal data from the same centre are scarce. We aimed to describe the impact of a rapidly rising HIV/AIDS ...
Can Africa's saving collapse be reversed?
(2000)
Private saving in Sub-Saharan Africa declined from more than 11 percent of disposable income in the 1970s to less than 8 percent in the 1980s and only partially recovered (to less than 9 percent) in the 1990s. This article ...
The Potential Role of Lactoperoxidase systems in milk preservation for increased smallholder dairy production and marketing in Kenya
(Univesity of Nairobi, 2000)
Thymidine kinase is an enzyme involved in DNA precursor metabolism and DNA replication. The synthesis of this enzyme is highly regulated during the cell cycle and the activity of the enzyme is also regulated by feedback ...
Effect of breastfeeding and formula feeding on transmission of HIV-1: a randomized clinical trial.
(2000)
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Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is known to occur through breastfeeding, but the magnitude of risk has not been precisely defined. Whether breast milk HIV-1 transmission risk exceeds the ...
Food Safety Requirements And Food Exports From Developing Countries: The Case Of Fish Exports From Kenya To The European Union
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
A key element of the" globalization" of the world food economy is the development of global commodity chains, a key element of which is progressively greater levels of trade in agricultural and food products. Simulta-neously, ...