Staff Publications: Recent submissions
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IMPACT OF THE FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 2008 ON FOREIGN AID INFLOWS TO GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS IN KENYA
(American Journal of Public Policy and Administration, 2017)The purpose of this study was to determine how the financial crisis of 2008 impacted foreign aid inflows to government as well as non-governmental organizations. The study was qualitative in nature and used a research ... -
A Fatal Outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni Enteritis in a Colony of Vervet Monkeys in Kenya
(Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science, 2017)In a group of 50 wild-caught vervet monkeys trapped for experimental studies, 23 developed severe diar-rhoea during the quarantine period. While 10 of these responded well to routine treatment with metronida-zole, kaomycin ... -
Preparation and Chemical/Microstructural Characterization of Azacrown Ether-Crosslinked Chitosan Films
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2017)Chemically stable porous azacrown ether-crosslinked chitosan films were prepared by reacting varying molar amounts of N,N-diallyl-7,16-diaza-1,4,10,13-tetraoxa-dibenzo-18-crown-6 (molar equivalents ranging from 0, 0.125, ... -
Indirect cost of non-communicable diseases deaths in the World Health Organization African Region
(International Medical Society, 2017)In 2012, a total of 9,398,809 deaths from all causes occurred in the WHO African Region; out of which 2,788,381 (29.67%) were due to non-communicable diseases (NCD). The objective of this study ... -
Divergent effects of Schistosoma haematobium exposure on intermediate-host snail species Bulinus nasutus and Bulinus globosus from coastal Kenya
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017)Schistosoma haematobium infection causes urogenital schistosomiasis, a chronic inflammatory disease that is highly prevalent in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Bulinid snails are the obligate intermediate hosts in the ... -
EVALUATION AND SELECTION OF SPIDERPLANT (CLEOME GYNANDRA L.) VARIETIES SUITED FOR PRODUCTION IN KENYA
(JKUAT, 2017)Limited access by farmers to improved spider plant (Cleome gynandra) varieties and low fertilizer use are major causes of low leaf yields for this crop. Surveys have shown that the crop is among traditional ... -
MODIFIABLE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN A KENYAN PRISON
(East African Medical Journal, 2017)Objectives: To establish modifiable factors associated with active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among prisoners. Design: Retrospective matched case-control study. Setting: Nakuru GK prison in Kenya. Subjects: A total ... -
The Indirect Cost of Disability Adjusted Life Years Lost among the Elderly in Kenya
(International Medical Society, 2017)As Kenya accelerates the momentum to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 3 on health and 13 on combating impacts of climate change, it is critically important not to overlook their impacts on the elderly, i.e. ... -
Rift Valley Fever Seroprevalence in Coastal Kenya
(The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017)Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) causes severe disease in both animals and humans, resulting in significant economic and public health damages. The objective of this study was to measure RVFV seroprevalence in six coastal ... -
Effect of Video mediated Instruction on Students’ Achievement, Attitudes and Motivation in Learning Kiswahili Proverbs in Kenya: A Literature Review
(Kabarak j. res. innov., 2017-07-20)The importance of proverbs in enhancing the students’ mastery of a language is well documented.Over time, video-mediated-instructions have boosted students’ academic achievement and attitudes when compared with other ... -
IS PARTIAL ROOT ZONE DRYING IRRIGATION A FEASIBLE WATER SAVING STRATEGY IN AFRICAN LEAFY VEGETABLE PRODUCTION? A REVIEW.
(Afr. J. Hort. Sci., 2016)Kenya is considered a water deficit countrywith an annual water recharge of 640m 3per capita.Water saving irrigation technologies such as partial root zone drying (PRD) are important means to sustainability produce high ... -
Swaziland National Health Research Agenda: The Formulation Process
(International Medical Society, 2017)The objectives of this article are to describe the process followed in development of the Swaziland’s national health research agenda (NHRA); and to provide an overview of the health research priorities that ... -
Technological Preferences, Levels of Utilization and Attitude of Students Towards Mobile Learning Technologies in Chartered Universities, Kenya
(International Journal of Education & Literacy, 2017)The affordances of mobile technologies are being felt in many sectors of world’s economy including university education. By solving the limitations of fixed instructional technologies, mobile technologies have received ... -
The monetary value of human lives lost due to neglected tropical diseases in Africa
(BioMed Central, 2017)Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are an important cause of death and disability in Africa. This study estimates the monetary value of human lives lost due to NTDs in the continent in 2015. The lost output or human capital ... -
Addressing challenges in communicating adaptation practices to smallholder farmers in Kenya through a radio intervention
(2017)Farmers in Africa are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to their high dependency on climate-sensitive natural resources. Kenyan farmers are faced with limited public agricultural ... -
Addressing challenges in communicating adaptation practices to smallholder farmers in Kenya through a radio intervention
(2017)Farmers in Africa are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to their high dependency on climate-sensitive natural resources. Kenyan farmers are faced with limited public agricultural ... -
How Does Technology Influence Students' Motivation Towards Learning Kiswahili Proverbs?
(IGI Global, 2018)The presumed importance of technology in enhancing students' motivation may call for a profound shift in pedagogy. In an attempt to inform evidence-based practice, this study examined the influence of videos mediated ... -
Molecular characterization of Echinococcus species in dogs from four regions of Kenya
(Elsevier, 2018-05-15)Cystic echinococcosis is endemic both in livestock and humans in many parts of Kenya. However, very little data exists on Echinococcus infections in dogs, and therefore their role in maintaining the transmission cycles and ... -
Haemorrhage of gross domestic product from disability-adjusted-life-years among 15-59 year olds in Kenya
(International Medical Society, 2018-03-24)This article estimates non-health gross domestic product (GDP) losses associated with Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY) lost among 15-59 year olds (most productive age bracket) in Kenya in 2015.This study employs the ... -
The Monetary Value of Disability -Adjusted- Life -Years Lost in the East African Community in 2015
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2018-07-31)The East African Community (EAC) member states (Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,Tanzania and Uganda) incur annually a huge loss of disability-adjusted life years (DALY) from communicable and non-communicable diseases and injuries ...