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Uptake of skilled birth deliveries in women of reproductive age: Results of a cross-sectional survey following implementation of free maternal services in Nyatike Sub-County, Kenya
(JMSCR, 2008-08-18)
Background: As is the trend globally, in Kenya, maternal mortality ratio remains high at 546/100,000 and
362/100,000 live births, respectively. Approximately 830 women die from pregnancy- or childbirth-related
complications ...
Silent religiosity in a snivelling nation: the role of religious institutions in promoting post-conflict reconciliation in Kenya
(2009)
This article seeks to examine the role of religious institutions in peace building, prior to and after the 2007 post-elections violence in Kenya. The author builds an argument that supports the view that religious institutions ...
Factors that influence local attitudes towards refugees in Kenya
(Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi, 2004)
This study focused on the factors that influence local attitudes towards refugees in Kenya. The study was carried out on two sites: Dadaab refugee camp in Garissa District in North Eastern Province, and the former Thika ...
A failed romance: reading masculinity and love in David Karanja's The Girl was Mine
(Sabinet, 2005)
Popular art is not just about entertainment, and this paper explores some of the pertinent issues that one genre of popular fiction, romance, signals. Using the novel The Girl was Mine as a backdrop, the paper concentrates ...
Change, innovation and continuity in the performance practice of traditional Luo instrumental genres in contemporary popular settings
(Rose A Omolo-Ongati, 2006)
Traditional Luo1 musical genres are consistently being eroded by the wave of urbanisation and the impact of Western culture. Although traditional Luo genres remain common and widely appreciated in contemporary musical ...
Text-melody relationships: Translation of European Hymns into Dho-Luo
(Council for Research in Music Education, School of Music, University of Illinois, 2005)
This study addressed the problem of translation of European hymns into Dho-luo, with specific reference to text-melody relationships It outlines the process of translating music and compositional methods and techniques ...
Integrating food and nutrition, health, agricultural and environmental education towards education for sustainable development: lessons learned from the Healthy Learning …
(Academic Journals, 2009)
Education for sustainable development (ESD) in seen as an opportunity for Kenya and other countries to continuously build its citizens’ capacity towards healthy measures for utilizing the country’s resources to foster ...
Reduplication in Dholuo a Study of Morphological Reduplication
(Nairobi university, 2007)
This work is a study of reduplication of Dholuo. Reduplication is a naturally integrated facility in Dholuo grammar and therefore calls for a thorough theoretical and descriptive analysis in order to provide a clear ...
Perception of Cervical Cancer Patients on their Financial Challenges in Western Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2008-12)
The number of cervical cancer cases is reported to increase among women of reproductive age in the recent past with patients facing challenges with care and management of the illness. However, little is known about the ...