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Incidence rates of malaria, meningitis, and mortality in children younger than 5 years: a prospective cohort study in Ghana and Kenya before the roll-out of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine from 2016 to 2022
(Elsevier, 2025-05-01)The RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine was introduced in selected communities of Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi in 2019 under a WHO-coordinated pilot programme. The scarcity of background disease incidence rates might hamper the ... -
Safety of RTS, S/AS01E malaria vaccine up to 1 year after the third dose in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi (EPI-MAL-003): a phase 4 cohort event monitoring study
(Elsevier, 2025-06-01)RTS,S/AS01E has been successfully administered to over two million children since 2019 through the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP). In this Article, we report the safety results of a study evaluating RTS,S/AS01E ... -
Plasmodium falciparum Parasitemia Does Not Diminish Neutralizing Antibody Responses After mRNA COVID-19 Booster Vaccination in HIV-infected Adults
(Oxford University Press, 2025-08-02)mRNA vaccines have emerged as powerful tools for the prevention of infectious diseases, but subclinical malaria may reduce vaccine immunogenicity. We evaluated neutralizing antibody responses in asymptomatic HIV-infected ... -
Diazinon residues levels in farm-gate Brassica oleracea var. acephala of Kimira-Oluch smallholder farm improvement project, Kenya
(Public Library of Science, 2025-05-28)Diazinon insecticide, though associated with human health impacts, is popularly used in the production of Brassica oleracea var. acephala (kale) at the Kimira-Oluch Smallholder Farmers Improvement Project (KOSFIP), Kenya. ... -
Precursors of young adults' world beliefs across cultures: A machine learning approach
(JAI, 2025-09)Primal world beliefs (“primals”) capture individuals' basic understanding of what sort of world this is and are strongly associated with a wide range of behaviors and outcomes, yet we have little understanding of how primals ... -
Effect of resource endowment, difference in resource endowment and return on gender agricultural Productivity gap among smallholder farmers in Busia county Kenya
(Maseno University, 2024)The Food and Agriculture Organization highlights agriculture's crucial role in Africa's livelihoods and economic growth. However, productivity has declined recently; a Central Bank of Kenya survey reported a 6.6% drop in ... -
Predictors of Young Adults' Primal World Beliefs in Eight Countries
(Wiley, 2025-04-23)Primal world beliefs (“primals”) capture understanding of general characteristics of the world, such as whether the world is Good and Enticing. Children (N = 1215, 50% girls), mothers, and fathers from Colombia, Italy, ... -
Prosocial behavior and school performance in the transition to adolescence: A multicultural study
(Routledge, 2025-05-02)The present study explored the bidirectional longitudinal associations between prosocial behavior and school performance during adolescence in six countries (Colombia, Italy, Jordan, the Philippines, Thailand, and the ... -
Rubbing off on each other: Applying a developmental science perspective to variance in primal world beliefs by family and culture
(Routledge, 2025-05-07)Primals are beliefs about the world’s character (e.g. good, safe, enticing, or alive) that are associated with well-being and behavioral patterns. But primals’ developmental origins remain mysterious, hampering theoretical ... -
Positive risk taking across the world
(Wiley, 2025-06)Around the world, adolescence is characterized by increased risk taking. Much research has focused on negative risk taking, but there is growing recognition of positive risk tak ing, which can benefit adolescent ... -
Physical activity and two‐year change in adolescent well‐being in nine countries
(Wiley, 2025-06)The benefits of physical activity (PA) for well- being are well known; however, studies examining longitudinal effects across diverse international samples in late adolescence are limited. This study advances prior ... -
A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent‐to‐Young Adult Executive Function Development in Seven Countries
(Wiley, 2025-07)Executive functioning (EF) is an important developing self-regulatory process that has implications for academic, social, and emotional outcomes. Most work in EF has focused on childhood, and less has examined the development ... -
Human factors affecting quality of routine data collected on Tuberculosis by health workers in selected health facilities in Kiambu county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2024)The quality of tuberculosis (TB) data is crucial for accurate diagnosis and effective public health strategies, significantly influenced among others, human factors. While existing studies provide insights into these ... -
Determinants of adverse maternal and neonatal pregnancy Outcomes among pastoralist women of reproductive age in Marsabit county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2024)Adverse maternal and neonatal pregnancy outcomes refer to abnormal birth outcomes that can manifest through the neonate, pregnant woman, or both. These outcomes mainly contribute to neonatal and maternal morbidity and ... -
Prevalence and factors associated with shisha smoking by youth In tertiary institutions, Kisumu county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2024)The tobacco epidemic has a significant public health challenge worldwide, affecting approximately 1.1 billion smokers, with a particularly high prevalence in low- and middle- income countries, with over 7 million deaths ... -
Effects of Allium sativum extract on atazanavir induced Nephrotoxicity in male winstar rats
(Maseno University, 2024)Introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy in 1998 in the treatment of HIV led to dramatic decrease in morbidity and mortality among HIV infected patients translating it into a chronic manageable condition. ... -
Evaluation of Carbetocin and oxytocin for prevention of post Partum hemorrhage in women undergoing cesarean delivery at a regional hospital in western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2024)The burden of maternal morbidity and mortality is highest in Sub Saharan Africa and Southern Asia. Moreover, postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is the largest contributor of maternal deaths in these regions. In Kisumu County, ... -
Investigation of haemostatic effects and the mechanism of Action of croton megalocarpus leaf extract on male new Zealand white rabbits
(Maseno University, 2024)Trauma death being a serious issue that take people’s lives has many causes whose main cause is hemorrhage (bleeding). The body's natural ability to halt bleeding inside the vascular compartment is called hemostasis, which ... -
Effects of aqueous garlic extract treatment on plasma Glucose, cortisol and electrolytes concentration in male Rattus norvegicus on daily atazanavir therapy
(Maseno University, 2024)Patients with HIV/AIDS now have longer life expectancies, thanks to the widespread use of highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART). On the other hand, a high frequency of endocrine and metabolic diseases has been ... -
Fetomaternal outcomes among normotensive and stage one Hypertensive patients at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga teaching and Referral hospital: a prospective cohort study
(Maseno University, 2024)Hypertension in pregnancy is a leading cause of adverse maternal and fetal outcomes. Complications associated with hypertension include intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), premature delivery, poor neonatal scores at ...