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Evaluating Human Sensory Perceptions and the Compartment Bag Test Assays as Proxies for the Presence and Concentration of Escherichia coli in Drinking Water in Western Kenya
(National library of medicine, 2017)
We compared the concentrations of Escherichia coli quantified with Colilert™ and the compartment bag test (CBT) in the source water and household stored drinking water (SDW) of 35 households in western Kenya. We also ...
Women groups: A pathway to rural development in Nyamusi Division, Nyamira County, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, 2014)
: Despite their fundamental socio-economic responsibilities, rural women still have less access to knowledge,
assets, services and participation in decision-making. These inequalities affect their ability to carry out ...
nfluence Of Farmers’ To Extension Services On Their Decision To Adoption Of Horticulture Farming In Nandi County, Kenya
(2017-08-08)
The study sought to establish the influence of respondents’ socio-demographic characteristics on adoption
of Horticulture farming among small scale farmers in Nandi County, Kenya. A cross-sectional survey research design
was ...
“Retirement lost”—the new role of the elderly as caretakers for orphans in western Kenya
(Kluwer Academic Publisher, 2003-03-01)
A study on the new role of the elderly as caretakers of orphans was conducted in a rural part of Kenya applying a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. One out of three children had lost at least one biological ...
Interpersonal influences in the scale-up of male circumcision services in a traditionally non-circumcising community in rural western Kenya
(2011-01)
Promoting male circumcision (MC) is now recognized as an additional, important strategy for the
prevention of heterosexually acquired HIV infection in men, and plans are underway to scale-up this
intervention especially ...
Educational consequences of orphanhood and poverty in western Kenya
(Routledge, 2010-12-01)
During the past decades, many developing countries have been severely hit by a combination of poverty and the HIV pandemic. However, there has been a debate about the relative contribution of these two factors. This study ...
Social capital and climate change perception in the Mara River Basin, Kenya
(iiste, 2015)
Climate change is a phenomenon that affects different facets of human livelihood. However, the general public does not
easily comprehend it. This study was inspired by the realization that climate change is not just an ...
Sexuality and the youth with disabilities in Kenya
(2012)
Sexual expression is a basic human need throughout our lives. Sexual behaviour of young people has been a source of concern to societies worldwide due to the adverse effects on the individual as well as society at large. ...
Deteriorating conditions of hosting refugees: A case study of the Dadaab complex in Kenya
(The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, 2008)
This study describes the deteriorating conditions of hosting refugees at three camps (Ifo, Hagadera, and Dagahaley, popularly known as the Dadaab complex) that have been hosting refugees in the semi-arid northeastern part ...
Implementation Gaps in Re-Entry Policy in Primary Schools in Kenya, the Case of Muhoroni Sub County, Kisumu County, Western Kenya
(2016)
School Re-entry Policy has been adopted as a key measure to improving gender equity in education by minimizing pregnancy related wastage. However, its impact on mitigation of exclusion of teenage mothers from education in ...