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Assessment of palliative care services in western Kenya
(AME, 2017-01)
Background: The need for palliative care services is rapidly increasing due to the rising number of patients with non-communicable diseases. The objective of this study was to assess the current availability and barriers ...
Non-Puerperal Uterine Inversion in a Young Woman: A Case Report, Brief Surgical Review, and Clinical Insights
(Clinical Medical Reviews and Case Reports, 2016-08)
Development of a Unifying Target and Consensus Indicators for Global Surgical Systems Strengthening: Proposed by the Global Alliance for Surgery, Obstetric, Trauma, and …
(SPRINGER, 2017-10-01)
After decades on the margins of primary health care, surgical and anaesthesia care is
gaining increasing priority within the global development arena. The 2015 publications of
the Disease Control Priorities third edition ...
Impact of processing methods on microbial load of reared and wild-caught edible crickets (Scapsipedus icipe and Gryllus bimaculatus) in Kenya
(Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2019-07-10)
The microbial composition of farmed and wild Scapsipedus icipe and Gryllus bimaculatus is presented. The aim of this study is to determine the microbial load of the two cricket species and evaluate the efficiency of ...
CRITICAL FACTORS AND CREDIT UPTAKE IN YOUTH ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT FUND IN SUNA EAST CONSTITUENCY, MIGORI COUNTY, KENYA
(KENYATTA UNIVERSITY, 2018-11)
Youth entrepreneurship in Kenya plays a significant role in enhancing Kenya’s economic development and in reducing youth unemployment. Despite the great significance of entrepreneurship in Kenya, there is a high failure ...
Evaluation of cercaricidal and miracicidal activity of selected plant extracts agains larval stages of Schistosoma mansoni
(Journal of Natural Sciences Research, 2016)
Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by blood-flukes of the genus Schistosoma. It is one of the most widespread of all human parasitic diseases, ranking second only to malaria in terms of its socioeconomic and ...
“Methanoplasmatales,” Thermoplasmatales-related archaea in termite guts and other environments, are the seventh order of methanogens
(American Society for Microbiology, 2012-12-01)
The Euryarchaeota comprise both methanogenic and nonmethanogenic orders and many lineages of uncultivated archaea with unknown properties. One of these deep-branching lineages, distantly related to the Thermoplasmatales, ...
Archaeal diversity and community structure in the compartmented gut of highert termites
(Philipps-Universität Marburg, 2013)
Termites are phylogenetically divided into lower and higher termites (Inward et al., 2007). The higher termites, which constitute three quarter of all known termite species, are represented by only one family Termitidae, ...
Isolation and characterization of Streptomyces species with antifungal activity from selected national parks in Kenya
(African Journal of Microbiology Research, 2010)
Microorganisms and their natural products are potentially important for the biological control of crop diseases without detrimental effects to the environment. In this study, acetonitrile-methanol extracts of
361 ...
Antimalarials: Review of Plasmepsins as Drug Targets and HIV Protease Inhibitors Interactions
(Bentham Science Publishers, 2018)
Malaria is a major global health concern with the majority of cases reported in regions of South-East Asia, Eastern Mediterranean, Western Pacific, the Americas, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) ...