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Gender Perspectives in School Health Policy Implementation among Girls in Usigu Division Primary Schools, Siaya County, Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing., 2016)
Low school completion rates for girls could be attributed to gender stereotypical biases and
preferential treatments usually accorded to male as opposed to female gender in the education system. School health policies
have ...
Relationship of the availability of micronutrient powder with iron status and hemoglobin among women and children in the Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya
(SAGE Publications, 2011-09)
Background
Micronutrient powder is a potential strategy to improve iron status and reduce anemia in refugee populations.
Objective
To evaluate the effect of the availability of home fortification with a micronutrient ...
Integrative microRNA and mRNA deep-sequencing expression profiling in endemic Burkitt lymphoma
(Springer, 2017)
Burkitt lymphoma (BL) is characterized by overexpression of the c-myc oncogene, which in the vast majority of cases is a consequence of an IGH/MYC translocation. While myc is the seminal event, BL is a complex amalgam of ...
Reactive case detection of Plasmodium falciparum in western Kenya highlands: effective in identifying additional cases, yet limited effect on transmission
(BioMed Central, 2018-03-13)
Background: Identifying asymptomatic reservoirs of malaria parasites using index cases as entry points into the
community is potentially a cost-efective way towards achieving malaria elimination.
Methods: Within 1 year, ...
Pyrethroid resistance in Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Anopheles arabiensis in western Kenya: phenotypic, metabolic and target site characterizations of three populations
(Wiley Online Library, 2012)
Field and laboratory investigations revealed phenotypic, target site and metabolic resistance to permethrin in an Anopheles gambiae s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae) population in Bungoma District, a region in western Kenya in ...
Enzymatic Activity of Endophytic Bacterial Isolates from Selected Mangrove Plants in Kenya
(The Open Microbiology Journal, 2018-11-14)
Microorganisms are a preferred source of enzyme production due to their high production capability and low cost of production. Bacterial endophytes occupy unexplored sites hence they represent a new source of enzymes with ...
Barriers and Opportunities to Advancing Women in Leadership Roles in Vector Control: Perspectives from a Stakeholder Survey
(The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2018-03-19)
Increasing the active participation of professional women in vector control (VC) activities may help promote greater gender equity in the workplace and reduce the burden of vector-borne diseases. This stakeholder survey ...
Metagenomic analysis of the microbiota in the highly compartmented hindguts of six wood-or soil-feeding higher termites
(BioMed Central, 2015-12-01)
Termites are important contributors to carbon and nitrogen cycling in tropical ecosystems. Higher termites digest lignocellulose in various stages of humification with the help of an entirely prokaryotic microbiota housed ...
Assessment of Organizational Factors for Health Management Information System (HMIS) Performance in Elgeiyo Marakwet County, Kenya.
(EPH - International Journal of Medical and Health Science, 2018-03)
Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) have been used by many countries using
platforms adopted or own-designed. It’s implemented by integrating all healthcare services and
gives service providers the ability to ...
Assessing micronutrient status in the presence of inflammation: comparing approaches in children aged 2-6 years from rural Western Kenya
(2011)
Introduction: Malnutrition and Inflammation are highly and concurrently prevalent in
preschool children in rural Western Kenya, making estimation of those at risk of deficiency
difficult. Different approaches have been ...