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Changing patterns of orphan care due to the HIV epidemic in western Kenya
(Pergamon, 2003-07-01)
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has given rise to major demographic changes including an alarming number of orphans in sub-Saharan Africa. The study describes a rural community in western Kenya in which one out of three children ...
Changing place, changing position
(Psychology Press, 2003)
Omondi, a Luo boy living in western Kenya, lost his mother in July 1998. At the time of his mother’s death he was 15 years old and attending fifth grade at a local primary school, but he dropped out immediately afterwards. ...
Thirty day mortality and related variables in open heart patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nariobi
(East African medical journal, 2003)
Gender Analysis of Economic Efficiency in Smallholder Tea Production in Kenya
(Eastern Africa Agricultural Economics Society,1979, 2003)
If the productivity of tea among the smallholders can only increase to about 2500 kg/ha/yr, the national projection of 300 thousand metric tones would be realized without the need to allocate more land to tea enterprise. ...
Tea
(Oxford, 2003)
This article focuses on the process of tea fermentation. Tea beverages are processed from the young tender shoots of Camellia sinensis L. O. Kuntze. Because of its subtle flavors and health benefits, tea has become the ...
Field transmission efficiency of Alternaria sesami in sesame from infected seed
(Elsevier, 2003-11-30)
Four sesame accessions with varying levels of susceptibility to Alternaria sesami were selected from an advanced germplasm collection of the Sesame Improvement Project to determine transmission efficiency of A. sesami from ...
Parenting stress and self-reported discipline strategies of Kenyan caregiving grandmothers
(Psychology Press Ltd, 2003-11-01)
The present study examined the discipline methods used and personal and social determinants of power assertive strategies amongst 113 part-time and 128 full-time adoptive grandmothers of Kenyan children aged 1–10 years. ...
Installing and implementing a computer-based patient record system in sub-Saharan Africa: the Mosoriot Medical Record System
(BMJ Group, 2003-07-01)
The authors implemented an electronic medical record system in a rural Kenyan
health center. Visit data are recorded on a paper encounter form, eliminating duplicate documentation in
multiple clinic logbooks. Data are ...
Social network analysis for health and social interventions among Kenyan scavenging street children
(Oxford University Press, 2003-03-01)
Street children are a high priority for health policy and service planning in Kenya. Poverty, wars, famine and disease have resulted in street children having a persistent presence in African cities and towns. The Maastricht ...
Road traffic injuries in Kenya: magnitude, causes and status of intervention
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2003-04-01)
Road traffic crashes exert a huge burden on Kenya’s economy and health care services. Current interventions are sporadic, uncoordinated and ineffective. This report offers a descriptive analysis of secondary data obtained ...