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Socio-demographic and institutional predictors of inpatients’ post-discharge stay in referral hospitals in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)
Globally, inpatients continue to unnecessarily prolong their stay in referral hospital wards upon their medical discharge. This causes congestion in the wards, hospital reinfection, relapse, death of PDS inpatients and ...
Effectiveness of mobile short message service reminders on antenatal care and skilled delivery attendance among pregnant women in West Pokot County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)
Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) is still high in Kenya at 362, stifling the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.1, which aims to reduce MMR to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. With MMR of ...
Comparative effects of maize-soybeans and maize-desmodium intercropping systems on yield of component crops and rainfall use efficiency in western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)
Inadequate soil moisture ensuing from climate change and variability limits the effectiveness of legumes to increase maize production. Soybeans and desmodium are legumes intercropped with maize to control striga weed, ...
Approximations of ruin probabilities under financial constraints.
(Maseno University, 2022)
This thesis studies the approximate ruin probabilities under financial constraints which in- clude the rate of inflation, constant interest rate, and taxation. When the surplus falls below zero, the insurance company is ...
Influence of health-facility cold-chain storage logistics and staff capacity on thermo-stability of live-attenuated vaccines in Kisumu-county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)
Vaccines are integral in the control of infectious diseases globally. Successful immunization programs require robust cold-chain logistics and efficient service-delivery systems to ensure they remain within recommended ...
Factors associated with cholera outbreaks in Isiolo County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)
Isiolo County accommodates nomadic pastoralists with sedentary lifestyles. Since 2010, the
county has had cholera incidences every year apart from 2014. In 2013 alone for instance, Isiolo
confirmed 8 deaths from cholera ...
Uchanganuzi wa mofosintaksia ya Luganda katika matumizi ya kiswahili sanifu wilayani Kampala, Uganda
(Maseno University, 2023)
Kiswahili ni lugha ya Kibantu yenye mifumo na miundo ya kiisimu ambayo ina upekee
wake. Upekee huu husababisha tofauti za kiisimu na lugha nyinginezo za Kibantu kimuundo
na kimfumo na kujenga athari za mwingiliano wa ...
Inculturation in the Roman Catholic Church: the integration of polygamy among Lou ethnic community of Kisumu deanery
(Maseno University, 2023)
Polygamy is one of the pastoral challenges facing the Roman Catholic Church in the world. The
1962 Second Vatican Council, 1981 Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and
Madagascar and 1986 Association of Member ...
Influence of leaders’ personalities on foreign policy decision making: the case of Kenya – international criminal court relations between 2013 and 2017
(Maseno University, 2023)
This study is on foreign policy decision making which has consistently been viewed through
state – centric lens; with state interests advanced as the key influence on foreign policy decision
making. This argument has ...
Coping Mechanisms, Socioeconomic and Psychological Burden of Caregivers of Children with Bronchoasthma In Kakamega County General Hospital, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)
Bronchoasthma is a heterogeneous chronic inflammatory non-communicable disease of lower respiratory airways characterized by spontaneous episodes. It is a life-course condition common among children, with variable intensities, ...