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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 ...
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 ...
Development of east African indigenous Vegetable recipes and determination of their iron, copper and vitamin c contents
(Maseno university, 2008)
Increasing prevalence of chronic diseases and micronutrient deficiency in developing countries is
burdening the national and household resources thus interfering with resource-distribution. Changes
in dietary patterns, ...
Effects of multiple treatments and reinfections on the Levels of schistosome specific antibody isotypes in Occupationally exposed individuals in western Kenya
(Maseno university, 2009)
Previous studies have demonstrated that treatment of schistosome infection in people
from endemic areas results in significant alterations of their parasite specific humoral responses.
However, these responses have not ...
Use of conventional and molecular techniques to Determine the prey alence of shigella and Enteroinv asive escherichia coli strains from Diarrhoea patients in selected health facilities in Rural western Kenya
(Maseno university, 2009)
Diarrhoea is a major cause of infant morbidity and mortality worldwide. It accounts for
1.6- 2.5 million deaths annually and each child in the developing world experiences an
average of three episodes of diarrhoea per ...