Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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The WHO's 75th anniversary: WHO at a pivotal moment in history
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The World Health Organisation (WHO) was inaugurated in 1948 to bring the world together to ensure the highest attainable standard of health for all. Establishing health governance under the United Nations (UN), WHO was ... -
Benzo[ b]naphtho[2,1- d]furans and 2-Phenylnaphthalenes from Streblus usambarensis
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Three new benzo[b]naphtho[2,1-d]furans, usambarins A-C (1-3), five new 2-phenylnaphthalenes, usambarins D-H (4-8), a new flavan (9), and a new phenyl-1-benzoxepin (10) as well as two known compounds (11 and 12) were isolated ... -
Trends of patients' visit at the University Dental Hospital prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
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Intestinal mucin-type O-glycans: the major players in the host-bacteria-rotavirus interactions
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Rotavirus (RV) causes severe diarrhea in young children and animals worldwide. Several glycans terminating in sialic acids (SAs) and histo-blood group antigens (HBGAs) on intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) surface have been ... -
The 'α-synucleinopathy syndicate': multiple system atrophy and Parkinson's disease
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) and Parkinson's diseases (PD) are elite members of the α-synucleinopathy organization. Aberrant accumulations of the protein α-synuclein characterize them. A plethora of evidence indicates the ... -
Medicalisation of female genital mutilation is a dangerous development
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United Against Rabies Forum: The first 2 years
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Rabies continues to kill an estimated 59,000 people annually, with up to 99% of human cases transmitted by domestic dogs. The elimination of human deaths from dog-mediated rabies is achievable by applying a One Health ... -
Prevalence of five curable sexually transmitted infections and associated risk factors among tertiary student men who have sex with men in Nairobi, Kenya: a respondent-driven sampling survey†
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Young men who have sex with men (MSM) are a key population at high risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We conducted a respondent-driven sampling (RDS) bio-behavioural survey to estimate the prevalence ... -
Evaluation and optimization of the syndromic management of female genital tract infections in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Genital tract infections pose a public health concern. In many low-middle-income countries, symptom-based algorithms guide treatment decisions. Advantages notwithstanding, this strategy has important limitations. ... -
Costs and intermediate outcomes for the implementation of evidence-based practices of midwifery under a MIDWIZE framework in an urban health facility in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Background: Three evidence-based midwife-led care practices: dynamic birth positions (DBP), immediate skin-to-skin contact (SSC) with zero separation between mother and newborn, and delayed cord clamping (DCC), were ... -
Managing motherhood - the experiences of female sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Women selling sex often face challenges in raising their children in the context of significant socio-economic difficulties and the social stigma inherent in sex work. This paper is based on a cross-sectional qualitative ... -
Customer characteristics and over-indebtedness in Kenya
(AJBUMA, 2023-07-14)The influence of an individual’s characteristics on their financial decisions has always been an area of great interest to researchers. The use of customer characteristics to predict the decisions that a customer will make ... -
Influence of farmer capacity building in financial mobilisation on performance of smallholder irrigation projects in Migori County, Kenya.
(AJBUMA, 2023-07-14)Irrigation is increasingly being accepted as a precursor to food security, employment creation and economic development. Irrigation accounts for up to 40% of world food production (Asian Development Bank [ADB], 2015). ... -
Strategic leadership and strategy implementation in Commercial Banks in South Sudan: the role of organizational structure
(AJBUMA, 2023-07-14)The main objective of the study was to establish the role of organizational structure on the relationship between strategic leadership and strategy implementation in commercial banks in South Sudan. The subsequent hypothesis ... -
Government ownership and financial performance of state enterprises: Kenyan perspective
(AJBUMA, 2023-07-14)The primary aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between government ownership and the financial performance of state enterprises in Kenya. To achieve this objective, a positivist philosophy was adopted, ... -
A New Historicism Approach to Paradox in Religious Faith in Selected Kiswahili Novels
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This paper aims at analyzing specific Kiswahili novels using a New Historicism Approach in the quest to show that witchcraft, adultery, lies, power struggle and other vices characterize the daily activities of worshippers ... -
The Impact of the Depiction of Children in Selected Swahili Children Stories
(University of Nairobi, 2017)This research paper interrogates the portrayal of the boy child and the girl child in selected Kiswahili Children‟s Stories with a view of investigating the likely impact of the manner in which this has been done. Children‟s ... -
The Role of Kiswahili Children’s Literature in formulating their Worldview
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This Paper will examine how characters in Children’s Literature are portrayed by different authors with the probable ramifications.Children’s literature in Kiswahili Language has grown tremendously in the recent past.For ... -
The Lingering Question of Neocolonialism in Selected Swahili Plays
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This paper examines how the question of neocolonialism has been addressed by Kiswahili writers by focusing on some selected plays by Timothy Arege and K.W. Wamitila. The paper’s main objective is to identify how the theme ... -
Interlanguage Variability in the Use of French Auxiliary Verbs by Low-proficiency Learners of French in Kenya
(university of Nairobi, 2018)This paper set out to identify the variants of the rules governing the choice of the auxiliary (whether avoir, ‘to have’ or être, ‘to be’) in the passé composé tense in the French of low-proficiency learners in Kenya. Data ...
