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Predictors of utilization of vaccination services among caregivers of children ages less 1 year in Asego Sub-County, Homa Bay County.
(Maseno University, 2018)
Childhood immunization remains a cost-effective public health intervention geared towards improving health status of infants and children hence reducing both morbidity and mortality associated with vaccine preventable ...
Messenger RNA and micro-RNA expression signatures in endemic Burkitt Lymphoma patients from Western Kenya
(2018)
ABSTRACT:
Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is a B cell tumour common in region with high Plasmodium falciparum malaria and is characterized by over expression of the c-myc oncogene as a consequence of the t(8:14) IGH/MYC ...
Factors influencing households’ willingness and ability to invest in sanitation facilities in Busia county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
Poor sanitation is associated with poor health outcomes in populations, loss of school days, low academic performance and stunting in children. Kenya loses 0.9% of its Gross Domestic Product, KES 27.4 billion, annually due ...
Health risk of toxic Cyanobacteria in drinking water in the Nyanza gulf water, Lake Victoria Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
Cyanobacteria are single-celled algae that thrive in warm and nutrient rich water bodies including lakes. They can produce different kinds of toxins called cyanotoxins. Microcystin is the most common and most studied ...
Sanitation and water quality factors associated with diarrhea occurrence in Homabay and Kisumu county beaches, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
In Kenya, surface water bodies are the final destination for most pollutants. Western and Nyanza Regions in close proximity to Lake Victoria are characterized by inadequate sanitation services, chronic water shortages and ...
Participation of households in solid waste management in Kisii municipality, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
The growing volume of household solid waste is a concern for public health. The world population in 2016 was 7.3 Million people with a growth rate of 1.14%. This has resulted to increase in consumption rate with a direct ...
Determinants and perceived benefits of male partner involvement in antenatal and postnatal care in Bumula sub-county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
Current global efforts as embodied in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) state the need to reduce Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) to less than 70 per 100,000 live births by 2030. In 2015, MMR in Kenya was 510 per ...
Clinical equivalence of heparinized arterial plasma to venous Serum for magnesium and phosphate measurement among Patients admitted at the intensive care unit of Moi teaching and referral hospital
(Maseno University, 2018)
Electrolytes routinely measured in patients in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are sodium, potassium,
chloride, calcium, magnesium and phosphate. Of these; sodium, potassium, chloride and calcium
are measured as part of tests ...
Factors associated with performance motivation of community health volunteers implementing integrated community case management programme in Homa-bay county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)
Globally, the integration of community health workers (CHWs) in healthcare delivery is widening. CHWs are very important if the universal provision of healthcare and the third Sustainable Development Goals are to be met. ...
Influence of maternal HIV-1 infection on the vertical transfer of epstein barr virus specific immunoglobuling
(Maseno University, 2018)
ABSTRACT: More than 35% of infants residing in Chulaimbo regions are infected with Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) by six months of age, typically when maternal antibodies are expected to provide protection to the infants before ...