Abstract Digital signal transmission with its high level of immunity to signal impairments has found a wide application in communication. With the much benefits to the government and consumers, digital migration came forcefully by June 2015 inspired by analogue regime limitations. However, the shift came with its challenges with high rate of unemployment, high cost of living and inflation levels in Kenya. Most people are struggling to acquire the costly compliant digital TV sets or buying th...
ABSTRACT Stem rust of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) caused by Puccinia graminis f.sp. tritici had been controlled globally through the use of resistant varieties. However, the emergence of a new and more virulent race Ug99 (designated TTKSK) and its variants reversed these gains. The objectives of this study therefore were: to assess the progress in using adult plant resistance (APR) in controlling stem rust in CIMMYT wheat lines and to evaluate CIMMYT wheat lines for seedling and adult plant ...
ABSTRACT Milk has been known to be highly nutritive ad thus a good medium for bacteria growth and vehicles for transmission of food borne infection. A total of 16 samples of different brands of bagged milk obtained from some selected markets within Kaduna metropolis were analyzed for the occurrence of bacteria using pour plate method on selective media. The total aerobic count ranged from 4.0 x 103 to 2.8 x 106. The result obtained showed that bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus) in bagged milk a...
ABSTRACT Use of mobile phones in the neonatal intensive care unit by healthcare workers can lead to contamination and spread of healthcare associated infections among hospitalized neonates. An understanding of dynamics of mobile phone usage as well as contaminating bacteria forms an important step in developing infection control strategies to regulate its use in clinical areas of the neonatal intensive care unit. Methods: I conducted a cross-sectional study to assess mobile phone use, at...
ABSTRACT Introduction: More than five million newborns are stillborn or die within the first 7 days of life each year globally. In Ghana prematurity, low birth weight, multiple births, birth complications and first order pregnancies are known to be major determinants of perinatal deaths. However it is unclear what the major contributors to perinatal mortality in the Tema Metropolis are. This study was conducted to assess the determinants of perinatal mortality in the Tema Metropolis in the Gr...
ABSTRACT:This study was set t find out the HIV/AIDS awareness in Chelalang sub - locationCheburbur location, Uasinguishu District Kenya a descriptive survey design, using bothquantitative and qualitative data. teenage girls were the main respondents of this study.Convenience sampling was used to select the teenage girls of different ages from 10-20years respectively who answered the questionnaires. Frequency counts and relativefrequency were used to analyze the data from the questionnaires. T...
ABSTRACTMalnutrition is pandemic and affects millions of people around the world and in Uganda, malnutrition contributes to about 60% of child mortality (USAID, 2010).According to the 2011 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey, 33% children were found stunted and only 6% of the children aged 6 to 23 months were fed appropriately based on the recommended infant and young child feeding practices.This research is therefore aimed at assessing the prevalence of malnutrition, establish factors assoc...
Abstract Background: Nigeria has the largest paediatric HIV-infected population in the world. Missed op- portunities for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) compromise efforts at eliminating new pediatric HIV infections. Methods: Six hundred children, aged < 15 years, pre- senting to the pediatric units of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan Southwest Nigeria between June to December 2007 were studied. The demographics, HIV status and socioeconomic status of ...
ABSTRACT Background: The pneumococcus is carried as a normal flora of the upper respiratory tract and carriage is the precursor for development of pneumococcal disease, and is also responsible for pneumococcal transmission from person-to-person. HIV positive children have about forty times greater risk of invasive pneumococcal disease compared to healthy children. In Africa, little is known about the pneumococcus in relation to people with HIV infection. Aim: The aim of the study was to inv...