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Malaria vector abundance is associated with house structures in Baringo County, Kenya
(PLO, 2018-06-11)
Malaria, a major cause of morbidity and mortality, is the most prevalent vector borne disease in Baringo County; a region which has varied house designs in arid and semi-arid areas. This study investigated the association ...
Technical efficiency in public hospitals in Kenya: a two –stage data envelopment analysis
(International Journal of Economics and Finance, 2018-05-10)
The paper uses the DEA technique to estimate efficiency scores in Kenyan public hospitals and then applies the Tobit regression to study inter-hospital variation in the scores. The DEA analysis reveals that small hospitals ...
Sensitivity of vegetation to climate variability and its implications for malaria risk in Baringo, Kenya
(PLOS ONE, 2018-07-05)
The global increase in vector borne diseases has been linked to climate change. Seasonal vegetation changes are known to influence disease vector population. However, the relationship is more theoretical than quantitatively ...
Mapping potential Anopheles gambiae s.l.larvaldistribution using remotely sensed climatic andenvironmental variables in Baringo, Kenya
(PubMed, 2018-06-21)
Anopheles gambiae s.l. (Diptera: Culicidae) is responsible for the transmission of the devastating Plasmodium falciparum (Haemosporida: Plasmodiidae) strain of malaria in Africa. This study investigated the relationship ...