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Management Practices, Farmers' Knowledge of Diseased Fish, and Their Occurrence in Fish Farms in Nyeri County.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
In this study, fish farmers' management practices, occurrence, and knowledge of fish diseases in Nyeri County, Kenya, were evaluated. Fish farming management practices for small-scale farmers in Kenya have numerous challenges ...
Whole genome sequence analysis of porcine astroviruses reveals novel genetically diverse strains circulating in East African smallholder pig farms.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Astroviruses (AstVs) are widely distributed and are associated with gastroenteritis in human and animals. The knowledge of the genetic diversity and epidemiology of AstVs in Africa is limited. This study aimed to characterize ...
A One Health framework for integrated service delivery in Turkana County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Abstract Pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa have limited access to public services due to their mobile lifestyle, economic and political marginalization, and the limited health infrastructure that is common to arid and ...
Cancer is associated with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) severity and mortality: A pooled analysis
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a rapidly escalating pandemic that has spread to many parts of the world. As such, there is urgent need to identify predictors of clinical severity in COVID-19 patients. ...
Corporate governance, firm characteristics, external environment and performance of financial institutions in Uganda: A review of literature
(University of Nairobi, 2016)
Main Objective of the Study: Examine the relationship among corporate governance, firm characteristics, external environment, and performance of financial institutions in Uganda. Value of the Study: The paper is expected ...
The Nairobi Pork Value Chain: Mapping and Assessment of Governance, Challenges, and Food Safety Issues.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
The Nairobi pork food system is a growing livestock sub-sector which serves as a source of food and livelihood to its inhabitants. The study aimed to map Nairobi's pork value chains, assess their governance, operational ...
Performance of International AIDS Vaccine Initiative African clinical research laboratories in standardised ELISpot and peripheral blood mononuclear cell processing in support of HIV vaccine clinical trials.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
Background
Standardisation of procedures for performing cellular functional assays across laboratories participating in multicentre clinical trials is key for generating comparable and reliable data.
Objective
This ...
How to do no harm: empowering local leaders to make care safer in low-resource settings.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)
In a companion paper, we showed how local hospital leaders could assess systems and identify key safety concerns and targets for system improvement. In the present paper, we consider how these leaders might implement ...
Complementary Feeding: Beyond Nutrition.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
In this article, we will summarize the key non-nutritional aspects of the introduction of complementary feeding. Intestinal maturation related to starch digestion is relatively complete by the time complementary feeding ...
Breeding second‐generation biofortified bean varieties for Africa.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Micronutrient malnutrition is one of the most serious health challenges facing vast sectors of Africa's population, particularly resource‐poor women and children. Development and utilization of drought‐tolerant, biofortified ...