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Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthIntroduction: COVID-19 posed a serious public health threat to all ages. In Kenya, it was first detected on March 13, 2020, in its capital - Nairobi, which remained the epicenter of the disease thereafter. Dagoretti is one area that has both formal and
Florence Wanjiru Mugo +4 more
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Assessing the Readiness of Nairobi Deaf Youth to Accept a Best-practice HIV/AIDS Intervention [PDF]
, 2014 After nearly forty years of HIV/AIDS research in the global community, data on HIV/AIDS in the Deaf population is still disproportionately neglected. No surveillance system is in place to monitor prevalence, awareness or mode of HIV infection in the Deaf
Morrell, Ke\u27ala
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Characterizing the spatial determinants and prevention of malaria in Kenya [PDF]
, 2019 The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 3 is to ensure health and well-being for all at all ages with a specific target to end malaria by 2030.
Gopal, Sucharita +4 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate variability is affecting the productivity, profitability, and resilience of smallholder dairy producers in developing countries. The adoption of climate‐smart (CS) dairy practices has been promoted to mitigate these negative effects. However, while interest in dairy CS practices is growing, empirical evidence on their adoption patterns
Mercy Mburu +4 more
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Nutritional status, dietary diversity and morbidity among infants and children aged 6-23 months in rural Western Kenya [PDF]
, 2015 Poster presented at International Congress Of Tropical Paediatrics 2014.
Herrmann, J. +4 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Analysis of cranial endocast data of 181 extant and 41 fossil species from Euarchontoglires shows that there was a reduction in olfactory bulb size in Crown Primates, but that there were also subsequent reductions in various other primate clades (Anthropoidea, Catarrhini, Platyrrhini, crown Cercopithecoidea, Hominoidea).
Madlen Maryanna Lang +6 more
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Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
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Boron availability and fertilizer response of maize in soils from sub‐Saharan Africa
Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.Abstract Background and aims Low boron (B) availability is associated with strongly weathered, coarse‐textured, and low organic matter soils, widespread in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). It is unknown to what extent B fertilization can increase maize yields in SSA.
Mirjam S. Breure +5 more
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Why do women deliver where they had not planned to go? A qualitative study from peri-urban Nairobi Kenya. [PDF]
, 2020 BACKGROUND: In urban Kenya, couples face a wide variety of choices for delivery options; however, many women end up delivering in different facilities from those they had intended while pregnant.
Ahearn, C. +4 more
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Identification of production challenges and benefits using value chain mapping of egg food systems in Nairobi, Kenya [PDF]
, 2017 Commercial layer and indigenous chicken farming in Nairobi and associated activities in the egg value chains are a source of livelihood for urban families.
Alarcon +32 more
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