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Analysis of Potential Impacts of Climate Change and Deforestation on Surface Water Yields from the Mau Forest Complex Catchments in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
This study focuses on an in-depth understanding of the extent to which climate change and
deforestation impact on the surface water yields in the Mau forest complex, the largest of the five
water towers in Kenya. The ...
Advantage of the shrinkage estimator in establishing the main Determinants of Immunization in Trans-Nzoia County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
The client factors that influence under-five child guardian compliance to the immunization
schedule are interlinked based on household characteristics, socioeconomic status of the
family, and maternal health practices. ...
In silico exploration of 3d structures of pfmsp3 and pfmsp6 invasion genes and their allelic differences
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Malaria is one of the leading causes of child mortality in Africa. According to the World
Health Organization report 2011, there was an estimated 655,000 deaths in 2010 in Africa
most of which have been reported among ...
A model for post-implementation evaluation of health information systems: The case of the DHIS 2 in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Health information systems are developed and implemented to improve health care quality and increase patient and
physician satisfaction. This paper describes the influence of health professional sub-cultures on adoption ...
A model for post-implementation evaluation of health information systems: The case of the DHIS 2 in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
The Kenyan government through the Ministry of Health (MoH) in its quest to improve
the health outcomes of its citizenry, has embarked on a number of initiatives. One
of these initiatives under the umbrella of eHealth is ...
Use of data mining to check the prevalence of prostate cancer: case of Nairobi county
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Prostate cancer has been on the rise in the past years and alarming cases being found in men in
their 20’s. The problem is that most of the cases are diagnosed in their late stages thus the
mortality rate being high. In ...
Towards judicial data warehousing and data mining
(University of Narobi, 2014-09)
Institutions have often adopted the use of Extraction, Transformation and Loading (ETL) of data into a data warehouse. A data warehouse is a central repository of information which can be retrieved later for analytics or ...
Evaluation of loop-mediated isothermal amplification as a point-of-care diagnostic tool for mycobacterium tuberculosis
(University of Narobi, 2014)
Background: The bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent of tuberculosis. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there were an estimated 8.8 million incident cases of tuberculosis globally in ...
Characterisation of micro- and minisatellite DNA markers for genetic diversity analysis of the tick vector rhipicephalus appendiculatus (acari: ixodida)
(University of Narobi, 2014)
Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Acari: Ixodidae) is the tick vector of Theileria parva, the causative agent of East Coast fever (ECF), considered to be the most important disease of cattle in 11 countries in Sub-Saharan ...
The impact of sex work on the susceptibility to HIV infection among HIV resistant sex workers
(University of Nairobi, 2014)
Background:
Commercial sex workers are at high risk of HIV acquisition
especially in countries
with high HIV prevalence.
In Kenya, over 10% of all new HIV infections have been attributed to sex
workers and their ...