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Pneumococcal Vaccine Response After Exposure to Parasites in Utero, in Infancy, or Mid-Childhood
(Pediatrics, 2017-04-04)
ACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a leading cause of mortality before age 5, but few studies examine details of childhood response to pneumococcal vaccine in
less-developed settings. Although malnutrition, ...
Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Mombasa, Kenya: Feasibility, Prevalence, and Correlates.
(TheAmerican Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association, 2017-06-28)
Introduction: As adolescents and young women become sexually active, they are at risk of adverse reproductive health outcomes including sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We assessed feasibility and acceptability of ...
Spatial Temporal Modelling of Tuberculosis in Kenya Using Small Area Estimation
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2015)
Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease which continues to be of public health importance, and is characterized with varying
distribution across regions depending on socio-economic status, HIV burden and efficiency of the health ...
Implication of using auxiliary service voltage transformer sub-stations for rural electrification
(International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 2014)
Abstract: Providing an affordable and reliable electricity supply to rural communities is seen by countries round the world as
one of the major keys to development. A good quality and stable electricity supply can provide ...
Non-Economic Factors Associated with Adoption of Sprinkler Irrigation among Farmers in Kariandusi Location of Nakuru County, Kenya
(International Journal of Agriculture Innovations and Research, 2016-08-12)
As the country embraces irrigation farming to mitigate the effects of unreliable rainfall, sprinkler irrigation is perhaps the most appropriate technology for agricultural areas with sloppy terrain. The ministries of ...
INTERMEDIATION EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF COMMERCIAL BANKS IN KENYA; A Data Envelopment and Malmquist Productivity Index Analysis
(Economics & Finance Review, 2013)
This paper analyses the intermediation efficiency and productivity of Kenyan commercial banks between 2001 and 2011. It is anchored on the research evaluating the intermediation efficiency and productivity of commercial ...
Technical Knowledge and Information Gaps among Smallholder Farmers in the Production of Sugarcane in Kakamega County, Kenya
(IJASRT, 2013-03-01)
The purpose of the study was to identify and document technical knowledge and information gaps
that can inform development of appropriate training programs for cane farmers. The study employed a
survey research design; ...
What Theory of Change Can Contribute to Capability Approach: Towards Evaluating ICT-Enabled Interventions
(2018 IST-Africa Week Conference (IST-Africa), 2018)
Sen’s Capability Approach (CA) has emerged as holistic lenses for theorising development within Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) discourses. There is ongoing research on ...
Parasitic Infections in Pregnancy Decrease Placental Transfer of Anti-Pneumococcal Antibodies
(Clinical Vaccine Immunology, 2017-04-14)
Many factors can influence maternal placental antibody transfer to the fetus, which confers important immune protection to the newborn infant. However, little is known about the effect of maternal parasitic infection on ...
Lignocellulolytic activities of crude gut extracts of marine woodborers Dicyathifer mannii and Sphaeroma terebrans
(International Journal of Biosciences, 2013)
Marine woodborers have a close association with tropical mangrove plants whereby they voraciously consume
lignocellulose and play a role in nutrient cycling. They represent a rich source of potential lignocellulolytic
enzymes ...