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Determinants of Adherence to the Recommended COVID-19 Prevention and Control Guidelines by Small Scale Retail Shop Operators in Rural Parts of
(2020)
Introduction: In order to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19 in Kenya the Ministry of Health (MoH) issued unprecedented guidelines to be followed by all citizens. Adherence to the MoH COVID-19 prevention and control ...
Determinants of Sexual Functionality Among Men Who Utilize Sex Enhancing Drugs
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2020)
This paper is based on the findings of a study carried out on the determinants of sexual functionality among men
who utilize sex enhancing drugs (SEDs). The study was submitted as a thesis in partial fulfillment for the ...
Determinants of aflatoxin exposures in Kenyan School-aged children
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Aflatoxins are naturally occurring food toxins known to contaminate cereals
with a carry-over effect in milk and meat products from farm animals raised
on contaminated feed. In children, continuous consumption of ...
Phenotypic and Genotypic Antibiotic Resistant diarrheagenic Escherichia coli pathotypes isolated from Children with Diarrhea in Nairobi City, Kenya
(PMC, 2020)
Background: The marked genome plasticity of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli promotes emergence of pathotypes displaying unique phenotypic and genotypic resistance. This study examined phenotypic and genotypic antibiotic ...
Development and Validation of a Sociodemographic and Behavioral Characteristics‑Based Risk‑Score Algorithm for Targeting HIV Testing Among Adults in Kenya
(Springer, 2020)
To inform targeted HIV testing, we developed and externally validated a risk-score algorithm that incorporated behavioral
characteristics. Outpatient data from fve health facilities in western Kenya, comprising 19,458 ...
Evaluation of human-baited double net trap and human-odour-baited CDC light trap for outdoor host-seeking malaria vector surveillance in Kenya and Ethiopia
(BMC, 2020)
Surveillance of outdoor host-seeking malaria vectors is crucial to monitor changes in vector biting behaviour and evaluate the impact of vector control interventions. Human landing catch (HLC) has been considered the most ...
Is development aid to strengthen health systems during protracted conflict a useful investment? The case of South Sudan, 2011–2015
(BMJ Specialist Journals, 2020)
Introduction Is achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16 (building peaceful societies) a precondition for achieving SDG 3 (health and well-being in all societies, including conflict-affected countries)? Do ...
Antenatal iron supplementation, FGF23, and bone metabolism in Kenyan women and their offspring: secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial
(The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2021)
Background
Fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF23) regulates body phosphate homeostasis primarily by increasing phosphaturia. It also acts as a vitamin D-regulating hormone. Maternal iron deficiency is associated with perturbed ...
From Semiotics to Three-Dimensional Multimodality
(Indiana Publications, 2021)
Semiotics traces its roots to Ferdinand de Saussure’s classical book Course de Linguistique Generale in
which it is defined as the study of signs, signifiers and the signified in order to relate with meaning. It is the ...