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Feeding practices and nutritional status of Children 6-36 months in muslim and christian Households: a human rights perspective (a case study of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya)
(University of Nairobi, 2006)
The right to adequate food and nutrition is a powerful tool to combat malnutrition and hunger
worldwide. Current thinking views integration of human rights into nutrition programming as an
essential component in which ...
Prevalence of malnutrition and its associated factors among children aged 6-59 months living in Kangemi and Gichagj Sub locations. Nairobi, Kenya.
(2004-12)
Malnutrition, which is a wide spread problem with devastating consequences, weakens
immune system and worsens illness. It is a factor in about half of the deaths that occur
among children under five years of age. ...
A survey of human Taeniosis/Bovine cysticercosis in Northern Turkana District,Kenya
(2008)
Bovine cysticercosis IS a zoonosis of socioeconomic and public health importance. A
survey was carried out in northern Turkana District to: 1) estimate the prevalence of bovine
cysticercosis using serology and meat ...
Prevalence and risk factors of vitamin A Deficiency amongst pre-school children in Gichugu division, kirinyaga district, kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2000)
This study was undertaken to assess the risk of vitamin A deficiency and determine its
possible determinants in three sub-locations, Thimu, Thumaita and Rwambiti of Gichugu
Division, Kirinyaga District. Socio-economic ...
Maize - Pigeon pea Intercrop Resource Use Under Semi-Arid Conditions of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
A field experiment was conducted at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and
Technology between October 2001 and June 2002 to determine light, water and nitrogen
use in maize-pigeonpea intercrop system. The experiment ...
Response of African nightshades (solanum villosum) and spider plant (cleome gynandra) to farmyard manure and calcium ammonium nitrate fertilizer and pest infestation in Keiyo District, Kenya.
(2004)
The African Leafy Vegetables (ALVs) are particularly important as adjunct
accompaniment to the staple cereal foods such as the East African corn meal (ugali). In
the context of hidden hunger, these local vegetables do ...
Health, nutrition and sanitation baseline survey with reference to children aged 6 to 59 months in Nyakacho, Kericho District, Kenya.
(2007)
A cross-sectional survey of consumption patterns and dietary practices was carried out in
Nyakacho, Motobo Division, Kericho District in Kenya from July to August 2004. The main
objective of the study was to determine ...
Household food and nutrition security in association with HIV progression: a comparative study of highlands and lowlands in Wundanyi Division, Coast Province, Kenya
(2006)
Household food security that includes household food availability, accessibility and utilization, is
Abstract
synergistically associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency
Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) ...
Evaluation of high forage quality annual african clovers (trifolium quartinianum cv. mealton 5 and t. steudnerii) grown with sudan grass (sorghum sudanensei) and finger millet (eleusine coracana) at Ka-bete, Kenya.
(2004)
The study was conducted at Kabete in KiambuDistrict. This is one of the high potential
areas in the central highlands of Kenya where population pressure on land is encountered.
Smallholder mixed farming systems typically ...
Effects of domestic and wild herbivore utilisation on Herbaceous layer above ground primary production In Central Kenya Savanna
(University of Nairobi, 2005)
This study investigated the separate and combined influences of livestock and wild herbivores
on herbaceous layer primary production in central Kenya rangelands. The treatments included
cattle (C), wild herbivores (with- ...