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HAPLOTYPES WITHIN THE NFKB1 PROMOTER ARE ASSOCIATED WITH RISK OF SEVERE MALARIAL ANEMIA
(AMER SOC TROP MED & HYGIENE, 2015-10-01)Haplotypes within the NFKBI1 promoter are associated with risk of severe malaria anemia -
Harnessing Social Capital to Improve Food Security of Peri-Urban Households. Experiences from Kisumu City, Kenya
(Science and Education Publishing, 2019)Although significant progress has been made in recent decades to reduce food insecurity in developing countries, a larger percentage of the peri urban population still experiences food insecurity. The peri urban poor, as ... -
Has Quality of Governance Affected the Effectiveness of Health Expenditure on Adult Health in Sub-Saharan Africa?
(European Scientific Institute, 2015-06)Compared to the rest of the world Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) still has a challenge in reducing its adult mortality. Investments in adult health is a prerogative of SSA governments as they provide the source of labour force, ... -
Has quality of governance affected the effectiveness of health expenditure on adult health in SubSaharan Africa?
(University of Nairobi, 2011)Compared to the rest of the world Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) still has a challenge in reducing its adult mortality. Investments in adult health is a prerogative of SSA governments as they provide the source of labour force, ... -
Head teachers’ Computer Competency and Computerized Management Systems Adoption in Public Primary Schools, Kadibo Division, Kenya
(2011)Introduction of education management information systems may contribute to improved management and academic performance. Kenyan schools however still use manual record keeping for daily managerial activities. Relationship ... -
Head teachers’ Supervision of Curriculum Implementation: Implications on Provision of Quality Secondary Education in Kenya
(Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2016-01-18)This study sought to find out how the head teachers’ supervision of curriculum implementation influences provision of quality education in Kisumu East Sub-County Secondary schools, Kenya. The study population consisted of ... -
Health & demographic surveillance system profile: the Kombewa health and demographic surveillance system (Kombewa HDSS)
(Oxford University Press, 2014)The Kombewa Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) grew out of the Kombewa Clinical Research Centre in 2007 and has since established itself as a platform for the conduct of regulated clinical trials, nested ... -
Health care provider practices in diagnosis and treatment of malaria in rural communities in Kisumu County, Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2022)Accurate malaria diagnosis and appropriate treatment at local health facilities are critical to reducing morbidity and human reservoir of infectious gametocytes. The current study assessed the accuracy of malaria diagnosis ... -
Health care provider practices in diagnosis and treatment of malaria in rural communities in Kisumu County, Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2022)Accurate malaria diagnosis and appropriate treatment at local health facilities are critical to reducing morbidity and human reservoir of infectious gametocytes. The current study assessed the accuracy of malaria diagnosis ... -
Health care seeking behavior among caregivers of sick children who 2 had severe malarial anaemia 3
(maseno university, 2015)Aims: The western region in Kenya is holoendemic to malaria and experience stable P. falciparum malaria transmission. The use of health care options has a direct influence on the outcome of severe malaria. As such, the ... -
Health Determinants of Safe Infection Prevention Control of COVID 19 Deaths to enable safe Disposal and Cadavers Dissection as Distinct Educational Tools in Western Kenya
(2021)Health determinants on safety of community health during coronavirus disease 2019, (COVID,19), determined by freshly arterial embalmment for safe disposal and cadaver’s dissection.Fluid concentration based specific case ... -
Health Determinants on Sustainable Alternative Primary Prevention against COVID-19 and Dead Uptakes as Cadavers’ Distinct Medical Educational Tools in Western Kenya
(ResearchGate, 2021)Health determinants on sustainable alternative medicine and primary prevention against coronavirus disease 2019, (COVID, 19), that lack cure, is determined by quality uptake of Non pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs); ... -
Health facility cost of cesarean delivery at a rural district hospital in Rwanda using time-driven activity-based costing
(Springer US, 2019)Objective To determine the health facility cost of cesarean section at a rural district hospital in Rwanda. Methods Using time-driven activity-based costing, this study calculated capacity cost rates (cost per minute) for ... -
Health facility practices and patterns of prescription influencing health-seeking behaviour among caregivers of children diagnosed with pneumonia in Endebess Sub-county, Kenya
(International Society of Global Health, 2022-06)Pneumonia accounts for 16% of all child deaths in Kenya, and it is the second killer of children under the age of five. Pneumonia burden is attributed to inadequate access to healthcare and poor health-seeking by caregivers. ... -
Health literacy knowledge and experience of bachelor nursing students at a university in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Background: Health literacy is defined as the degree to which an individual has the capacity of obtaining, processing, and understanding basic health information and services needed for one to make appropriate decisions ... -
Health literacy knowledge and experience of bachelor nursing students at a university in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Background: Health literacy is defined as the degree to which an individual has the capacity of obtaining, processing, and understanding basic health information and services needed for one to make appropriate decisions ... -
Health literacy knowledge and experience of bachelor nursing students at a university in the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)Health literacy is defined as the degree to which an individual has the capacity of obtaining, processing, and understanding basic health information and services needed for one to make appropriate decisions with relation ... -
Health Providers’ Self Reported Provision of Preconception Care and Associated Factors in Kisumu County-kenya
(Research square, 2023-09-01)Preconception care (PCC) is the provision of health interventions to women and couples before conception occurs and is valuable in preventing and controlling noncommunicable diseases. In Africa, more so in Kenya, maternal ... -
Health risk of toxic Cyanobacteria in drinking water in the Nyanza gulf water, Lake Victoria Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Cyanobacteria are single-celled algae that thrive in warm and nutrient rich water bodies including lakes. They can produce different kinds of toxins called cyanotoxins. Microcystin is the most common and most studied ... -
Health Workers Perceptions on Use of Mobile Phones in Integrated Community Case Management in Nyaguda Sub-Location, Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)Kenya is still lagging behind regional and global averages in child mortality rates despite the fact that substantial progress has been made in reducing child mortality since 1990. Furthermore, Kenya like other developing ...