ABSTRACT Poor accessibility to safe water is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries where mechanisms to monitor and enforce regulations for quality water are inadequate or lacking. The aim of this study is to determine the microbial and chemical quality of water in Nyeri Town and assess the health risks associated with the water used and the preferred water. Water supply system in Nyeri Town consists of Municipal piped water, natural river and stream water running d...
ABSTRACT Malaria is a life threatening parasitic disease of major Public Health concern especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, where it kills more than 1 million children every year. The main objective of the study was to investigate the factors that influence health care seeking behavior for childhood malaria in Makuyu Division of Maragua District, Kenya. To achieve a desired representation, simple random sampling of the households with under fives was carried out. About 306 mothers/caretakers ...
ABSTRACT Rift valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic mosquito-borne viral disease found in Africa and other continents and is documented in Kenya since 1910. Mosquito and other insect bites, contact with body fluids during slaughter, milking, treatment and examination and consumption of under-cooked contaminated animal products transmit the disease. In epizootic areas, RVF causes abortion in majority of pregnant ewes and cows while high mortality occurs among newborn lambs making diagnosis easy. I...
ABSTRACT It is estimated that Kenya has 1.6 million people living with HIV and 88,000 new adult infections annually. The country has adult HIV prevalence rate of between 5.6 - 7.2% and incidence rate of 0.4 – 0.7%. Recent studies on HIV disclosure among adult sexual partners revealed HIV 70-80% disclosure rates. A number of studies on HIV and AIDS have been undertaken in Kenya. However, determinants of disclosure among persons living with HIV remain unclear. The objective of this study was...
ABSTRACT Utilization of unskilled birth attendants’ (UBA) services by women in Mbirikani division of Kajiado County was studied. The study described the proportion of women who utilized UBA services, determined factors that influenced the utilization, established the levels of awareness and acceptance of the 2007 RH policy action on TBAs and suggested ways to engage UBAs in RH. 328 women, 15 TBAs and 3 key informants were sampled in the cross sectional study. Questionnaires and interviews...
ABSTRACT Biomass energy provides 68% of Kenya‘s national energy requirements and it is expected to remain the main source of energy for the foreseeable future. The current biomass demand in Kenya is estimated at 40.5 million tonnes against a sustainable supply of 16 million tonnes. Many of the rural households use traditional stoves which have low energy efficiency leading to using more woodfuel, increase in indoor air pollution and also putting alot of pressure on the biomass sources. The...
ABSTRACT The consequence of political and bloody civil strives in Uganda exposed people to health damaging psychological. physical. chemical. biological and mechanical stressors. with estimated 35% Ugandan suffering from some form or mental disorders. There is dearth of in formation on the impact on the trend evolution and pattern or mental disorders in the two regi ons. This study aims to determine the epidemiology of mental disorders and their patterns of presentation in Eastern and Centra...
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ABSTRACT: Aim To determine the availabiltity, utilization of electronic equipment for learning purpsoses among medical students. Methods In a survey involving 200 students from the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences of Kampala International University-Western Campus was done and a self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Results: It was found that majority of the students(86%) owned at least one electronic equipment and of those 35% owned more than one type of electronic equi...
ABSTRACT Introduction: Cervical cancer remains a leading cause of death among women in low-resource settings, and virtually every case of cervical cancer is caused by HPV (Ferlay et. al; 2004). It is the third most common cancer in women worldwide and according to WHO (2008), 275 000 deaths were recorded out of the estimated 529 000 new cases. Specific objective of this study was to determine the practices of females aged 21-50 years towards the prevention approach, early detection and manag...
ABSTRACT The study on the role of macronutrients on modulation of gut microbiota of Drosophila me/anogaster was carried out in institute of biomedical research laboratory of Kampala international university western campus. The study found that diet and age have influence on gut microbiota. From the findings, the population is recommended to eat well balanced diet.
ABSTRACT This research focused on the Impact of Economic Activities on Natural Vegetation Cover conducted in Lolkisale Forest in Monduli District in Arusha northern part of Tanzania. The objectives of the study were to identify the major socio-economic activities in the sub village of Lolkisale village around Lolkisale forest, to determine causes of natural vegetation degradation, identify the impact of economic activities and to identify the measures that have been put in place to remedy def...
ABSTRACT Typhoid fever is one of the infectious human diseases. Outbreaks of typhoid fever caused by Salmonella typhi remains a serious health problem worldwide. There are a number of tests available presently, from molecular to immunological and biochemical to microbiological. However, misdiagnosis is usually experienced since most health care facilities use only Widal test without confirmation of results with a second test method. This study aimed at evaluating the performance of Widal te...
ABSTRACT Corn Soy Blend (CSB) is the backbone of supplementation feeding for malnourished children. CSB however, has poor micronutrient bioavailability and may result into poor outcomes during nutrition recovery of the children. Micronutrient powders (MNPs) have a potential to improve micronutrient nutrition. Scientific evidence on the efficacy of MNPs in improving zinc (Zn) status among moderately malnourished children is scarce. This cluster randomized trial was designed to establish the b...
ABSTRACT Introduction Otitis media is a suppurative infection of the middle ear cavity due to bacterial pathogens like Streptococcus pneumonia, nontyable Haemophilus Influenzae and M. catarrhalis. There is a strong relationship between upper respiratory tract infections and otitis media, with the former predisposing children to the latter. This relationship is also reflected in the prevalence of the two conditions such that otitis media is the most common childhood disease after respiratory...