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Prevalence of Parasitic Infections amongst Children in Primary Schools in Tharaka South Sub County, Kenya
(International Journal of professional practice (IJPP), 2019-05)
Parasitic infections-soil transmitted helminths (STHs) and protozoan infections are among the most prevalent infections in developing countries.Health effects of these infections include; poor nutritional status,appetite ...
Transforming the Health Sector in Kenya by Adopting Integrated Health Management Information System
(International Journal of professional practice (IJPP), 2019-05)
Achieving better health outcomes is every health organization’s dream.Several health management strategies have been developed;a key one being production of quality information for purposes of informed decision making.Most ...
Knowledge and Perception of Women towards Cervical Cancer Screening in Meru County, Kenya.
(International Journal of professional practice (IJPP), 2019-05)
Globally, epidemiological transition from communicable to non-communicable diseases is on increase with Cervical cancer associated with human papilloma virus being among leading causes of morbidity and mortality in ...
Factors Influencing Rational Drug Use in Public Hospitals among Doctors and Pharmacists in Meru County
(International Journal of professional practice (IJPP), 2019-05)
Rational use of medicines requires that patients receives affordable, right drug and dose for the adequate period of time. Irrational drug use is influenced by lack of essential drugs, lack of training and weak implementation ...
Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine among Cancer Patients in Meru County, Kenya.
(International Journal of professional practice (IJPP), 2019-05)
Cancer is among the leading causes of death globally.Despite advancing technology in conventional methods of cancer diagnosis and treatment, access to services remains a big challenge especially in the developing countries.Out ...
Innovation for Food Security and Nutrition in Kenya Towards Attainment of The Big Four: A Review of Chelelang’ the Wonder Bean Technology
(International Journal of professional practice (IJPP), 2019-05)
Various genetic and environmental factors adversely affect the yield of beans in East and southern Africa.These include climate change variables such as temperature,moisture,pests, diseases and soils.This paper reviews ...
Capacity building modules for public libraries to support small-scale business enterprises in Meru County, Kenya
(South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science, 2017)
The lack of well-structured capacity building programmes is a serious drawback to the effective development of small-scale business enterprises (SBEs) in Kenya. Public libraries as community information centres can collaborate ...
How public libraries in Meru County, Kenya, address the business information needs of small-scale enterprises.
(journals.sagepub, 2016)
The purpose of the study was to explore how public libraries in Meru County, Kenya, address the informationneeds of small-scale business enterprises (SBEs) in the region. It was carried out from 2013 to 2015. A quanti-tative ...
Seasonality of Cryptosporidium oocyst detection in surface waters of Meru, Kenya as determined by two isolation methods followed by PCR
(Journal of Water and Health |, 2008-10)
Meru, Kenya has watersheds which are shared by wildlife, humans and domesticated animals. These surface waters can be contaminated by the waterborne pathogen Cryptosporidium. To quantify the seasonality and prevalence of ...
Factors that Contribute to Non-Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV and AIDS Patients in Central Province, Kenya
(IJPP, 2013-01)
Adherence concerns have been one reason expressed by opponents of antiretroviral therapy in developing countries or resource poor settings. The objective of the study was to determine factors contributing to non-adherence ...