Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Healthcare Priority Setting In Kenya: A Gap Analysis Applying The Accountability For Reasonableness Framework
(University of Nairobi, 2013)In resource-poor settings, the accountability for reasonableness (A4R) has been identified asan important advance in priority setting that helps to operationalize fair priority setting inspecific contexts. The four conditions ... -
Alcohol And Substance Use Among First-Year Students At The University Of Nairobi, Kenya: Prevalence And Patterns
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Increase in alcohol and substance use among college students is a global public health concern. It is associated with the risk of alcohol and substance use disorders to the individual concerned and public health problems ... -
Perspectives on Gender Discourse
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Gender and Governance in Kenya: Women's Journey Beyond Numbers
(University of Nairobi, 2012)This chapter is informed by the view that human relations, including gender relations, are fundamentally organized around power relations. The issues and concerns that arise fromthose relations revolve around the challenges ... -
The Role PTIS In Regional Cooperation And Parliamentary Diplomacy
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Kenya Women's National Charter for Realizing the Rights of Women
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Standardised patient encounters to improve quality of counselling for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in Kenya: study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Introduction: Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa are at high risk of HIV acquisition. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration projects observe that AGYW uptake and adherence to PrEP during ... -
Root Causes Ofhuman-Wildlife Conflictand Alternativedispute Resolution Methods: The Case Ofarabukosokoke Forest,kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2017)It is imperative to note that there exists a set of global trends which contributes to the exacerbation of human-wildlife conflict. These are categorized as human population growth, distance from households to forest ... -
International Education Exchanges As A Public Diplomacy Instrument
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Globalisation has had a big impact on both education and international relations. Education on one hand has brought in new dimensions; that other than just having students and scholars move across borders in search of ... -
Patient- and parent proxy-reported outcome measures for life participation in children with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: The burden of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its treatment may severely limit the ability of children with CKD to do daily tasks and participate in family, school, sporting and recreational activities. Life ... -
The Influence of Antenatal Oral Iron and Folic Acid Side Effects on Supplementation Duration in Low-Resource Rural Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: Undesirable effects of a daily regimen of iron and folic acid ingested jointly (iron-folate) are potential disincentives to optimal antenatal supplementation. We intended to profile antenatal iron-folate side ... -
Association of dietary patterns and practices on metabolic syndrome in adults with central obesity attending a mission hospital in Kenya: a cross-sectional study
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Objective: Dietary patterns and practices can predispose or protect against metabolic syndrome (MetS) in humans. Despite the growing problem of MetS in adults, the underpinning dietary behaviour is poorly understood. We ... -
Emerging Dimensions of the Geopolitics of the Horn of Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2016)This paper gives an overview of the emerging dimensions of the geopolitics of the Horn of African States and interests surrounding Ilemi triangle. It will focus on: power, politics, policy, space, place, ... -
Sub-Saharan Africa preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A perspective of early career African scientists
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Emerging highly transmissible viral infections such as SARS-CoV-2 pose a significant global threat to human health and the economy. Since its first appearance in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province, China, ... -
Empowerment of Women in the Process of Democratization. Experiences of Kenya. Uganda and Tanzania
(University of Nairobi, 1994)This Conference is part of the Friedrich Eben Stiftung commitment to women's issues. For several years the PES has been emphasising efforts to improve the status of women. Our women's programmes include all measures which ... -
Factors affecting uptake and completion of isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV-infected children at a national referral hospital, Kenya: a mixed quantitative and qualitative study
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common opportunistic infection and the leading cause of death in people living with HIV (PLHIV). HIV-infected children are at a higher risk of TB infection and disease compared to ... -
Biopsychosocial risk factors and knowledge of cervical cancer among young women: A case study from Kenya to inform HPV prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: Cervical cancer is the second most common female reproductive cancer after breast cancer with 84% of the cases in developing countries. A high uptake of human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination and screening, ... -
Time for change is now: Experiences of participants in a community-based approach for iron and folic acid supplementation in a rural county in Kenya, a qualitative study
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (IFAS) is recommended by World Health Organization as part of antenatal care to prevent anaemia in pregnancy. In 2010, Kenya adopted this recommendation and the current policy ... -
Dry Taps? A Synthesis of Alternative "Wash" Methods in the Absence of Water and Sanitizers in the Prevention of Coronavirus in Low-Resource Settings
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Objective: Social distancing and hand washing with soap and water have been advocated as the main proactive measures against the spread of coronavirus. We sought to find out what other alternative materials and methods ... -
Immune landscape in Burkitt lymphoma reveals M2-macrophage polarization and correlation between PD-L1 expression and non-canonical EBV latency program
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Background: The Tumor Microenviroment (TME) is a complex milieu that is increasingly recognized as a key factor in multiple stages of disease progression and responses to therapy as well as escape from immune surveillance. ...
