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Inter-agency collaboration for fire disaster management in Nairobi City
(University of Nairobi, 2016-06)The County Government of Nairobi faces a myriad of capacity challenges that have impeded fire disaster management in the City. This is further compounded by the lack of a comprehensive legal and institutional framework for ... -
Measuring exposure levels of inhalable airborne particles (PM2.5) in two socially deprived areas of Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-07)Introduction Ambient air pollution is a growing global health concern tightly connected to the rapid global urbanization. Health impacts from outdoor air pollution exposure amounts to high burdens of deaths and disease ... -
Multiple use patterns of medicinal trees in an urban forest in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-08)Medicinal plants support the healthcare needs of the most vulnerable human populations, including the rapidly increasing urban poor in developing countries. However, little is known about the role of urban forests in ... -
Anti-cancer activities of crude extracts from medicinal plants moringa oleifera lam and rauwolfia caffra against selected cancer cell lines
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The current study was undertaken to validate the traditional use and determine the safety profiles of Moringa oleifera and Rauwolfia caffra used in Kenya to manage tumors and related ailments. This was achieved by ... -
Variability of surface exudates of dodonaea angustifolia l.F, antioxidant and antiplasmodial activities of the compounds
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Dodonaea angustifolia L.f is a medicinal plant used in the Kenyan traditional system of medicine to cure human diseases. The secondary metabolites present in the surface exudates, showed phytochemical diversity of this ... -
Antibacterial activity and structure-activity relationships of a panel of 48 compounds from Kenyan plants against multidrug resistant phenotypes
(University of Nairobi, 2016)In the current study forty eight compounds belonging to anthraquinones, naphthoquinones, benzoquinones, flavonoids (chalcones and polymethoxylated flavones) and diterpenoids (clerodanes and kauranes) were explored for their ... -
Chinese direct investments in Africa: motivations and environmental implications
(University of Nairobi, 2016)China’s foreign direct investment in Africa is poised to continue to expand rapidly in the coming years. However, investment has not come without costs, especially to the precious African environment. It is more important ... -
Healthcare providers' level of involvement in provision of smoking cessation interventions in public health facilities in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Healthcare providers can play a major role in tobacco control by providing smoking cessation interventions to smoking patients. The objective of this study was to establish healthcare providers' practices regarding smoking ... -
The seismicity in Kenya (East Africa) for the period 1906–2010: A review
(University of Nairobi, 2014-01)Kenya has had a seismic station since 1963 as part of the World Wide Standardized Seismograph Network (WWSSN). In 1990, the University of Nairobi in collaboration with GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) started to build up a local ... -
Access to specialized surgical care
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Exploring level of use of ICT in medical education in Kenyan public universities
(2016)Objectives: To investigate the extent of use of ICT in medical education. Design: A descriptive study Setting: College of Health Sciences, University of Nairobi Subjects: Academic staff. Results: The data-gathering ... -
Overview of service oriented architecture: definition, use in healthcare management, challenges and ethics
(2016)Objective: To provide an overview of use of service oriented architecture in Healthcare with focus on the pros and cons of its use as well as the challenges involved in its implementation. Data Sources: The subject was ... -
Assessing the caregivers’ knowledge and attitude towards complementary feeding practices of the under fives at Kenyatta National Hospital
(2016)Objective: To assess the caregivers’ knowledge and attitude towards complementary feeding practices of under-fives at Kenyatta National Hospital. Design: A descriptive cross-sectional study. Setting: The Immunisation ... -
Challenges in managing and sustaining urban slum health programmes in Kenya
(2016)Objective: To evaluate the challenges in managing and sustaining urban slum health programmes. Design: A cross sectional survey. Setting: Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya Subject: Two hundread and fifteen ... -
Use of mobile phones to improve post-hospitalisation follow-up of children in rural Kenya
(2016)Background: Re-admission is considered a high priority quality measure in the health care setting. Most of the studies using text messaging, however, have slanted towards adults, in the form of reminders or instructions ... -
Mapping aflatoxin risk from milk consumption using biophysical and socio-economic data: a case study of Kenya
(2016)This research reports a mapping of aflatoxin risk in the milk value chain in Kenya using a geographic information systems (GIS) approach. The objective was to spatially locate regions at risk by taking into account biophysical ... -
Cloud Computing: Transforming Medium and High Tech Industries in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Cloud Computing provides novel perspectives in internetworking technologies and has the potential to dramatically change business models. This study aimed at establishing Cloud Computing adoption in Medium and High Tech ... -
Examining the influence of drug abuse in learning institutions in Kenya academic article
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Drugs are chemical substances, either synthetic or natural which when taken alter the normal physiological functioning of the body. Drug abuse relates to excessive use of psychotropic substances resulting to changes in ... -
The influence of parental socioeconomic status, involvement in learning activities and its influence on children’s academic performance in urban informal settlements in Westlands division - Nairobi county
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The purpose of this study sought to investigate how parental socioeconomic status and involvement in students’ learning activities can influence academic achievement of students in selected secondary schools in urban ... -
The Burden of Co-morbid Depression in Ambulatory Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background: Co-morbid depression is a serious condition in patients with diabetes that negatively affects their self-management, including drug adherence, consequently, the treatment outcomes and quality of life are ...
