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Effects of school lunch feeding programmes on nutritional status and attendance of primary school Children in Emuhaya division, Vihiga district, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2004)
The school-feeding programme was launched in Kenya in 1966. The aim was to
improve nutritional status, school enrolment" attendance, and academic achievement.
Little monitoring and evaluation of this programme has been ...
Prevalence and factors associated with immunological thyroid disease among thyroid disorder patients at Moi teaching and referral hospital (MTRH), western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)
Autoimmune thyroiditis is an inflammatory or antireceptor autoimmune condition
characterized by reactivity to expressed self-thyroid antigens, and is one of the principal \ thyroid gland diseases. In Kenya, where the mode ...
Relationship between adoption of water harvesting, water conservation, irrigation Technologies and nutrition Status of Children under five years in Central Division, Isiolo County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)
The food security situation in Africa is declining due to low agricultural productivity caused by decline in land availability, soil fertility depletion, soil erosion and unpredictable rainfall. Kenya remains food insecure ...
The role of home gardening in household food security in Butere Division, western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2004)
Food security has been an issue of concern in Kenya and other parts of the developing
world. Population has been increasing at the rate of 2.8% per annum while
agricultural production has slowed down to 1.3%. This deficit ...
Lack of Association between Interleukin-6 (-174g/C),Interleukin-Io (-1082a/G, -819c/T, And -592c/A) Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma in Children Aged between 5-8 Years from Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)
Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is the most common paediatric cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and occurs at a high incidence in western Kenya. The tumour has the highest proliferative rate of any other human cancer. Although ...
Associations between Functional Variations in Fc'yriiia and TLR 9 and Susceptibility to Severe Malaria Anemia in Cidldren below 3 Years in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2013)
Plasmodium Jalciparum malaria in holoendemic transmission areas is a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality. The greatest burden of this morbidity and mortality is as a consequence of severe malaria anemia (SMA) ...
Impact of Insecticide-Treated Bednets and Indoor Residual Spraying on Host Selection by Anopheles Gambiae S.S., Anopheles Arabiensis and Anopheles Funestus in Western Kenya
(Maseno university, 2012)
Malaria continues to be a global public health priority with unprecedented scale-up of
insecticide based interventions in the sub-tropics. The World Health Organization (WHO) has
approved vector control using insecticide. ...
Evaluation of the Repellency Effectiveness of Linalool and Metofluthrin against Anopheles Gambiae S.L. in Kisian Village, Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2012)
Malaria continues to pose a major public health threat. Despite the efforts that have been made to prevent humans from mosquito bites, changes in the vector biting behavior, and mosquitoes tending to bite earlier before ...
Factors Related to Vitamin A Supplementation Coverage to Preschool Children in Gucha District, Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2011)
Nutritional deficiencies account for 3 million child deaths annually in less-developed countries. Deficiencies of vitamin A are responsible for 0:6 million deaths and 9% of global childhood Disability-Adjusted Life Years ...
Exposure to Pesticides among Farm Workers of MAVOKO Division in MACHAKOS District, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2011)
About 40.7% pesticides used to control pests on farms worldwide and in Kenya are toxic. Over 60% workers in Kenya are exposed to pesticides due to lack of knowledge, negative attitude and poor practice. Ministry of Agriculture ...