• Rapid situational assessment of people who inject drugs (PWID) in Nairobi and coastal regions of Kenya: a respondent driven sampling survey 

  Oguya, FRANCIS; Kenya, Patrick R.; Ongecha, Francisca; Mureithi, Patrick (BMC Public Health, 2021)

  Background: A Cross-sectional Rapid Situational Assessment of People Who Inject Drug (PWIDs) applying Respondent Driven sampling techniques (RDS) was used to recruit subjects/participants in a study aimed at assessing HIV ...
• Focusing the HIV response through estimating the major modes of HIV transmission: a multi-country analysis 

  Oguya (2015-09-15)

  Objective An increasing number of countries have been estimating the distribution of new adult HIV infections by modes of transmission (MOT) to help prioritise prevention efforts. We compare results from studies ...
• Randomized Control Trial Study On The Effect Of Health Education In Promoting Adherence To Treatment Among The Urban And Rural Tuberculosis Patients In Kenya 

  Oguya, FRANCIS OCHIENG; Mbuti, Humphrey Kimani; Mwaniki, Elizabeth; Warutere, Peterson (RESEARCH SQUARE, 2020-11-18)

  Background: Tuberculosis is a global health concern and the incident rate in Kenya remains high. Because of the long duration of standard treatment (six months), there is a risk of treatment default by patients. Low adherence ...
• Social Demographic Factors Associated with Adherence to Treatment Among Urban and Rural Tuberculosis Patients in Kenya. 

  Oguya, Francis; Mbuti, Humphrey; Mwaniki, Elizabeth (International Journal of Medical Science and Health Research, 2020)

  Background: Tuberculosis is a Global Public Health concern with serious Economic and Social Burden to the Patient and the Household. Because of the long duration of Standard Treatment there is a Risk of Treatment Default ...
• Demographic Factors Associated with Health-Related Quality of Life Among Urban and Rural Tuberculosis Patients in Kenya 

  Oguya, Francis; Mbuti, Humphrey; Mwaniki, Elizabeth (Bilingual Publishing, 2019-12-31)

  Background: Tuberculosis is one of the deadliest and disabling diseases in the world today. The infection exacts its greatest toll on individuals during their most productive years. TB patients record different perceived ...
• Factors associated with default from treatment among tuberculosis patients in Nairobi province, Kenya: A case control study 

  Oguya, Francis; Keraka, Margaret N; Kimuu, Peter K (BMC Public Health, 2011)

  Background: Successful treatment of tuberculosis (TB) involves taking anti-tuberculosis drugs for at least six months. Poor adherence to treatment means patients remain infectious for longer, are more likely to relapse or ...
• Rapid situational assessment of people who inject drugs (PWID) in Nairobi and coastal regions of Kenya: a respondent driven sampling survey 

  Oguya, Francis O.; Kenya, Patrick R.; Ongecha, Francisca; Mureithi, Patrick (BMC Public Health, 2021)

  Background: A Cross-sectional Rapid Situational Assessment of People Who Inject Drug (PWIDs) applying Respondent Driven sampling techniques (RDS) was used to recruit subjects/participants in a study aimed at assessing HIV ...
• 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 ...
• Phytochemical analysis of the selected five plant extracts 

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

  Abstract Herbal medicine is still the mainstay of about 75 - 80% of the whole population, and the major part of traditional therapy involves the use of plant extracts and their active constituents. Plants were collected, ...
• Development and Comparison of Capture Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Indirect Immunofluorescent Test in Determination of Nairobi Sheep Disease Virus. 

  Waiganjo, Naomi; Nganga, Zipporah; Binepal, Yatinder (2016-04-13)

  Abstract The diagnosis of Nairobi Sheep Disease relies on the inoculation of tissue culture, Baby Hamster kidney (BHK-21), with suspensions of infected samples followed by identification of the virus using indirect ...
• Obesity and Factors that Contribute to Obesity among Pre- Adolescents Attending Day Private Primary Schools in Nairobi, Kenya 

  Malla, Janet Kajuju; Waudo, Prof. Judith; Kithinji, Dr. Ciriaka T. (2015-09-15)

  Obesity is a diet-related condition and it refers to an abnormally high proportion of body fat. Various studies carried out in the United States reveal that obesity stems right from childhood. Childhood obesity is the ...
• Snacking and its effect on nutritional status of adolescents in two national high schools in Nairobi Kenya 

  Nguu-Gutu, Catherine Muthoni; Imungi, Jasper K.; Ngatia, Edith M. (2015-09-15)

  Snacking is defined as any intake of food or energy-containing beverage outside of breakfast, lunch and dinner (Bellisle, 2007). Previous studies have shown that snacking among adolescents is most common in the afternoon ...
• Obesity and Factors that Contribute to Obesity among Pre- Adolescents Attending Day Private Primary Schools in Nairobi, Kenya 

  Malla, Janet Kajuju; Waudo, Prof. Judith; Kithinji, Dr. Ciriaka T. (2015-09-01)

  Obesity is a diet-related condition and it refers to an abnormally high proportion of body fat. Various studies carried out in the United States reveal that obesity stems right from childhood. Childhood obesity is the most ...
• SIMULATED MODELING: CONTRASTING Ca/Mg AND Mn+-NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER COMPETITIVE COMPLEXATION IN WATER 

  Mbugua, John (2015-07-20)

  Complexing capacities of calcium and magnesium with natural organic matter (NOM)/selected organic chelating agents, in the presence and absence of other major and trace cations in water,were studied by anodic and cathodic ...
• Reactive-transport modeling of fly ash–water–brines interactions from laboratory-scale column studies 

  Mbugua, John (2015-07-20)

  Dynamic leaching tests are important studies that provide more insights into time-dependent leaching mechanisms of any given solid waste. Hydrogeochemical modeling using PHREEQC was applied for column modeling of two ash ...
• Application of hydrogeochemical modelling in simulating the transportation of elements in fly ash heap under different disposal systems in South Africa 

  Mbugua, John (2015-07-20)

  Ash heap modelling of South African fly ash from Tutuka was carried out and the duration of transportation projected for 20 years based on two disposal scenarios, namely; irrigation of ash with rainwater, and irrigation ...
• The extent of nutrient removal by wastewater treatment plants along the Nyalenda Wigwa Stream and the River Kisat (Kenya) 

  Ongeri, DMK; Ogoche, IJ; Chepkui, R; Lalah, Joseph O; Kiema, F (2013)
• Declining commercial fish catches in Lake Victoria's Winam Gulf: The importance of restructuring Kenya's aquaculture programme 

  Omwoma, Solomon; Owuor, Philip O; Ongeri, David MK; Umani, Moses; Lalah, Joseph O; Schramm, Karl-Werner (2014)

  The total weight of commercial fish (metric tons) caught in the Winam Gulf area of Lake Victoria in Kenya declined from 3300 mt to 760 mt between 1995 and 2009. Associated with this decline, and ranked in descending order, ...
• Impact of Agronomic Inputs in Sugarcane Farming on Total Heavy Metal Levels in Aquatic Ecosystems and Soils within Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya. 

  Omwoma, S; Lalah, JO; Ongeri, DMK; Schramm, Karl-Werner (Springer, 2014)

  Sugarcane farming is the most important cash crop cultivation activity in the Lake Victoria basin of Kenya practised in an area covering approximately 114,000 Ha in total. For better yields, various agronomic inputs including ...

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