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Diversity in education: Kenyan sign language as a medium of instruction in schools for the deaf in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)In Kenya, the only official document that deals with the use of mother tongue (MT) in Schools is the 1967 Gachathi report. The report has clear-cut guidance and policy regarding MT use by the hearing children. However, for ... -
Measuring household vulnerability to climate-induced stresses in pastoral rangelands of Kenya: Implications for resilience programming.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)This study uses statistical and econometric tools to measure households’ vulnerability in pastoral range lands of Kenya. It considered 27 socioeconomic and biophysical indicators obtained from 302 households’ in-depth ... -
Mesalazine in the initial management of severely acutely malnourished children with environmental enteric dysfunction: a pilot randomized controlled trial
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED) is an acquired syndrome of impaired gastrointestinal mucosal barrier function that is thought to play a key role in the pathogenesis of stunting in early life. It has ... -
Evaluation of textile substrates for dispensing synthetic attractants for malaria mosquitoes.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background The full-scale impact of odour-baited technology on the surveillance, sampling and control of vectors of infectious diseases is partly limited by the lack of methods for the efficient and sustainable dispensing ... -
The accountability for reasonableness approach to guide priority setting in health systems within limited resources – findings from action research at district level in Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background Priority-setting decisions are based on an important, but not sufficient set of values and thus lead to disagreement on priorities. Accountability for Reasonableness (AFR) is an ethics-based approach to a ... -
Indirect cost of maternal deaths in the WHO African Region in 2010.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background An estimated 147,741 maternal deaths occurred in 2010 in 45 of the 47 countries in the African Region of the World Health Organization (WHO). The objective of this study was to estimate the indirect cost of ... -
A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a nurse-led palliative care intervention for HIV positive patients on antiretroviral therapy: recruitment, refusal, randomisation and missing data.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background Despite the life threatening nature of an HIV diagnosis and the multidimensional problems experienced by this patient population during antiretroviral therapy, the effectiveness of a palliative care approach ... -
PedVacc 002: A phase I/II randomized clinical trial of MVA.HIVA vaccine administered to infants born to human immunodeficiency virus type 1-positive mothers in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)Background A safe, effective vaccine for breastfeeding infants born to HIV-1-positive mothers could complement antiretroviral therapy (ART) for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1. To date, only a few ... -
Urinary cytokines in Schistosoma haematobium-infected schoolchildren from Tana Delta District of Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background Pathological changes due to infection with Schistosoma haematobium include cytokine-mediated urinary tract inflammation. The involved cytokines may be excreted in urine and their presence in urine may therefore ... -
Comparative evaluation of methods used for sampling malaria vectors in the Kilombero valley, south eastern Tanzania
(University of Nairobi, 2008)To monitor malaria transmission, effective sampling methods for host seeking vectors are necessary. The suitability of these methods can be determined by field measurements of their trapping efficiencies. We compared the ... -
Use of brachial plexus blockade and medetomidine-ketamine-isoflurane anaesthesia for repair of radio-ulna fracture in an adult cheetah (acinonyx jubatus).
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background Regional anaesthetic techniques have been used in combination with systemic analgesics during small animal surgery to provide multimodal analgesia. Brachial plexus nerves block using local anaesthetics provides ... -
Livestock Farmers’ Perception on Generation of Cattle Wastebased Biogas Methane: the Case of Embu West District, Kenya
(2014)Perception of livestock farmers on the generation of cattle waste-based biogas methane was evaluated in this study. The study was carried out in Embu West district in Kenya. A random sampling technique was used to gather ... -
Influence of surface passivation on optical properties of spray pyrolysis deposited Pd-F:SnO2
(Science Publishing Group, 2014)Pd-F:SnO2 thin films have been prepared by spray pyrolysis technique using an alcoholic precursor solution consisting of stannic chloride (SnCl4.5H20), ammonium fluoride (NH4F) and palladium chloride (PdCl2). Optimization ... -
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) for the Management of Laparostomy Wounds: Case Series
(KMA, 2013)Laparostomy or the open abdomen can be a lifesaving intervention in surgical emergencies for abdominal compartment syndrome, wound dehiscence, trauma and intra-abdominal sepsis. However, the open abdomen imposes a significant ... -
Criminality in “Hate Speech” Provision in the Laws of Kenya- Jurisprudential Challenges
What is hate speech and what is an open speech are still subject to wider intellectual and academic debate. What is at issue is the criminalisation of hate speech and how the law looks at it. Since it was entrenched in the ... -
HIV Prevalence and Risk Behaviors Among Female Sex Workers in Botswana: Results from the 2012 HIV/STI Bio-Behavioral Study
(2014)To evaluate HIV/STI prevalence among female sex workers (FSWs) in Botswana, and assess HIV-related risk behaviors. Cross-sectional study using time-location sampling in three districts of Botswana. Adjusted HIV prevalence ... -
Optimization of acid activation conditions for Athi River Bentonite clay and application of the treated clay in palm oil bleaching
(2014)Athi River bentonite clay was activated using Sulphuric acid at various acid concentrations, clay-acid ratio, temperature and contact times. Optimization was based on palm oil bleaching performance. the chemical compositions ...
