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Understanding the adoption of a portfolio of sustainable intensification practices in Eastern and Southern Africa
(2015)
This paper explores smallholder farmers’ adoption decisions of multiple sustainable intensification practices (SIPs) in eastern and southern Africa. We develop a multivariate probit model using plot-level data gathered ...
Summary of two notes of this year: On corruption and madness, and about false Christians
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Ischemic Cortical Stroke in a Kenyan Referral Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Background: The pattern of stroke displays ethnic and geographical variations. In Sub-Saharan Africa there is
scarcity of data from Eastern and Central Africa.
Objective: To describe the characteristics of patients with ...
From home deliveries to health care facilities: establishing a traditional birth attendant referral program in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Objective
To assess the effectiveness of a traditional birth attendant (TBA) referral program on increasing the number of deliveries overseen by skilled birth attendants (SBA) in rural Kenyan health facilities before ...
Clinical presentation of ocular surface squamous neoplasia in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Importance There is a trend toward treating conjunctival lesions suspected to be ocular surface squamous neoplasia (OSSN) based on the clinical impression.
Objective To describe the presentation of OSSN and identify ...
Design of a study to determine the impact of insecticide resistance on malaria vector control: a multi-country investigation
(University of Nairobi, 2015-07)
Background
Progress in reducing the malaria disease burden through the substantial scale up of insecticide-based vector control in recent years could be reversed by the widespread emergence of insecticide resistance. ...
Home-based HIV testing for men preferred over clinic-based testing by pregnant women and their male partners, a nested cross-sectional study
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Background
Male partner HIV testing and counseling (HTC) is associated with enhanced uptake of prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT), yet male HTC during pregnancy remains low. Identifying settings ...
Effect of Provitamin A-biofortified Cassava on Vitamin A Status of Kenyan Children: A Randomised Controlled Trial
(University of Nairobi, 2015-08-14)
Objectives: To measure the effect of daily consumption of provitamin A-biofortified cassava on
vitamin A status in children aged 5-13 years.
Methods: Mild-to-moderate vitamin A deficient children (n=342) were randomly ...
Soil morphology, physico - chemical properties and classification of typical soils of Mwala District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-06-29)