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Shifting parental roles, caregiving practices and the face of child development in low resource informal settlements of Nairobi: experiences of community health workers and school teachers
(Springer Nature, 2018-11-26)
Approximately, 42% of the Kenyan population live below the poverty line. Rapid growth and urbanization of Kenya’s population have resulted in a changing poverty and food security environment in high-density urban areas. ...
Open access academic publishing and its implications for knowledge equity in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)
Traditional, subscription-based scientific publishing has its limitations: often, articles are inaccessible to the majority of researchers in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where journal subscriptions or one-time ...
Ocular rhinosporidiosis mimicking conjunctival squamous papilloma in Kenya - a case report.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-04)
BACKGROUND:
Ocular rhinosporidiosis is a chronic granulomatous infection caused by a newly classified organism that is neither a fungus nor bacterium. It often presents as a benign conjunctival tumour but may mimic other ...
Explaining the uptake of paediatric guidelines in a Kenyan tertiary hospital - mixed methods research.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-03)
BACKGROUND:
Evidence-based standards for management of the seriously sick child have existed for decades, yet their translation in clinical practice is a challenge. The context and organization of institutions are known ...
Alcohol consumption and hazardous drinking in western Kenya—a household survey in a health and demographic surveillance site
(2015-09-25)
Abstract
Background
Alcohol use and hazardous drinking have been studied in school children and in urban areas of Kenya, but there has been no adult survey of these issues in ...
Correlation of EGFR, pEGFR and p16INK4 expressions and high risk HPV infection in HIV/AIDS-related squamous cell carcinoma of conjunctiva
(2014-02-26)
Abstract
Background
Squamous cell carcinoma of conjunctiva has increased tenfold in the era of HIV/AIDS. The disease pattern has also changed in Africa, affecting young persons, ...
A national population-based assessment of 2007–2008 election-related violence in Kenya
(2014-01-18)
Abstract
Background
Following the contested national elections in 2007, violence occurred throughout Kenya. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence, ...
Parasites and vectors of malaria on Rusinga Island, Western Kenya
(2015-04-28)
Abstract
Background
There is a dearth of information on malaria endemicity in the islands of Lake Victoria in western Kenya. In this study malaria prevalence and Plasmodium ...
Relationship between anthropometric measures and early electrocardiographic changes in obese rats
(2014-12-18)
Abstract
Background
The degree of cardiovascular function impairment parallels the degree of obesity and obese subjects have abnormal changes on the electrocardiogram (ECG). ...
Application of principal component analysis to multispectral-multimodal optical image analysis for malaria diagnostics
(2014-12-11)
Abstract
Background
Multispectral imaging microscopy is a novel microscopic technique that integrates spectroscopy with optical imaging to record both spectral and spatial ...