Observational study links shared toilets and persistent fever to typhoid in Nairobi
An observational study of 8,950 symptomatic patients in Nairobi found that persistent fever, shared flush-toilet use, dehydration, older age and ...
Tag: Kenya
New Dung Fungus From Kenya Yields Novel Alkaloid With Antibacterial and Anticancer Potential
A newly described coprophilous fungus from Kenyan cow dung, Schizothecium keniense, produces the novel alkaloid pyrrospirone Z and other decahydrofluorene ...
Why PhD Students in Rwanda Finish Faster Than Peers in Kenya and Ethiopia
A comparative study of Kenya, Rwanda, and Ethiopia finds that institutional support, supervision quality, and funding, not enrolment growth alone, ...
Whole-genome sequencing exposes hidden isoniazid resistance in western Kenya’s tuberculosis strains
Whole-genome sequencing of tuberculosis isolates from twelve Kenyan counties shows isoniazid-resistant, rifampicin-susceptible TB is the leading resistance pattern and reveals ...
Heat, Drought and the Pastoralist’s Dilemma Grip East Africa’s Herders
A new review finds rising temperature-humidity indices and erratic rainfall are cutting milk yields, fertility and herd survival across Tanzania, ...
Unemployment and Low Education Raise Dropout Risk in Kenya’s Methadone Clinics
A retrospective study of 443 methadone clients in Mombasa, Kenya, found that unemployment, lack of formal education, and non-injecting heroin ...
How Mobile Phones and Citizen Journalists Rewired Environmental Reporting in Rural Kenya
The transformation observed in Baringo County between 2010 and 2015 cannot be fully appreciated without situating it within the broader ...
Kenyan Smallholders Reveal Seven Distinct States on the Regenerative Agriculture Continuum
A mixed-methods study of 949 farmers in Makueni and Kirinyaga counties shows that regenerative agriculture engagement is far more heterogeneous ...
Pastoralist Women Redefine One Health Through Care in Kenya’s Drylands
A participatory mapping study in Turkana County, Kenya, shows pastoralist women conceptualize One Health through embodied labor and care while ...
Community Health Workers Deliver Brief Group Therapy That Keeps Depressed Kenyan Teens in Care
A pilot randomized controlled trial in Nairobi found that a task-shifted, four-session group interpersonal therapy model delivered by community health ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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