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α+-Thalassemia Protects against Anemia Associated with Asymptomatic Malaria: Evidence from Community-Based Surveys in Tanzania and Kenya
(The University of Chicago Press, 2008-08-01)
Background. In hospital-based studies, α+-thalassemia has been found to protect against severe, life-threatening falciparum malaria. α+-Thalassemia does not seem to prevent infection or high parasite densities but rather ...
Food Consumption Patterns, Diversity of Food Nutrients and Mean Nutrient Intake in Relation to HIV/AIDS Status in Kisumu District Kenya
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2009)
As the causes and consequences of the AIDS epidemic become clearer, so does the fundamental importance of food and nutritional security for HIV-affected individuals. Even as food insecurity remains a major problem in poor ...
Safety of NaFeEDTA as an iron fortificant: effects of fortification using NaFeEDTA on status of zinc and other nutritionally important mineral elements in Kenyan school children
(2007)
Food fortification is an effective strategy for reaching populations with micronutrient
deficiencies. Fortification with iron presents a major challenge because of the presence of
phytates and other iron absorption ...
Iron content of the formulated East African indigenous vegetable recipes
(Academic Journals, 2009-12-31)
Nutritional iron deficiency is the common cause of anaemia in developing world. However, Africa is endowed with African indigenous vegetables (AIVs) rich in micronutrients. Surveys within East Africa relate low AIV consumption ...
Sustainability of smallholder tea growing in Kenya
(2007)
Although tea was introduced in Kenya in 1903, Africans (natives) were barred from growing the crop until after independence in 1963 when the legislation was repealed. Africans started growing tea under the smallholder tea ...
The substance of African Divine Church choral music
(Cape Town: African Minds, 2006)
Choral music in Africa could be classified asWestern“art”, African“art”or indigenous
African choral music, which includes traditional“classical”, ethnic, religious and folk
styles. All over Africa, indigenous choral ...
Effect of Commercial Bank Loans on Financial Performance of Savings and Credit Co-Operative Societies in Kisumu, Kenya
(2006)
Savings and credit cooperative societies' core business is mobilizing savings
from members, and then providing them with credit at affordable interest rates. However,
SACCOs have received stiff competition from commercial ...
Quality response of clonal black tea to nitrogen fertiliser, plucking interval and plucking standard
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2000)
Variations in the black tea quality of high‐yielding clone S15/10 in response to rates of NPKS 25:5:5:5 fertiliser of 200 and 400 kg N ha−1 year−1, plucking intervals of 7, 14 and 21 days and a selective plucking standard ...
The social and economic contributions of the united nations system in kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2003)
This project examines the social and economic contributions of the UN system in Kenya since independence. The focus of the study is on the agency specific contributions towards social and economic development. These ...
Interfacing the state and the voluntary sector for African development: Lessons from Kenya
(CODESRIA, 2006)
The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility of forging a complementary
role between the state and the voluntary sector as an alternative framework
for enhancing African development, given that none of these ...