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BARRIERS TO UPTAKE OF FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE (18-45 YEARS) IN MFANGANO ISLAND, HOMABAY COUNTY, KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-05-07)Family Planning (FP) is voluntary prevention of pregnancy and it entails the interruption of a chain of events that leads to conception. Family planning is important because it helps reduce the Total Fertility Rate (TFR), ... -
BIOENGINEERING OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM SPECIFIC MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES FOR ENHANCED NEUTROPHIL FUNCTION
(Pwani University, 2022-10-17)Introduction: Malaria remains a major public health concern. In the last two decades, malaria control strategies have significantly reduced the global disease burden. However, these malaria control gains have recently ... -
BIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF ARTIFICIAL INCUBATION AND BROODING FOR INDIGENOUS CHICKEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM IN KILIFI COUNTY, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2020-09-23)Consistent supply of indigenous chicken (IC) products has been lacking in the industry with farmers unable to keep up with the normal consumer/market demands in Kilifi and the country at large. Optimization of indigenous ... -
BIOMARKERS OF LATE POST-DISCHARGE MORTALITY AMONG CHILDREN TREATED FOR COMPLICATED SEVERE MALNUTRITION
(Pwani University, 2022-02-17)Introduction: Despite strict adherence to the WHO guidelines, children with complicated severe malnutrition (CSM) have high mortality rates following discharge from hospital but the underlying mechanisms amenable to ... -
THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN POST-APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA: A WOMANIST READING OF KOPANO MATLWA’S NOVELS, COCONUT AND PERIOD PAIN
(Pwani University, 2022-09-13)This study entails a womanist reading of Kopano Matlwa’s novels, Coconut (2007) and Period Pain (2016). It analyzes how the author projects the black experience in post-apartheid South Africa from a womanist perspective ... -
BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING AS A TOOL FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: A SURVEY OF CEMENT MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN KENYA
(Pwani University, 2017-03)The business environment in any industry has a lot of challenges resulting from competitive pressure which is growing at an ever faster pace due to growing customer expectation, globalization and technological development. ... -
CARBON SEQUESTRATION IN THE SEAGRASS MEADOWS OF MALINDI MARINE PARK AND RESERVE, KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-07-12)Seagrass meadows are efficient carbon dioxide (CO2) sinks sequestering about 10% of the annual organic carbon (Corg) burial in the global oceans. Corg sequestered by seagrass beds in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in ... -
CD4 T Cell Responses to a Variant Antigen of the Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum, Erythrocyte Membrane Protein–1, in Individuals Living in Malaria-Endemic Areas
(Infectious Diseases, 2002)Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein–1 (PfEMP-1) is a variant antigen on the surface of malaria-infected red blood cells. Antibody responses to PfEMP-1 correlate with immunity, and, therefore, PfEMP-1 may ... -
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMMON MADRASA CURRICULUM FOR NURSERY, PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE LEVELS IN KILIFI NORTH AND KILIFI SOUTH SUB COUNTIES
(Pwani University, 2022-08-13)Madrasas and chuo have been playing significant roles as Muslim learning institutions in Kilifi North and Kilifi South sub counties for the last seventy years. In this period, madrasas operated under different curriculum ... -
CHALLENGES OF MOTHERS BEARING CHILDREN WITH HYDROCEPHALUS: A CASE STUDY OF MOMBASA COUNTY, KENYA
(pwani university, 2022-11-14)Caregiving serves as an important part of the development of human beings. Significant to note is that Africa’s informal care backbone is formed by mothers. Despite the disadvantages of resources, mothers give proficient ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF AFLATOXIN-PRODUCING ASPERGILLUS SPECIES IN CASHEW NUTS COLLECTED FROM THE COASTAL REGION OF KENYA
(Pwani University, 2022-12-13)Cashew trees (Anacardium occidentale) are among the main cash crops in coastal Kenya grown for their nut and apples. Cashew nuts have a high nutritional value which makes them highly susceptible to fungal growth and mold ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF FISHERIES RESOURCES IN WATER RESERVOIRS OF THE SOLAR SALTWORKS IN UNGWANA BAY, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2016-07)The reservoirs of the salt works in Magarini Constituency within Ungwana Bay, Kenya support livelihoods of local fishers and fish traders in the area. However, despite this importance, information about their fisheries ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF FISHERY RESOURCES AND IMPACTS OF ARTISANAL FISHING ON SEAGRASS MEADOWS OF GAZI BAY, SOUTH COAST, KENYA
(Pwani University, 2019-09-28)isheries resources are critical to coastal communities livelihoods, providing food and income. The exploitation of fisheries resources in the tropics is mainly small-scale in nature characterized by being multi-species and ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMAN MILK PROTEOME AND DETERMINATION OF FACTORS UNDERLYING GROWTH AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS AMONG INFANTS HOSPITALIZED WITH ACUTE ILLNESS
(PWANI UNIVERSITY, 2023-11-24)There have been significant efforts to reduce childhood deaths such as increased access to health care, childhood vaccination, better hygiene and sanitation, and improved nutrition. Despite these efforts infants and ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF IONOSPHERIC DYNAMICS OVER THE EAST AFRICAN DIP EQUATORIAL REGION USING GPS-DERIVED TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT.
(2015-03-18)The structure of electron density in the ionosphere and ionospheric irregularities can be monitored using Global Position System (GPS) in near real time. Compared to other observation techniques, GPS satellites offers a ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SMALL-SCALE TUNA FISHERY IN KENYA
(Pwani Unversity, 2017-05-09)una are marine fish that belong to the family Scombridae. Worldwide, they provide major source of income, food and livelihood to the coastal fishing communities. They are widely distributed in tropical waters with vast ... -
CHLOROPHYLL FLUORESCENCE TO SCORE FINGER MILLET BLAST DISEASE USING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL IN EASTERN AFRICA
(PWANI UNIVERSITY, 2023-10-24)Finger millet blast disease caused by filamentous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is the most economically significant constraint to finger millet production worldwide causing up to 90% of yield losses. Visual identification ... -
CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PWL1 AND PWL2 HOST-SPECIES SPECIFICITY GENES OF THE FINGER MILLET BLAST PATHOGEN, MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE
(Pwani University, 2020-12-02)Blast disease, caused by the filamentous ascomycete fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae, is the most devastating disease affecting finger millet (Eleusine coracana subsp. coracana) production in eastern Africa. The fungus also ... -
CLONING, EXPRESSION AND IMMUNOLOGICAL SCREENING OF DENGUE VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN CONSTRUCTS
(Pwani University, 2022-03-17)Dengue virus (DENV) infects humans by causing mild fever and sometimes, advances to severe haemorrhagic fever characterized by capillary leakage. The mosquito vector Aedes aegypti is found predominantly in the tropical ... -
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF NATURALLY ACQUIRED AND VACCINE INDUCED RIFT VALLEY FEVER ANTIBODY LEVELS IN LIVESTOC
(Pwani University, 2024-07-03)Rift Valley Fever (RVF) is a viral zoonosis that is spread by mosquitoes and majorly affects livestock causing high abortion rates among gestating animals and death in neonates. However, the disease can spill over to ...