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Home-based Hiv Testing for Children: a Useful Complement for Caregivers With More Children, Who Are Male, and With an Hiv Negative Partner
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Expanding index and family-based testing (HBT) is a priority for identifying children living with HIV. Our study characterizes predictors that drive testing location choice for children of parents living with HIV. Kenyan ... -
Providing “a beam of light to see the gaps”: determinants of implementation of the Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach applied to the pediatric and adolescent HIV cascade in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Children and adolescents living with HIV have poorer rates of HIV testing, treatment, and virologic suppression than adults. Strategies that use a systems approach to optimize these multiple, linked steps ... -
Meat Quality Status and Postharvest Handling Practices Along the Meat Value Chain in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)In Kenya, meat value chain (MVC) is an important component of the food supply chain serving as a source of nutrients and income. However, information regarding processing practices, hygiene and equipment use as affecting ... -
Health Expenditures and Health Outcomes in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Health inputs are critical in attaining a healthy nation and improving health outcomes. Kenya, like other developing countries, grapples with limited health expenditures and poor population health indicators. Specifically, ... -
Determinants of Labor Productivity Among Smes and Large‐sized Private Service Firms in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Using the 2018 World Bank enterprise data, this study sought to establish whether the determinants of labor productivity in the Kenyan private service sector varied with the size of the firm. Unlike previous studies that ... -
“My Friends Would Believe My Word”: Appropriateness and Acceptability of Respondent-driven Sampling in Recruiting Young Tertiary Student Men Who Have Sex With Men for Hiv/sti Research in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)(1) Background: We conducted formative research to assess the appropriateness and acceptability of respondent-driven sampling (RDS) in recruiting tertiary student men who have sex with men (TSMSM) into a prospective human ... -
Cytotoxic Alkaloids From the Root of Zanthoxylum Paracanthum (Mildbr) Kokwaro
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Chemical investigation of the root of Zanthoxylum paracanthum afforded 1 new alkamide derivative, (2E,4E)-6-oxo-N-isobutyldeca-2,4-dienamide (1) together with 10 known congeners including one phenolic amide (2), four ... -
Influences of Cultural Attire in Contemporary Fashion for Posterity of African Culture
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2022-06-27)Background: Clothes have been integral to us humans. Even in the pre-historic, our ancestors used to wrap their bodies either with tree leaves, barks, or animal skin. The invention of clothes had played a vital role in ... -
Impact of Multimedia Artist Syowia Kyambi on The Exposure Of African Socio-Economic, Cultural and Political Themes
(Africa Design Review Journal, 2022-06-27)The world is ever-changing and so is culture. We are living in a world where cities are bustling with a variety of people and there is more racial acceptance. However, in the same world, there are people who are racially ... -
Integrating Oral Health Into Primary Health Care: a Systematic Review of Oral Health Training in Sub-saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Globally, oral health training has shown positive influence on knowledge, competency and practices for both oral and non-oral health-care workers towards integration of oral health into primary health care ... -
United Against Rabies Forum: The One Health Concept at Work
(University of Nairobi, 2022-04)Human deaths from rabies are preventable and can be eliminated by applying a systematic One Health approach. However, this ancient disease still threatens the lives of millions of people in up to 150 countries and kills ... -
Quantitative versus qualitative risk assessment of meat and its products: what is feasible for Sub-Saharan African countries?
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Prevalent risks in meat value-chains of sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries are increasingly attributed to microbial rather than chemical hazards. Resource constraints and lack of capacity has limited the utilization of ... -
Cultivable vaginal Lactobacillus is not associated with fecundability in Kenyan women attempting to conceive
(University of Nairobi, 202-03)Objective: To examine the association between cultivable vaginal Lactobacillus and fecundability in Kenyan women attempting nonmedically assisted conception. Design: Prospective preconception cohort. Setting: Nairobi ... -
Revisiting soil texture analysis: Practices towards a more accurate Bouyoucos method
(University of Nairobi, 2022-05)The Bouyoucos method lacks sample pre-treatment whereby samples are dispersed for only 2 min after being soaked in 5% sodium hexametaphosphate (calgon) for 15-20 h. This study aimed to improve the accuracy of the Bouyoucos ... -
Estimating Willingness-to-pay for a Livestock Vaccine Among the Marginalized: the Role of Reflective Thought in Discrete Choice Experiments
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The management of livestock diseases transmission is dependent on the effectiveness of livestock health institutions, livestock disease monitoring and reporting mechanisms, and the management of livestock markets. The ... -
A Situation Assessment of Community Health Workers' Preparedness in Supporting Health System Response to Covid-19 in Kenya, Senegal, and Uganda
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) caused socio-economic disruptions across the globe. The pandemic disrupted the health system (HS) calling for reengineering in response to high infection rates, deaths, and resultant ... -
Family-Assisted Severity of Illness Monitoring for Hospitalized Children in Low-Resource Settings-A Two-Arm Interventional Feasibility Study
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)Introduction: Pediatric mortality remains unacceptably high in many low-resource settings, with inpatient deaths often associated with delayed recognition of clinical deterioration. The Family-Assisted Severe Febrile Illness ... -
Chilblain or Perniosis-like Skin Lesions in Children During the Covid-19 Pandemic: a Systematic Review of Articles
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)COVID toes or chilblain-like skin lesions represent a widespread and specific skin presentation mostly in the feet that may be attributed to COVID-19 infection. They may last for several months. We conducted this study to ... -
Strengthening Public Mental Health During and After the Acute Phase of the Covid-19 Pandemic
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Comparable Pregnancy Outcomes for Hiv-uninfected and Hiv-infected Women on Antiretroviral Treatment in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: The impact of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on pregnancy outcomes for women on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in sub-Saharan Africa remains unclear. Methods: Pregnant women in Kenya were enrolled in the ...