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Determinants of Malaria Prevalence among Children below Five Years in North West Kisumu Ward, Kisumu County, Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study
(Middle East Journal of Applied Science & Technology, 2021-12-09)Globally, malaria remains a major public health problem. In 2019 an estimated 229 million cases of malaria were reported, WHO African region accounted for 94% of total cases. In Kenya, malaria is a leading cause of morbidity ... -
Determinants of Maternal Health Care Choices among Women in Lunga Lunga Sub County in Kwale County-Kenya
(World Journal of Innovative Research (WJIR), 2020-05)Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality are major public health concerns in most developing countries and in under resourced settings. Provision of safe motherhood is of utmost importance in the reduction of maternal ... -
Determinants of Mother-To-Child HIV Transmission among HIV Exposed Infants in Siaya County, Kenya
(ResearchGate, 2020-05-21)In Kenya, approximately 3.3% to 4% of infants born annually are exposed to HIV due to lack of PMTCT interventions. Factors associated with mother – to – child HIV transmission as not been adequately investigated in Kenya. ... -
Determinants of Pineapple Market Supply in Bureti Sub County, Kericho County, Kenya
(International Journal of Recent Research in Interdisciplinary Sciences (IJRRIS), 2017-12)Supply of agricultural produce is directly influenced by production and productivity. Therefore, factors that affect agricultural production also affect supply. This study analyses the determinants of pineapple market ... -
Determinants of Profitability of Black Soldier Fly Farming Enterprise in Kenya
(Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2021-09)Black soldier fly (BSF) farming is emerging as a new farm enterprise in Kenya poised to provide high-quality and affordable alternative protein sources for animal feed production. Consequently, commercialization and adoption ... -
Determinants of Smallholder Farmers’ Extent of Participation in Climate-Smart Agricultural Projects in Kakamega County, Kenya
(Cogent Social Sciences, 2023-06-06)Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) presents the opportunity to meet the world increasing food demands in the face of climate variability. In Kenya, CSA has been promoted as a means of adapting to climate change among Kenyan ... -
Determinants of Soil Fertility Information Needs and Access Among Smallholder Farmers in the Central Highlands of Kenya
(Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2022-04-27)Soil fertility decline is a significant challenge to the agroecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Accurate and demand-driven soil fertility information is vital for improving agricultural production. We achieved two ... -
The Determinants of successful uptake of life assurance products – A Literature Review
(Australian Journal of Business Science Design & Literature, 2017)The consumption of life assurance products globally is said to be influenced by several broad factors, including socio-economic, demographic, political and internalization, among others. Generally, the consumption levels ... -
Determinants of the Uptake of Free Maternity Services among Pregnant Mothers in Malava Sub-County, in Kakamega County, Kenya
(Middle East Journal of Applied Science & Technology, 2021-09-20)Over the past decade, Kenya has made tremendous efforts to enhance maternal and child health. Secure maternity policies such as free maternity care are one of the initiatives that have enhanced maternal and child health ... -
Determinants of the Uptake of Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine Pyrimethamine in Sabatia Sub County, Western Kenya
(BMC, 2021)Annually, 125.2 million pregnant women worldwide risk contracting malaria, including 30.3 million and 1.5 million in Sub-Saharan Africa and Kenya respectively. At least three doses of sulphadoxine pyrimethamine for ... -
Determinants of Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening Services Among Women of Reproductive Age between18-49 Years of Age in Bondo Sub County, Siaya County, Kenya
(International ResearchJournal of Advanced Engineering and Science, 2020)Demographic factors significantly influenced the uptake of cervical cancer screening. This study aimed at finding out the determinants of uptake of cervical cancer screening services among women of reproductive. A ... -
Determining Equations of Fourth Order Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equation
(ResearchGate, 2018)Determining Equations are linear partial differential equations. The equation to be solved is subjected to extension generator. The coefficient of unconstrained partial derivatives is equated to zero and since the equations ... -
Determining Sustainability of a Community Midwifery model in Siaya County, Kenya
(Kenyan Journal of Nursing & Midwifery, 2019)Introduction: Reducing maternal mortality requires coordinated, long-term efforts. Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG3) states that “by 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio (MMR) to less than 70 per 100,000 ... -
Determining the attitude of undergraduate students towards physics through concept mapping
(Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2013-09)The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of using concept mapping strategy in teaching physics on the attitude towards physics. Participants were (46) first year students from two classes enrolled to the course ... -
Determining the attitude of undergraduate students towards physics through concept mapping
(Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research, 2013)The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of using concept mapping strategy in teaching physics on the attitude towards physics. Participants were (46) first year students from two classes enrolled to the course ... -
Determining the Prevalence and Density of Asymptomatic Plasmodium Falciparum Infections in Low and High Transmission Settings in Western Kenya
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Deterministic mathematical model for fish harvesting
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES & RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY, 2015)Differential equations have been used to create mathematical models of real world systems in which rates of change are involved, for example in the study of how population grows or shrinks. One of the earliest models by ... -
Developing and testing the urban sustainable development goal’s targets and indicators – a five-city study
(2015-12-23)The campaign for the inclusion of a specifically urban goal within the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was challenging. Numerous divergent interests were involved, while urban areas worldwide are also ... -
Development and Optimization of the Suna Trap as A Tool for Mosquito Monitoring and Control.
(BMC- Malaria Journal, 2014-07-08)Monitoring of malaria vector populations provides information about disease transmission risk, as well as measures of the effectiveness of vector control. The Suna trap is introduced and evaluated with regard to its potential ... -
Development, characterization and antimalarial efficacy of dihydroartemisinin loaded solid lipid nanoparticles
(ELSEVIER, 2016-04)Effective use of dihydroartemisinin (DHA) is limited by poor water-solubility, poor pharmacokinetic profile and unsatisfactory clinical outcome especially in monotherapy. To reduce such limitations, we reformulated DHA ...