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Navigating family planning access during Covid-19: A qualitative study of young women's access to information, support and health services in peri-urban Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2021-12)The COVID-19 response has profoundly affected women's access to family planning services in Kenya. While prior studies have shown how the COVID-19 response created barriers to accessing family planning (FP) services, less ... -
Dietary preference of cheetahs ( Acinonyx jubatus) in south-eastern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)The conversion of natural ecosystems due to anthropogenic activities has led to the destruction of natural habitats and to the deterioration of habitat quality. Top predators particularly respond sensitively to changes in ... -
Emergence of Clinical Clostridioides difficile Isolates With Decreased Susceptibility to Vancomycin
(University of Nairobi, 2022-01)Background: Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) is a leading cause of hospital-associated antibiotic-related diarrhea and deaths worldwide. Vancomycin is one of the few antibiotics recommended for both nonsevere and ... -
Cardiovascular risk factors and markers of myocardial injury and inflammation in people living with HIV in Nairobi, Kenya: a pilot cross-sectional study
(University of Nairobi, 2022-06)Objectives: To determine the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors and explore associations with high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hscTnI) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) in people ... -
Wilful pathogens provoke a gut feeling in Parkinson's disease
(University of Nairobi, 2022-06)Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurological disorder marked by characteristic poverty and dysfunction in movement. There are many mechanisms and factors which have been postulated to be associated with the ... -
Association between human leukocyte antigen class II (HLA-DRB and -DQB) alleles and outcome of exposure to Mycobacterium tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022-02)Introduction: human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II alleles play an important role in the early immune response to tuberculosis (TB) by presenting antigenic peptides to CD4+ T cells, hence polymorphisms in those genes can ... -
Mental Health in Kenyan Schools: Teachers' Perspectives
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Introduction: This qualitative study, conducted in public primary and secondary schools, sought teachers' perceptions of mental health concerns that are relevant in school settings. Based on the phenomenological theory, ... -
Prevalence and risk factors for low back pain among university teaching staff in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background: To date, there are few studies carried out on low back pain (LBP) among university teaching staff in developing countries despite academics being a high-risk group for LBP. In Kenya, to the best of our knowledge, ... -
Cytotoxicity and Anti-hiv Activities of Extracts of the Twigs of Croton Dichogamus Pax
(University of Nairobi, 2022-02)Background: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a clinical syndrome resulting from infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes profound immunosuppression. Anti-HIV drugs that are currently ... -
Population Genomics of Escherichia Coli in Livestock-keeping Households Across a Rapidly Developing Urban Landscape
(University of Nairobi, 2022-04)Quantitative evidence for the risk of zoonoses and the spread of antimicrobial resistance remains lacking. Here, as part of the UrbanZoo project, we sampled Escherichia coli from humans, livestock and peri-domestic wildlife ... -
Landscape of Tobacco Control in Sub-saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2022-03)Yearly, tobacco use kills about 8 million people globally, 80% of whom live in low/middle-income countries. Given sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) rapidly increasing and youthful population, growing incomes and the increased ... -
The Prevalence and Pattern of Cannabis Use Among Patients Attending a Methadone Treatment Clinic in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022-02)Background: Cannabis use during methadone treatment may negatively impact treatment outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of cannabis use among patients attending a methadone treatment ... -
Financing the future of WHO
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Inadequacies in Service Delivery for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vaginitis and Vaginosis in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022-04)Vulvovaginal candidiasis (VVC), a common cause of vaginitis, affects 75% of women in their lifetime. In Kenya, vaginitis/VVC is managed using the vaginal discharge syndrome guidelines. We assessed how frequently healthcare ... -
The influence of organizational size on the relationship between entrepreneurship training and organizational performance of government-funded youth group enterprises in Kenya
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2022-04-20)One of the avenues of reducing unemployment rates is entrepreneurship. Youth seem to be the age group that is hit the hardest by lack of or inadequate opportunities for income generation. This has seen ... -
Effect of subsidised credit financing on the financial performance of smallholder farmers in Kenya. a case of Kimira-Oluch Farm Improvement Project
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2022-04-20)The Kimira-OluchSmallholder Farm Improvement Project was initiated in 2003 to reduce poverty by increasing food security and income for about 3,000 households. The appraisal study conducted in 2010 revealed ... -
The joint effect of marketing strategies, firm characteristics and industry competition on export performance of fresh produce firms in kenya
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2022-04-11)Export marketing research focusses primarily on the direct relationship between marketing strategies and export performance. Following a review of literature, specific firm characteristics, industry competition were ... -
Comparison of Social and Demographic Factors of Adolescent Boys Sentenced for Committing Sexual Offenses With Those of Non-sexual Offenders at Borstal Centres in Kenya
(Uon, 2021)Introduction Adolescents commit various types of offences, both non-sexual and sexual offences. It is not very clear whether there are peculiar social and demographic differences between adolescent sexual offenders and ... -
Organizational agility and performance of Chartered Public and Private Universities in Kenya
(DBA Africa Management Review, 2022-04-20)University education in Kenya experienced rapid changes in 80s and 90s which magnified in the 2020s to create challenges in meeting the expectations. Some of the changes were double intakes of 1984-1985, 1987-1988, ... -
Library Automation in East and Southern African Universities: Proceedings of a Sub-regional Conference
(University of Nairobi, 2005)The paper considers the digital divide as a curse, which in spite of the creation of the global village by the advent of ICls, still keeps Africa lagging behind. The World Bank view of the Information revolution and its ...
