• Qualitative Study Exploring Mother’s Perceptions Of Child Malnutrition In Informal Settlements In Kenya 

  Waswa, Judith; Anyango, Loyce Joyce; Mugambi, Mary (Researchjournali’s Journal of Public Health, 2019-12)

  Introduction: It is important to understand the mother's views of child malnutrition for successful prevention and intervention initiatives. Objective: The objective of this study was to explore mother's perceptions of the ...
• Exploring Infant Feeding Beliefs and Practices among Mothers in Major Urban Informal Settlements in Kenya 

  WASWA, J.; ANYANGO, L J.,; OKEYO, D O (East African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2021-05)

  Appropriate infant feeding is a proxy indicator for good health and nutritional status of infants. The objective of this qualitative study was to explore mother’s beliefs and practices of infant feeding practices up to two ...
• Exploring Breastfeeding Perceptions, Beliefs, Subjective Norms And Practices Of Mothers In Informal Settlements In Kenya 

  Waswa, Judith; Anyango, Loyce Joyce; Mugambi, Mary (Research journals Journal of Public Health, 2019-12-12)

  Despite benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, the rates are low in informal settlements in Kenya. Objective: This study aimed to exploring breastfeeding practices, perceptions, beliefs, and subjective norms among mothers ...
• Effects of Second Hand Smoking on the Health of School Children in Awendo, Kenya 

  Waswa, Judith; Mwaniki, Elizabeth (Science Publishing Group, 2019-05-06)

  Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) can cause diseases and deaths among children. Yet children continue to be exposed especially among the low income countries. Epidemiological evidence shows that children of smoking parents ...
• Determinants of Body Image Perceptions among College Students in Kenya 

  Judith, Waswa (SRYAHWA PUBLICATIONS, 2018-02-12)

  Body-image may be defined as a multidimensional concept that represents how individuals think, feel, and behave with regard to their own physical attributes. Individuals are described as having either a negative or positive ...
• Addressing Geriatric Malnutrition: Can Social Protection Work? 

  Waswa, Judith; Abigael, Eileen; Siambe, Sheila; Awino, Paul (International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2019-09)

  Social protection refers to policies and actions including legislative measures, whose primary goal is to boost the aptitude and chances for the underprivileged and the weak to recover and tolerate their lives, livelihood ...
• Comparison of dietary and plasma phospholipid fatty acids between normal weight and overweight black South Africans according to metabolic health: The PURE study 

  Ojwanga, A.A.; Smutsa, C.M.; Zeca, M. (2019-11-18)

  Background: Information regarding circulating fatty acids (FA) in association with metabolic health in black Africans is scarce, while the usefulness of circulating FAs as biomarkers of dietary fat intake and predictors ...
• Plasma phospholipid fatty acid patterns are associated with adiposity and the metabolic syndrome in black South Africans: a cross-sectional study 

  Ojwang, Alice Achieng; Kruger, Herculina Salome (CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA, 2019-06-19)

  Diets rich in n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) and saturated fatty acids (SFA) have been associated with increased risk of obesity and the metabolic syndrome (MetS), but the evidence is inconsistent, whereas diets ...
• Nutritional Value and Sensory Acceptability of M. Oleifera Fortified Millet for Children wit Celebral Palcy in Nairobi County, Kenya 

  Malla, Janet Kajuju; Ochola, Sophie; Ogada, Irene; Munyaka, Ann (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2021-10-07)

  Nutritional deficiencies and other nutritional comorbidities commonly affect Nutritional deficiencies and other nutritional comorbidities commonly affect Nutritional deficiencies and other nutritional comorbidities commonly ...
• Development of Neurological Mouse Model for Toxoplasmosis Using Toxoplasma gondii Isolated from Chicken in Kenya 

  Mose, John Mokua; Kamau, David Muchina; Maina, Naomi Wangari (5Department of Animal Health & Production, Mount Kenya University, 2012-08-07)

