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Health education impact on knowledge and management of arboviral diseases in Kenya: Evidence from randomised control trials
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Communities' knowledge and management strategies are crucial for mitigating and controlling the threat of existing and emerging diseases. In this study, we conducted randomised control trials (RCT) to examine the impact ... -
Health in perspective: framing motivational factors for personal sanitation in urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya, using anchored best–worst scaling
(Department of Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesDepartment of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, 2013)Severe health, safety and environmental hazards are being created by the growing population of urban poor in low-income countries due to lack of access to sanitation and to inadequate existing sanitation systems. We developed ... -
Health Research Profile to assess the capacity of low and middle income countries for equity-oriented research
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Vetinary Anatomy, 2006)Background The Commission on Health Research for Development concluded that "for the most vulnerable people, the benefits of research offer a potential for change that has gone largely untapped." This project was designed ... -
Health seeking and hygiene behaviours predict nutritional status of pre-school children in a slum area of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science, Nutrition & Technology, 2000)A cross-sectional study was conducted during March to May 1997 in four selected slum kebeles (villages) of Addis Ababa in which nutritional status of 758 children aged 6 to 36 months was examined and stratified into ... -
Healthy Moms, a randomized trial to promote and evaluate weight maintenance among obese pregnant women: Study design and rationale
(University of Nairobi,college of agriculture and veterinary sciences,, 2012)Background Obesity and excessive weight gain during pregnancy are associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. Observational studies suggest that minimal or no gestational weight gain (GWG) may minimize the risk of adverse ... -
Heat Shock Affects Attachment and Proliferation of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Primary Hepatocytes. In-Vitro cell.
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Heat transfer to particles in shear flow: application in aseptic processing
(University of Nairobi,, 1993)Convective heat transfer coefficients at the fluid-particle interface were obtained for shear flow in a holding tube to simulate aseptic processing of particulate-containing liquid foods. The particles were made of polymethyl ... -
Hedgerow Intercropping Maize or Cowpea/Senna for Drymatter Production in Semi-Arid Eastern Kenya
(Department of Meteorology, University of NairobiDepartment of Agricultural Engineering, University of Nairobi,Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, 2011)In a long term study photosynthetically active radiation was monitored for three rainy seasons to measure the effects of hedgerow intercropping in rotation with maize and cowpea in a senna/siamea and panicumlgrass strip ... -
The Helath Equity Dimensions Of Urban Food Systems.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Food Science Nutritin and Technology, 2007) -
Helminth and protozoan gastrointestinal tract parasites in captive and wild-trapped African non-human primates
(Virology Research Division, Institute of Primate Research, Nairobi KenyaDepartment of Applied Science, The Kenya Polytechnic, Nairobi KenyaDepartment of Zoology, College of Biological and Physical Sciences, University of NairobiDivision of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Primate Research, Nairobi KenyaKenya Wildlife Service, Nairobi Kenya, 1998)The objective of this study was to investigate the gastro-intestinal (GIT) parasites commonly occurring in captive and wild-trapped (WT) non-human primates (baboons, vervets and Sykes) in Kenya and compare their prevalence. ... -
Helminth Parasite Infections Of Sheep In Kangundo Division Of Machakos District, Kenya. Bull
(University of NairobiVeterinary Panthology and Microbiology, 1997) -
Helminth parasites of domestic and wild animals in Uganda
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kabete, Kenya, 1968-12)No abstract available -
Helminthiasis in dogs in Uganda. I. Recovery of Strongyloides stercoralis by Lindsey's method. II. Recover of Dirofilaria repens. III. Aberrant habitation by Ancylostomum caninum, Spirocerca lupi and Toxocara canis.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nairobi, Kabete, Kenya, 1973-12)No abstract available -
Helminthosis in Smallholder Pig herds in Kikuyu division, Kiambu district, Kenya
(Department of Clinical Studies, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of NairobiPostgraduate Studies in InternationalAnimal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universitat Berlin, Luisenstrassc 56, D- 10117, Berlin, Germany, 2004)A study was conducted in sixty-two randomly selected herds in Kikuyu division, Kiambu district in central Kenyan highlands to obtain prevalence, spectrum and intensity of gastrointestinal helminths in pigs kept by smallholder ... -
Helminthosporium maydis on maize
(Department of Plant Science and Crop Protection, 1979)A severe outbreak of leaf blight on maize in Apr. 1978 in the Nyanza Province, Kenya, was caused by H. maydis [Cochliobolus heterostrophus: CMI Map 346], a previously unrecorded disease -
Hematological and biochemical changes in horses with colic in Nairobi county, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This was a prospective study, which involved following up cases of colic and from which blood samples for haematology and serum for biochemical analysis were collected. The haematological parameters measured were ... -
Hematological, serological and virological findings in sheep and goats experimentally infected with lineage iii peste des petits ruminants virus isolates in Kenya
(2015)The aim of this study was to determine the hematological and serological changes in experimentally infected sheep and goats and to validate use of Real time reverse transcriptase PCR analysis in diagnosing PPRV in Kenya. ...