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Resilience among gay/bisexual young men in Western Kenya: psychosocial and sexual health outcomes
(Wolters Kluwer, 2015-12-01)
To explore associations between intrapersonal and interpersonal factors and both sexual and psychosocial resilient outcomes among young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in Western Kenya.
The use of non-standard motorcycle helmets in low-and middle-income countries: a multicentre study
(BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2013-06-01)
The use of non-standard motorcycle helmets has the potential to undermine multinational efforts aimed at reducing the burden of road traffic injuries associated with motorcycle crashes. However, little is known about the ...
Pattern of pedestrian injuries in the city of Nairobi: implications for urban safety planning
(Springer US, 2013-10-01)
Pedestrians are overrepresented in road traffic injuries and deaths in Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, yet little research has been done to provide better understanding of the characteristics of pedestrian injuries. ...
Incidence of road traffic crashes and pattern of injuries among commercial motorcyclists in Naivasha Town
(International Journal of Applied Research, 2015)
Commercial Motorcycling has become a popular mode of transportation in Kenya, in
both rural and urban areas since early 1990’s, but traced to 1960s. In Kenya, however, its related
injuries cause significant morbidity and ...
Role of Commercial Bicyclists in Road Traffic Injuries in Kisumu City, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, 2015)
Background: Commercial bicycling has become a popular mode of transportation in Kenya, in both rural and
urban areas since early 1990’s. In Kisumu city, however, its related injuries cause significant morbidity and ...
Types of injuries and treatment of pedestrians admitted to a referral hospital in Nairobi City, Kenya
(Routledge, 2017)
The commonly analyzed burden of road traffic injuries is at national or urban level, using road traffic fatalities per 100,000 population or 100,000 vehicles (for instance, see Chapter 4 in this book). While this scale of ...
A holistic approach to natural resource management: A case of Lake Victoria Basin
(CRC Press, 2012)
Lake Victoria (LV), with a surface area of about 68,870 km2, is Africa’s largest and the world’s second largest freshwater lake. It lies at an altitude of 1134 m above sea level and relatively shallow with a maximum depth ...
Temporal genetic differentiation in Glossina pallidipes tsetse fly populations in Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2017-12)
Glossina pallidipes is a major vector of both Human and Animal African Trypanosomiasis
(HAT and AAT) in Kenya. The disease imposes economic burden on endemic regions in
Kenya, including south-western Kenya, which has ...
Association between Fcγ receptor IIA, IIIA and IIIB genetic polymorphisms and susceptibility to severe malaria anemia in children in western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2017-04-20)
Background Naturally-acquired immunity to Plasmodium falciparum malaria develops after
several episodes of infection. Fc gamma receptors (FcγRs) bind to immunoglobulin G (IgG)
antibodies and mediate phagocytosis of ...