Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Microfinance and behaviour change among Nairobi's commercial sex workers
(Practical Action PublishingCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2003-06)The KVOWRC (Kenya Voluntary Women Rehabilitation Centre) is a programme aimed at helping commercial sex workers in Nairobi to find an alternative source of income; it achieves this through counselling, peer support and ... -
Curses And Cursing Among The Agĩkũyũ: Socio-Cultural And Religious Benefits
(Dept. of Philosophy and Religious Studies, 2012)This article examines the concept “curses” and the practice of “cursing” among the Agĩkũyũ of Kenya and draws out the emerging insights and interpretations indicating their socio-cultural and religious benefits. The ... -
Njia ya Mwongo
(Department of Linguistics, University of Nairobi, 2007) -
Corruption and cronyism in Uganda's privatization in the 1990s
(2001)Uganda's privatization in the 1990s was marred by malpractices and manipulations involving regime politicians and well‐connected individuals. This article is one of the first to document publicly an African case of ... -
Loss of Imprinting of Insulin-like Growth Factor-II in Wilms’ Tumor Commonly Involves Altered Methylation but not Mutations of CTCF or Its Binding Site
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Biology, 2001-07) -
The Asian Drivers and Africa: Learning from Case Studies
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2009)When the OECD Development Centre launched research in 2005 to document the economic, political and social impacts of China’s and India’s economic growth on sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, the arrival (or resurgence) ... -
Universal health coverage anchored in the right to health
(2013)European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs recently pointed out the need for "updated and modernized [Millennium Development Goals], providing decent living standards for all - a set of minimum floors below which ... -
Microbial Contamination Of Commercial Food Products : Fact Or Fiction
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 1992) -
China and Sub Saharan Africa: impacts and challenges of a growing relationship
(University of NairobiCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2010)The existing literature is clear that China is impacting on Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). What is not clear is the precise nature of that impact. Does it come mainly from trade in cheap manufactured goods? Does it come from ... -
Public Procurement Reforms: Lessons from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, (With W. Odhiambo) OECD Technical Paper Number 208, March 2003
(University of Nairobi, 2003)No abstract. -
Recent epidemic meningococcal meningitis in Nairobi
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 1993)This is a prospective study of the recent explosive epidemic of group A meningococcal meningitis that occurred in Nairobi from April 1989 to January 1990. It was compared with previous less explosive outbreaks that occurred ... -
A serological survey of the prevalence of brucellosis in pigs in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 1976-09)Not available -
Loss of imprinting in colorectal cancer linked to hypomethylation of H19 and IGF2
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Biology, 2002)Epigenetic alterations in human cancers include global DNA hypomethylation,gene hypomethylation and promoter hypermethylation, and loss of imprinting (LOI) of the insulin-like growth factor-II gene (IGF2). A mechanism for ... -
The impact of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and HIV infection on pregnancy outcome
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 1991) -
WTO and the Kenyan Garment Industry: A value chain approach in Understanding Market Access, UNU-IAS, Working Paper No. 138, 2005
(University of Nairobi, 2005)No abstract. -
Insect rearing management as a prerequisite in the development of IPM for sustainable food production
(Univesity of NairobiDepartment of Biology, 1991)Insect rearing and its management is a prerequisite in developing IPM packages for various food crops. Insects reared for the development of these packages should be regularly monitored for quality in order to ensure ... -
HIV co-infection with tuberculous and non-tuberculous mycobacteria in western Kenya: challenges in the diagnosis and management.
(University of Nairobi.Department of Public Health, Pharmacology and Toxicology, 2012-09)BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV co-infections have a global prevalence with devastating morbidity and massive mortality, Sub-Saharan Africa being the worst hit. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the prevalence of TB-HIV ... -
Gonorrhoea in pregnancy
(University of NairobiCollege of Health Sciences,University of Nairobi, 1992)
