Involvement Of Community Health Volunteers In Tb Advocacy, Communication And Social Mobilization In Informal Settlements Of Kibera, Nairobi | | Researchjournali's Journal Of Public Health | Nov,2017 premium
Kenya is ranked 15th among the 22 high Tuberculosis burden countries. Slum residents in Nairobi experience a high mortality burden (50%) mainly caused by TB and HIV and AIDS. Despite Community Health Volunteers being largely utilized in the Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization strategy for TB prevention and control, there
Reproductive Health Needs Of Hiv Infected Women In Relation To Their Fertility Desires And Intentions At Six Hospitals In Nyanza And Central Regions Of Kenya | | Researchjournali's Journal Of Public Health | Nov,2017
Women of reproductive age living with HIV face unique challenges with regard to their reproductive health and partner relations; to ensure their optimal sexual and reproductive health, it is important to address their contraception, and fertility needs. A paucity of knowledge on reproductive health needs of this group in relation
The Curse Of Remoteness: What African Governments Should Do About Their Forgotten Regions | | Researchjournali's Journal Of Public Policy | Nov,2017
The paper looks at the notion of "remoteness" – generally understood to refer to inaccessible places, in both developed and developing countries – and its impacts on policy and development. It concentrates on three case studies (northern Kenya, southern Tanzania and the Niger Delta in Nigeria), which have been geographically
Assessing The Level Of Beneficiaries’ Awareness Of Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (leap) Conditionalities In Nandom District Of The Upper West Region Of Ghana | | Researchjournali's Journal Of Public Policy | Nov,2017 premium
The Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme has been operational in the Nandom District since 2008 and it is excepted to reduce vulnerability among the ultra-poor due to its embedded conditionalities of which beneficiaries are supposed to adhere to. The study therefore examined the level of LEAP conditionalities awareness among
Socio-economic Factors Influencing Household Postharvest Cereal Loss In Wikililye Location Of Kitui County | | Researchjournali's Journal Of Sociology | Nov,2017 premium
The study was conducted to elucidate the influence of socio-economic factors on household postharvest cereal loss in Wikililye location of Kitui County. This cross sectional study was conducted on 343 households, who were selected using population proportional to size sampling method. To collect quantitative data, a questionnaire was administered through
Comfirmatory Factor Analysis Of The Variables In Driving School Standardization Programme (dssp) Of The Federal Road Safety Commission, Nigeria | | Researchjournali's Journal Of Technology Management | Nov,2017
This paper examines the driving school standardization programme (DSSP) and recommends how to improve the safety of the roads in Nigeria. Hence, the driving school should pay greater attention to these latent variables among other variables of the DSSP. Responses to the twenty-eight variables investigated for the factors affecting the
The Challenges Of Adopting And Implementing Ifrs For Smes In Ghana: The Case Of Smes In The Kumasi Metropolis | | Researchjournali's Journal Of Accounting | Oct,2017 premium
The study examined the challenges of adopting and implementing International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) among SMES in the Kumasi Metropolis. Specifically, the study explored the extent of IFRS for SMEs adoption and implementation among SMEs and the challenges of IFRS for SMEs adoption and implementation among SMEs in the Kumasi
Proximate, Antinutritional And Mineral Composition Of Some Pasture Plants Growing In Vom, Nigeria | | Researchjournali's Journal Of Agriculture | Oct,2017
The growing human and livestock population in many developing countries has led to competition for arable land between farmers and livestock keepers. This has led to clashes in many communities and necessitated the call for solution to the problems. Among the methods suggested to ease the problem is the establishment
Effect Of Heat Stress On Seed Production Of Some Sorghum Varieties Under Irrigation In Northern Nigeria | | Researchjournali's Journal Of Agriculture | Oct,2017
Exposure of sorghum (sorghum bicolor) during flowering time for a period of 10-15 days to high temperature stress (>36-38oC) reduced pollen germination, failure of fertilization and flower abortion. Several improved varieties of sorghum have recently been released for the Sudan and Sahel zones of Nigeria, with their dissemination limited by
Econometic Analysis Of Cassava Production In Igbo Etche Community In Etche Local Government Area Rivers State, Nigeria | | Researchjournali's Journal Of Agriculture | Oct,2017
This study focused on econometric analysis of cassava production in Igbo Etche community in Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State, Nigeria, using descriptive statistics and linear regression analysis. The study was carried out in seven communities of Igbo Etche clan, using cross sectional data obtained from 102 cassava farmers applying