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The relationship between client dissatisfaction and contraceptive discontinuation among urban family planning clients in three sub-Saharan African countries
(2022-08)
Although researchers and practitioners have suggested that the quality of family planning
services impacts contraceptive discontinuation, establishing a causal relationship has been
challenging, primarily due to data ...
Pattern and determinants of contraceptive use among the muslim women in Wajir and Lamu counties in Kenya: a cross-sectional study
(Springer Nature, 2024)
Background Improving access to family planning (FP) is associated with positive health benefits that includes averting nearly a third of all maternal deaths and 10% of childhood deaths. Kenya has made great strides in ...
Detection of acute dengue virus infection, with and without concurrent malaria infection, in a cohort of febrile children in Kenya, 2014–2019, by clinicians or machine learning algorithms
(PLOS Global Public Health, 2023-07-26)
Poor access to diagnostic testing in resource limited settings restricts surveillance for emerging infections, such as dengue virus (DENV), to clinician suspicion, based on history and exam observations alone. We investigated ...
Chemical Composition and Preservation of Mnazi and Its Distillate (Pyuwa)
(European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety, 2021)
Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) is most well-known for the products of its fruit, such as coconut
meat, coconut water, coconut milk, and coconut oil. Almost all edible products of the coconut come
from the fruit, or “nut” ...
Introducing the Mangrove Microbiome Initiative: Identifying Microbial Research Priorities and Approaches To Better Understand, Protect, and Rehabilitate Mangrove Ecosystems
(American Society for Microbiology, 2020-10)
Mangrove ecosystems provide important ecological benefits and ecosystem services, including carbon storage and coastline stabilization, but they also suffer great anthropogenic pressures. Microorganisms associated with ...
Seroprevalence of foot-and-mouth disease virus in cattle herds raised in Maasai Mara ecosystem in Kenya
(Elsevier, 2020)
A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) seroprevalence and identify risk factors of exposure among cattle herds raised in three zones with different types of land use and progressively ...
Antimalarial Activity of Nigella sativa L. Seed Extracts and Selection of Resistance in Plasmodium berghei ANKA in a Mouse Model
(Hindawi Journal of Pathogens, 2021-02-03)
Chemotherapy plays a crucial role in malaria control. However, the main obstacle to treatment has been the rise of
parasite resistance to most antimalarial drugs. Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) remain the ...