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Barriers to appropriate breast feeding practices among mothers attending maternal and child health Clinic at Mbagathi District Hospital, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
Breastfeeding is a natural and recommended way of feeding all infants and young children Decline in this practice has resulted in increased morbidity and mortality of children under the age of five years globally and in ...
Effect of dental caries and malocclusion on the oral health-related quality of life in 12-14 year old children in Viwandani Slum, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
Background:
Traditional methods of measuring oral health mainly use clinical dental indices. In recent years, the use of subjective assessments to gain information about the impact of oral disorders on Oral-Health Related ...
Effects of television on academic performance and languages acquisition of pre-school children
(IJERN, 2011)
Pre-school children come into daily contact with various forms of mass media which influence their academic and social behaviour. Though television has been used to play a monumental role in promotion of education and ...
Knowledge and perceptions on malaria and its association with aquatic habitats
(AJOL, 2011)
Background: Malaria remains the major cause of morbidity and mortality among
children in Kenya. About 70 percent of the population is at risk of infection, and
roughly 34,000 young children die of malaria-related causes ...
Functional promoter haplotypes of interleukin-18 condition susceptibility to severe malarial anemia and childhood mortality
(Pub Med Central, 2011-12)
Severe malarial anemia (SMA) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children residing in regions where Plasmodium falciparum transmission is holoendemic. Although largely unexplored in children with SMA, ...
Polymorphic variability in the 3' untranslated region (UTR) of IL12B is associated with susceptibility to severe anaemia in Kenyan children with acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria
(Pub Med Central, 2011-08)
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among African children. Innate immunity provides the first line of defence against P. falciparum infections, particularly in young ...
Malaria prevalence defined by microscopy, antigen detection, DNA amplification and total nucleic acid amplification in a malaria-endemic region during the peak malaria transmission season
(Pub Med Central, 2011-07)
OBJECTIVES:
To determine the malaria prevalence by microscopy, antigen detection and nucleic acid detection in a defined subpopulation in a Plasmodium falciparum-endemic region during the peak transmission season.
ME ...
Perception of Academic Staff in Kenyan Public Universities towards Application of Performance Appraisal Results in Training and Promotion decisions
(2011-11)
PERCEPTION OF ACADEMIC STAFF IN KENYAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES TOWARDS
APPLICATION OF PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL RESULTS IN TRAINING AND PROMOTION
DECISIONS DOMINIC WERE MAKAWITI A Management Research Project Submitted in ...
Impact of Agronomic Inputs in Sugarcane Farming on River Kuywa Surface Water Quality Traversing Sugarcane zones in Western Kenya.
(Maasai mara university, 2011)
For sustainable agriculture, the health of people indulged in this activity is paramount. Disease causative agents in these areas should be constantly checked and mitigation measures taken. This research determined levels ...
Factors influencing students career choices among secondary school students in Kisumu municipality, Kenya
(Sabinet, 2011-04-01)
Career choice is a complex decision for students since it determines the kind of profession that they intend to
pursue in life. As students try to make career choice while in secondary school, they face problem of ...