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RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH AS A SURROGATE MARKER OF HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES AMONG PATIENTS IN AGA KHAN HOSPITAL, WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2023-10)
Red cell distribution width (RDW) measures the morphological diversity of red blood cells (rbcs) per volume rbcs. Such diversity, characterized by significant reticulocytosis and rbcs variation in size(anisocytosis) and ...
DETERMINANTS OF BYPASSING COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AMONG WOMEN SEEKING CHILDBIRTH SERVICES AT THE MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL, ELDORET
(MMUST, 2020-08-24)
Strong preferences are revealed when patients fail to utilize their nearby facilities and seek health care services at another facility. Bypassing rates for childbirth has been documented in literature and it ranges between ...
A HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MASS MEDIA EMPOWERMENT FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE TURKANA COMMUNITY OF KENYA, 1963-2022
(2023)
The Turkana, a pastoralist community inhibiting the arid and marginalized regions of Northern
Kenya, have faced numerous challenges including poverty, food insecurity and limited access to
basic services. Over the years, ...
PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED DETERMINANTS OF MALARIA INFECTION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN MALARIA EPIDEMIC AREAS OF WESTERN HIGHLAND OF KENYA.
(MMUST, 2021-05-11)
Globally malaria in pregnancy continues to cause important public health concern for health care sector. Apparently, the disease remains to be a major determinant of maternal morbidity and mortality. In Kenya malaria ...
THE STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR OF CONCRETE- FILLED BAMBOO COLUMNS UNDER AXIAL COMPRESSION
(MMUST, 2021-03)
Bamboo is a renewable and versatile resource, characterized by high strength to weight ratio, and has been widely used in the past to build both permanent and temporary structures. However it has a low compressive bearing ...
ON-FARM TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY, CARBON STOCKS AND SOIL PROPERTIES AS INFLUENCED BY SELECTED Eucalyptus spp IN KAKAMEGA-NANDI FOREST ECOSYSTEM
(MMUST, 2023-11)
On-farm growing of trees has significantly contributed to easing pressure from natural
forests in addition to providing extra income to forest-adjoining farming households. There
are however concerns that Eucalyptus ...
SOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ATTENDANCE OF BOY CHILD IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EMUHAYA SUB COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-07)
During Pre-colonial period a lot of emphasis was placed on the boy child education with almost no attention to the girl child. After independence, however, the government in a bid to address social injustice begun to ...
FUNDING IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN BUNGOMA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-02-10)
Education is a human activity that fashions and models mankind for the society. It is for this reason that the Kenyan government has put emphasis on the pursuit quality education for its citizens since ...
WHOLE TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENES IN NILE TILAPIA (Oreochromis niloticus) SUBJECTED TO CHRONIC STRESS
(MMUST, 2023-11)
Chronic stress is the long-term activation of the stress response system and is a major bottleneck to aquaculture production as it lowers productivity and compromises fish welfare. Several studies have attempted to infer ...
THE ROLE OF ISLAM IN NATIONAL COHESION AND INTEGRATION IN KENYA WITH SPECIFIC FOCUS ON NAIROBI AND MOMBASA COUNTIES
(MMUST, 2020-09-10)
The purpose of this study was to examine the role of Islam in national cohesion and integration in Kenya. Cohesion and integration agenda is one of the building blocks of Kenya’s Vision 2030 and has become ...