  Toxoplasmosis, which is caused by the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, is a significant public health problem worldwide and causes various pathological manifestations in different body organs. Animal models for the ...
• Evaluating the Antischistosomal Activity of Crude Extracts of Carica Papaya against Schistosoma Mansoni: the Interplay of Cellular and Humoral Immunity 

  Mokua, John Mose; Kutima, Helen; Waihenya, Rebecca; Yole, Dorcas (Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research, 2031-05-19)

  Carica papaya is widely used in different parts of Kenya for the treatment of intestinal helminthes. The present study was designed to evaluate the anti-schistosomal effect of a methanolic and aqueous extract of Carica ...
• The Evaluation of the Effects of an Aqueous and Methanol Extracts of Solonum Incanum on Scistosoma Mansoni Infected Mice 

  Mose, John Mokua (Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, 2012-02-10)
• Physico-Clinical and Haematological Changes in Olive Baboon (Papio anubis) Model of Latent Toxoplasmosis and Toxoplasmic Encephalitis 

  John, Mokua; Muchina, Kamau David (International Journal of Primatology Research, 2020-05-07)

  Toxoplasmosis is a neglected parasitic disease caused by the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii, which infects virtually all warm blooded animals. In humans, presentation ranges from an acute asymptomatic self-limiting infection ...
• Organ Pathology and Associated IFN-γ and IL-10 Variations in Mice Infected with Toxoplasma gondii Isolate from Kenya 

  Mose, John Mokua; Kamau, David Muchina; Kagira, John Maina; Maina, Naomi; Ngotho, Maina (Web of Science, 2019-08-07)

  Toxoplasma gondii is an important foodborne opportunistic pathogen that causes a severe disease in immunocompromised patients. The pathology and immune responses associated with the ensuing disease have not been well ...
• Influence of Caregiver and Peer Support in Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy amongst HIV Positive Adolescents Attending Murang’a County Hospital 

  Mose, John Mokua (International Journal For Research In Health Sciences And Nursing, 2020-07-07)

  The number of youth and adolescent infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus is increasing globally. In 2019 alone, an estimated 460,000 young persons between 10 to 24 years globally were reported to be newly infected ...
• Determination of effective praziquantel dose in different mouse strains: BALB/c and Swiss mice in treatment of Schistosoma mansoni 

  Mose, John Mokua (Journal of Clinical Immnunology and Immunopathology Research, 2012-03-07)

  Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease, second to malaria, affecting human’s tropics and sub-tropics. The disease condition varies in severity depending on parasite species and strain, organ system infected, geographical ...
• Detection of Natural Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Chicken in Thika Region of Kenya Using Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction 

  Mose, John Mokua; Kagira, JohnMaina (BioMed Research International, 2016-09-19)

  Thedetection of Toxoplasma gondii in free-range chickens is a good indicator of possible risk to human beings.Theaimof this study was to investigate the occurrence of T. gondii in free-range chicken using polymerase chain ...
• A Review on the Present Advances on Studies of Toxoplasmosis in Eastern Africa 

  Mose, John Mokua; Kagira, John Maina; Kamau, David Muchina; Maina, Naomi Wangari; Ngotho, Maina; Karanja, Simon Muturi (BioMed Research International, 2020-07-07)

  Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent constituting 11 countries, namely, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Djibouti, The Sudan (Khartoum), and South Sudan ...
• Immunological Responses of Mice After Treatment with Ocimum Americanum Hexane and Bridelia Micrantha Water Plant Extracts 

  Waiganjo, Naomi; Yole, Dorcas; Ochanda, Horace (2016-04-13)

  Abstract : Background-The T helper 1 (TH1) and TH2 dichotomy was first shown in murine CD4+ lymphocytes clones and these cells could be differentiated in terms of the cytokines they secrete. The TH1 subsets produce ...
• Anti-Schistosomal activity of five plant extracts on Swiss white mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni 

  Waiganjo, Naomi; Yole, Dorcas; Ochanda, Horace (2016-04-13)

  Abstract : Schistosomiasis in humans is a major public health problem worldwide. Schistosomiasis occurs in 76 tropical countries and it is estimated that 85% of the infections are in Africa. In Kenya, it is estimated ...

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