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Microbiological contamination of herbal medicinal products marketed in Kenya for chronic diseases: A case study of Nairobi metropolis
(Elsevier, 2021-10)Herbal medicines’ use is steadily increasing globally, thus creating a compelling need for quality assurance. The present study assessed the microbial contamination of 86 herbal preparations marketed in the Nairobi metropolis ... -
Spatio-temporal patterns of domestic water distribution, consumption and sufficiency: Neighbourhood inequalities in Nairobi, Kenya
(Elsevier, 2022-01)Whilst there are longstanding and well-established inequalities in safe-drinking water-access between urban and rural areas, there remain few studies of changing intra-urban inequalities over time. In this study, we ... -
Educators' perceptions of the early impact of COVID-19 on midwifery training in Kenya: a cross-sectional survey
(University of Nairobi, 2022-05)Background: This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the perceptions of Kenyan midwifery educators regarding the early impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the continuity of midwifery education. Methods: ... -
Vaccination of Household Chickens Results in a Shift in Young Children’s Diet and Improves Child Growth in Rural Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Childhood growth faltering remains unacceptably high in sub-Saharan Africa. Rural communities dependent on household food production with limited off-farm income or liquid assets to bridge seasonal food availability are ... -
The Journey of the Lingual Artery from the Neck to the Oral Cavity: A Cadaveric Study
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)Study design: Descriptive cross-sectional. Objective: The origin of the lingual artery (LA) has been well studied due to its implication in neck dissection, but the course thereafter to the oral cavity is less described. ... -
Knowledge Attitudes and Practice of Breastmilk Expression and Storage Among Working Mothers With Infants Under Six Months of Age in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Background: Expression and storage of breastmilk is a strategy that ensures continued breast milk consumption in the event of temporary separation of an infant from the mother. However, many studies show that working mothers ... -
Prevalence of esophageal squamous dysplasia in relatives of patients with esophageal cancer in Southwestern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022-06)Background: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and its asymptomatic precursor lesion, esophageal squamous dysplasia (ESD), are common in East Africa. It is unknown whether family history of esophageal cancer is a ... -
Progressivity of the Output Based Aid Voucher Programme and Its Effects on Family Planning and Maternal Health in Nairobi and Kiambu Counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Introduction: In developing countries, the poor and vulnerable are unable to access basic healthcare needs due to health financing related constraints. Healthcare needs are mostly financed through out of pocket, resulting ... -
Information Profession in Digital Transformation and Development: Future Directions
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Industrial revolutions have changed and transformed humanity and society over time and continue to advance development with evidence across disciplines and professions. The purpose was to explore where the information ... -
Sustainable Information Development Practices and Societal Transformation in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)This paper demonstrates the impact of the information discipline and profession in transforming and changing the lives of people through sustainable development practices and policies. Quantitative and qualitative research ... -
Demand Elasticities of Excisable Goods in Kenya: Estimation Using Almost Ideal Demand System
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Excise taxes are an important source of revenue in most developing countries including Kenya. Between 1980 and 2018, excise taxes constituted a significant proportion of revenue in Kenya, yielding an average revenue ... -
Utilisation of cervical cancer screening among women living with HIV at Kenya's national referral hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2022-04)Background: In 2009, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) integrated cervical cancer screening within HIV care using visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) and Pap smear cytology. Objectives: We evaluated utilisation of ... -
Phylogeny, Phytomedicines, Phytochemistry, Pharmacological Properties, and Toxicity of Croton gratissimus Burch (Euphorbiaceae)
(University of Nairobi, 2022-05)Croton gratissimus is an important plant in Africa setup and across the globe for its ethnomedicinal uses in managing a wide range of diseases. Its phylogeny, pharmacological properties, ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemistry, ... -
The Contribution of Extensive Chicken Production Systems and Practices to Newcastle Disease Outbreaks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Newcastle disease (ND) poses a challenge especially for farmers rearing indigenous chicken under the extensive system. This is due to the lack of uniformity in practices, favoring the introduction and spread of the disease. ... -
Intensity of adoption of integrated pest management practices in Rwanda: A fractional logit approach
(University of Nairobi, 2022-01)The push-pull technology (PPT) is considered as an alternative integrated pest management strategy for the control of fall armyworm and stemborer, among smallholder maize farmers in sub-Sahara African to conventional ... -
Targeted Amplicon Deep Sequencing for Monitoring Antimalarial Resistance Markers in Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022-04)Molecular surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum parasites is important to track emerging and new mutations and trends in established mutations and should serve as an early warning system for antimalarial resistance. Dried ... -
Technical Efficiency and Technology Gaps of Sorghum Plots in Uganda: a Gendered Stochastic Metafrontier Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Sorghum plot managers in different locations have varying levels of resource endowment that in turn influence technical efficiency (TE). Therefore, plot managers operate at different levels of technology. The present ... -
Determinants of aflatoxin exposures in Kenyan School-aged children
(University of Nairobi, 2022-06)Aflatoxins are naturally occurring food toxins known to contaminate cereals with a carry-over effect in milk and meat products from farm animals raised on contaminated feed. In children, continuous consumption of ... -
What Factors Influence Access to and the Level of Participation in High Value Mango Markets by Smallholder Farmers in Ghana
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Market participation is critical to smallholder agricultural production because it stimulates increased productivity and enhances poverty alleviation. Accessibility to high value markets and participation by small-scale ... -
Potential pharmacologic interventions targeting TLR signaling in placental malaria
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Complications from placental malaria cause poor pregnancy outcomes, including low birthweight, preterm delivery, and stillbirths. Many of these complications are driven by maternal innate proinflammatory responses to the ...
