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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Kisumu"”.
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Prevalence and quality of syndromic diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections within the Kisumu incidence cohort study in Kisumu, Kenya
Background: STIs are of major public health concern in developing countries, not least because they facilitate transmission of HIV, but also because they are important causes of mortality and morbidity among African populations, resulting in, among other things, adverse birth outcomes, neonatal and …
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Envisioning the role of sport as a tool for community-level peace building in Kisumu, Kenya
As the sport for development and peace (SDP) movement continues to gain momentum within a variety of contexts, from the international to the grassroots level, there is an increasing need to better understand how SDP organizations and programs are impacting communities at the local level. Program …
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Growing up with HIV in Kisumu, Kenya: Participatory Action Research with Young People Living with HIV
… the experience of HIV positive youth living in Kisumu, Kenya? The goal of the study was to engage and empower a small research team of young adults in Kisumu to critically examine the needs and document the voices of HIV-positive adolescents. The research team generated three primary categories …
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The Context of HIV /aids-Related Health and Preventive Behaviors: An Analysis of Kisumu District, Kenya
… help create such an unfavorable climate for many Kisumu District residents. Furthermore, attitudes by individuals and communities help shape AIDS-related experiences locally. It is clear that issues of empowerment and entitlement especially influenced AIDS protective behaviors. The research formed …
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'Boda boda' bicycle taxis and their role in urban transport systems : case studies of Nakuru and Kisumu, Kenya
The bicycle taxi has a padded cushion fitted onto a reinforced rear seat; typically removed when transporting goods. The research aimed, firstly, to understand the operating characteristics of, and challenges facing, ‘boda boda’ services, and secondly, to explore the measures that might be …
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Accounting for the C/city: analyzing Kisumu's fiscal configurations
… experiences. The fourth proposition presents Kisumu, a secondary city in Kenya, as an exemplary case for exploring fiscal C/city configurations. Kisumu provides a useful case for wider generalization precisely because it is an ordinary (African) city. Not only is Kisumu on the margins of …
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Molecular and bio-analytical characterisation as a means to understand genetic diversity within Kenyan Aspergillus flavus strains
… collected from Makueni, Homa Bay, Nandi, and Kisumu regions. The genetic diversity and variation among the isolates was examined by characterising the strains according to morphology, phenotype, vegetative compatible groups and molecular systematics. Selected atoxigenic and aflatoxigenic A. …
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Effects of field and laboratory larval inhabited water physical chemicals and background colour on oviposition site selection by gravid female anopheline mosquitoes in Lusaka province.
… behaviour in gravid Anopheles gambiae s.s. KISUMU mosquitoes. Effects of larval pre-inhabited water on oviposition site selection was determined by presenting 30mls of the treatment water in 36mls capacity oviposition cups to groups of 30 gravid Anopheles gambiae s.s., KISUMU mosquitoes in …
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Effects of field and laboratory larval inhabited water physical chemicals and background colour on oviposition site selection by gravid female anopheline mosquitoes in Lusaka province.
… behaviour in gravid Anopheles gambiae s.s. KISUMU mosquitoes. Effects of larval pre-inhabited water on oviposition site selection was determined by presenting 30mls of the treatment water in 36mls capacity oviposition cups to groups of 30 gravid Anopheles gambiae s.s., KISUMU mosquitoes in …
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Regulatory mechanisms involved in the control of <i>CYP6M2</i> gene in insecticide resistant <i>Anopheles gambiae</i> (Diptera: culicidae)
… permethrin resistant Tiassalé and susceptible Kisumu strains of <i>An. gambiae</i>. Bioinformatics analysis was used to search for cis-acting elements within <i>CYP6M2</i> (896 bp) region hypothesised to contain the promoter. Isolated and cloned <i>CYP6M2 </i>promoter reporter constructs were …
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Feasibility, effectiveness, budget impact and surveillance of partner services for HIV in Kenya
… we assess the budget impact of scaling up aPS in Kisumu County, the region with the third highest number of HIV-infected persons in Kenya. We also present results of the pilot of a surveillance system for aPS. Methods: A cluster-randomized design was used to recruit eligible HIV-infected index …
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Combining ability for yeild of imidazolinone resistant maize inbred lines under artificial and natural striga infestation
… conditions in the Lake zone of Tanzania and Kisumu-Kenya in the 2006 season using alpha (0,1) lattice design. Grain yield was used as a proxy to maize resistance to imazapyr herbicide such that resistant materials were suitable candidates in striga infested areas with the use of the …
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Community-Based Rehabilitation Supports for Social Inclusion and Work Participation of Young Adults with Visual Impairment in Kenya: A Case Study
… of young adults with VI in Elgeyo-Marakwet and Kisumu Counties of Kenya concerning the barriers to community inclusion and work participation that they have experienced in education, health, Social, economic, and cultural settings in everyday interaction. The study sought to further understand …
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Analysis of within-host evolution of Plasmodium Falciparum during treatment
… which were collected from Kombewa and Maseno in Kisumu, Kenya between 2013 and 2015. The Synonymous/Non-synonymous (dN/dS) ratio was used to predict the effect of selection on protein coding loci of the Pfk13 gene. A logistic regression model was used to test the association between IC50s and the …
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Gendered lives, constrained choice and young African women's PrEP uptake and persistent use as a gender-responsive approach to HIV prevention
… in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa, and Kisumu, Kenya. The POWER study was designed to develop and evaluate scalable models of PrEP delivery. Across analyses, PrEP uptake facilitators included PrEP integration with sexual and reproductive health services but were hampered by PrEP …
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Interest groups in education : teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of the Kenya National Union of Teachers
… in the rural and urban regions of Nakuru and Kisumu districts in Kenya. The questionnaire survey consisted of a rating scale, which sought the opinion of teachers on the union's performance in a range of items in the two domains of its professional and socio-economic roles. In all, 224 …
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The dynamics of culture in an urban setting: a study set in western Kenya
… urban settlements selected were in the towns of Kisumu and Kisii. These two towns could be easily identified with a particular cultural group. In Kisumu two neighborhoods were selected within the inner sector. In Kisii town, a settlement within the urban periphery, where urban and rural …
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Modelling the health impacts of urban transport in Africa
… case studies from four cities, Nairobi and Kisumu (Kenya), Yaoundé (Cameroon), and Accra (Ghana), showed a wide variation of immobility and daily travel duration across cities, with walking as the primary mode and privately owned small-capacity public transport as the second. Motorcycles …
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