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PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED DETERMINANTS OF MALARIA INFECTION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN MALARIA EPIDEMIC AREAS OF WESTERN HIGHLAND OF KENYA
(Global Journal of Health Sciences, 2020-08-13)
Purpose: To determine prevalence and associated determinants of malaria infection among pregnant women in Western highland of Kenya, and specifically, Mt. Elgon Sub-County.
Methodology: Cross-sectional analytical design ...
Causes of Teenage Pregancy in Kakamega Central Sub County, Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS), 2021-05-31)
Teenage pregnancy is a global concern with far reaching impacts on education and the health status of the girl
child. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) reports about 21 million cases of teenage pregnancy
are ...
ATR harmony in English borrowed words in Ng’aturukana: An optimality theory account.
(Journal of Linguistics and Foreign, 2021-06-01)
Ng’aturukana, a language spoken by the Turkana people of North Western Kenya, gets into contact with English through trade, education, among other fields. As a consequence, the borrowed words have to be assimilated, ...
Insecticide resistance exerts significant fitness costs in immature stages of Anopheles gambiae in western Kenya
(Malaria Journal, 2021-06-09)
Background
Despite increasing documentation of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors against public health insecticides in sub-Saharan Africa, there is a paucity of information on the potential fitness costs of ...
Implication of outdoor Environment on Children’s Learning Experiences in Public Preschools in Borabu Sub-County, Kenya
(Global Journal of Transformative Education, 2020-12-29)
Based on the findings of the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) needs assessment study carried out in 2016, international best practices in education systems and curriculum reforms, and a desire to make ...
Christianity and Widowhood Rites in Africa: An Audit of The Effects of Ababukusu Indigenous Culture on Widows in The Context of Friends Church in Western Kenya
(International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 2020-10-15)
Religion, life and death are entwined and the knowledge of one requires the knowledge of the other. Religions have addressed the question of how one should live with awareness of inevitability of death. Consequently, ...
Effects of temperature and humidity and effectiveness of some selected antioxidants on lipid oxidation of fresh nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) of Lake Victoria, Kenya
(International Research Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2020-03)
Spoilage of fish and its related products due to oxidation is a primary problem leading to both loses in income and environmental degradation. Various methods such as sun-drying, smoking and refrigeration as currently used ...
Resource-Based Instruction Data Collected from 2 Higher Learning Institutions in Rwanda
(Mendeley Data, 2021-06-21)
This dataset contains five types of data collected from two universities in Rwanda. The first data are related to Pre-service Biology Teachers Achievement Test (PBTAT) designed by authors, the second data are related to ...
How to keep Kenyan children in school longer: it’s not only about money
(Academic rigour, journalistic flair, 2021-04-01)
The school completion rate has emerged as one of the most pressing issues facing education in Kenya. Only 58% of pupils enrolled in the first year complete primary school. This proportion falls as they advance to higher ...
Contextual Enablers and Hindrances of Girl Child Participation in STEM Education in a Kenyan County: A Case Study
(TIIKM, 2020-12)
In Kenya, student performance in sciences and Mathematics is still low compared to artoriented disciplines. The poor performance has affected not only the Girl child’s interest in these disciplines but also the number of ...