Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Drug supply situation in Rwanda during COVID-19: issues, efforts and challenges
(University of Nairobi, 2021-01)COVID-19 is a threat to health systems around the world and Rwanda is not an exception. The impact of the pandemic is far-reaching and access to health commodities is not spared. Proper drug supply is critical for a robust ... -
Neonatal mortality in Kenyan hospitals: a multisite, retrospective, cohort study
(University of Nairobi, 2021-05)Background: Most of the deaths among neonates in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) can be prevented through universal access to basic high-quality health services including essential facility-based inpatient ... -
Prevalence of asymptomatic P. falciparum gametocyte carriage among school children in Mbita, Western Kenya and assessment of the association between gametocyte density, multiplicity of infection and mosquito infection prevalence
(University of Nairobi, 2021-04)Background: Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriers are reservoirs for sustaining transmission in malaria endemic regions. Gametocyte presence in the host peripheral blood is a predictor of capacity to ... -
Evaluation of the Antimalarial Activity of the Leaf Latex of Aloe weloensis (Aloaceae) against Plasmodium Parasites
(University of Nairobi, 2021-06)Background: The lack of available vaccines and the emerging resistance to antimalarial drugs have provided the necessity to find noble antimalarial plant-based medicines. The leaf latex Aloe weloensis has been used in folk ... -
How urban 'informality' can inform response to COVID-19: a research agenda for the future
(University of Nairobi, 2021-01)In the era of increasingly defined ontological insecurity and uncertainty driven by the ravages of COVID-19, urban informal settlement has emerged as a source of resilience. Indeed, the effects of a pandemic transcends its ... -
Long COVID, a comprehensive systematic scoping review
(University of Nairobi, 2021-07)Purpose: To find out what is known from literature about Long COVID until January 30, 2021. Methods: We undertook a four-step search with no language restriction. A preliminary search was made to identify the keywords. ... -
Feasibility of Family-Assisted Severity of Illness Monitoring for Hospitalized Children in Low-Income Settings
(University of Nairobi, 2021-02)Objectives: To determine the feasibility of having caregivers assist in recognition of clinical deterioration in children hospitalized with febrile illness in a resource-limited setting. Design: Single-center, prospective, ... -
Using cross-species vaccination approaches to counter emerging infectious diseases
(University of Nairobi, 2021-06)Since the initial use of vaccination in the eighteenth century, our understanding of human and animal immunology has greatly advanced and a wide range of vaccine technologies and delivery systems have been developed. The ... -
Vaccination against COVID-19 in Africa
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Intimate partner and client-perpetrated violence are associated with reduced HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake, depression and generalized anxiety in a cross-sectional study of female sex workers from Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2021-06)Introduction: UNAIDS has identified female sex workers (FSW) as a key HIV at-risk population. FSW disproportionately experience gender-based violence, which compounds their risk of HIV acquisition and may contribute to ... -
Femtosecond laser-assisted big bubble for deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty
(University of Nairobi, 2021-01)Purpose: To assess the utility of a femtosecond laser-assisted stromal channel to assist the creation of a big bubble (BB) for deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK) surgery in cadaveric corneas. Setting: L V Prasad ... -
The Emerging Role of Liquid Biopsy in Gastric Cancer
(University of Nairobi, 2021-05)(1) Background: Liquid biopsy (LB) is a novel diagnostic method with the potential of revolutionizing the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of several solid tumors. The present paper aims to summarize the current knowledge ... -
African League Against Rheumatism (AFLAR) preliminary recommendations on the management of rheumatic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic
(University of Nairobi, 2020-09)Objectives: To develop recommendations for the management of rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: A task force comprising of 25 rheumatologists from the 5 regions of the ... -
Cost of hospital care of women with postpartum haemorrhage in India, Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda: a fnancial case for improved prevention
(University of Nairobi, 2021-01)Objective: Access to quality, effective lifesaving uterotonics in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains a major barrier to reducing maternal deaths from postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). Our objective was to assess ... -
Constraints limiting the improvement of manure management as climate smart technology for smallholder dairy farmers
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The global quest for a sustainable bio-economy has brought to the fore importance of engaging agricultural systems in the production and in practice change. There have been issues limiting farmers from improving the ... -
A Cluster Analysis of Variables Essential for Climate Change Adaptation of Smallholder Dairy Farmers of Nandi County Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Smallholder dairy farmers occupy high potential areas of Kenya and are a source of manure, crops and milk. There is need to use other means of characterising smallholder dairy farmers as they mostly practice mixed farming. ... -
Water Availability Analysis of Multiple Source Groundwater Supply Systems in Water Stressed Urban Centers Case of Lodwar Municipality Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Ensuring water security to urban population in fragile environments through interlinked systems of groundwater abstraction, storage and distribution of sufficient quantity is challenging especially to urban utilities ... -
Advancing Africa’s great lakes research and academic potential: Answering the call for harmonized, long-term, collaborative networks and partnerships
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The African Great Lakes (AGL) have rich fisheries and are renowned ‘‘biodiversity hotspots”. Consequently the AGLand the ecosystem services they provide, underpin the welfare and livelihoods of over 50 million people ... -
Factors Influencing Sustainability of Women Owned Small and Medium Enterprises a Case of Nkubu Town Imenti South Sub County Meru County Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Women owned SMEs have continued to collapse despite the growing number of initiatives and resources made available to promote and develop women’s entrepreneurship in developing countries. Women are still earning less money ... -
On Unitary Invariance of Some Classes of Operators
(University of Nairobi, 2020)It is a known fact in operator theory that two similar operators have equal spectra but they do not necessarily have to belong to the same class of operators. However, under the stronger relation of unitary equivalence ...