University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Longitudinal analysis of incidence, risk factors and outcomes among TB/Hiv confected children
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Tuberculosis (TB) being the most common opportunistic infection in human immunodeficiency virus (HlV)-infected people worldwide has attracted a lot of interest in research. TB manifestations are more severe in HIV-positive ... -
Maternal Neutralization-Resistant Virus Variants Do Not Predict Infant HIV Infection Risk
(2016)Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV provides a setting for studying immune correlates of protection. Neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) are suggested to contribute to a viral bottleneck during MTCT, but their role in ... -
Modelling Credit Risk for Personal Loans Using Product-limit Estimator
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High Rates of Exclusive Breastfeeding in Both Arms of a Peer Counseling Study Promoting EBF Among HIV-Infected Kenyan Women
(2016)Background: Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is recommended for 6 months after delivery as the optimal infant feeding method and is especially important for prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission (PMTCT). However, EBF ... -
Room temperature stable carbetocin for the prevention of postpartum haemorrhage during the third stage of labour in women delivering vaginally: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(2016)Background Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality in low-income countries and contributes to nearly a quarter of maternal deaths globally. The current available interventions for prevention ... -
Uptake and Effectiveness of a Trivalent Inactivated Influenza Vaccine in Children in Urban and Rural Kenya, 2010 to 2012.
(2016)In Africa, recent surveillance has demonstrated a high burden of influenza, but influenza vaccine is rarely used. In Kenya, a country with a tropical climate, influenza has been shown to circulate year-round, like in other ... -
Serotype and genetic diversity of human rhinovirus strains that circulated in Kenya in 2008
(2016)Background Human rhinoviruses (HRVs) are a well-established cause of the common cold and recent studies indicated that they may be associated with severe acute respiratory illnesses (SARIs) like pneumonia, asthma, and ... -
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry for comprehensive indexing of East African ixodid tick species
(2016)The tick population of Africa includes several important genera belonging to the family Ixodidae. Many of these ticks are vectors of protozoan and rickettsial pathogens including Theileria parva that causes East Coast ... -
Changes in Vaginal Microbiota and Immune Mediators in HIV-1-Seronegative Kenyan Women Initiating Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate
(2016)Background: Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) is associated with HIV acquisition. We studied changes in vaginal microbiota and inflammatory milieu after DMPA initiation. Methods: In a cohort of HIV-negative Kenyan ... -
E-governance in Rwanda: Application of ICT in the delivery of public services
(University of Nairobi, 2005)This study is an assessment of the implementation of the e-governance programme in Rwanda. The study argues that years of bad governance culminated in the 1994 genocide, a traumatic event in the country’s history. After ... -
Some Experiments With Psycho-diagnostic Techniques on School-going Children
(University of Nairobi, 1965)Six boys, intelligence above average, ages 7-11 years, middle-class or upper-middle class, living in a supposedly fashinable Lahore neighbourhood, attending European-type Urdu teaching schools, were put through six ... -
An Investigation Into Assessment Of Teaching Ability In Teachers Of Technical Subjects
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Mobile Money Transfer Service, Adoption Influencing Factors Among The Poor
(University of Nairobi, 2012)Mobile Money Transfer Service (MMTS) is a wireless network infrastructure facilitating the exchange of cash money and electronic value between various economic actors including clients, financial service providers, businesses ... -
A statistical method of Assessing Socioeconomic benefits of weather in information
(University of Nairobi, 2009) -
A stochastic approach in determining claims reserve in general insurance
(University of Nairobi, 2009)This project illustrates the use of stochastic techniques in determining claims reserve in general insurance. The main objective being to obtain a ‘best estimate’ of the outstanding reserves and its variability with more ... -
The Pharmaceutical Industry In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1985)Kenya's Pharmaceutical sector has grown significantly since 1936. Most of the manufacturing units were established in the 1970's. Currently, the sector is dominated by foreign firms. This study investigates various issues ... -
The concept of self reliance and its relevance to freedom in Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2003-10)Socialism has been a popular subject for socio-political philosophers for a long time, especially before the end of the Soviet era. In the 1960s, African nationalists treated it with so much passion. It gained currency for ... -
Spectrum and Operators that are Consistent in Invertibility
(University of Nairobi, 2009) -
Kenya’s Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: a Critical Analysis
(University of Nairobi, 1999-08)The International Law on the Rights of the Child is a fairly recent development in the field of international human rights law. This development signifies that the child is today regarded as a bearer of rights and is no ...
