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Local Management of Tuberculosis by Traditional Medicine Practitioners in Lake Victoria Region
(2009)
Tuberculosis (TB) is now a global public health problem that has been exacerbated by the emergence of multiand
extensively-drug resistant (MDR and XDR, respectively) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. There have ...
Efficacy of 13 medicinal plants used by indigenous communities around Lake Victoria, Kenya, against tuberculosis, diarrhoea aausing bacteria and candida albicans
(2010-09)
Aims: To investigate Crude methanol extracts of 13 medicinal plants obtained through an ethnobotanical survey
against 4 strains of mycobacteria (Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. kansasii, M. fortuitum and M. smegmatis),
Salmonella ...
Indigenous knowledge of communities around Lake Victoria Basin regarding treatment and management of tuberculosis using medicinal plants
(International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 2014-01)
This survey was aimed to determine the indigenous knowledge of communities around Lake Victoria Region regarding the treatment and management of Tuberculosis. Opinion leaders suggested the names and locations of known ...
Efficiency Implications of Free Primary Education Policy on Quality of Public Day Primary Schools in Kyeni Division, Embu County, Kenya
(www.iiste.org, 2014)
The major problematique of this paper is that although major strides have been made to expand basic education in Kenya, the system exhibits high levels of inefficiency, particularly at the primary school levels. To this ...
Resource Management Strategies and Learners Academic Performance in National Examinations in Public Primary Schools in Makindu District, Makueni County, Kenya
(www.iiste.org, 2014)
The gist of the study was to examine the relationship between resource management strategies and learners academic performance in national examination in public primary schools in Makindu District, Makueni County, Kenya. ...
Teachers’ Level of Adequacy and their Effectiveness in Implementing Curriculum in Public Primary Schools in Kakamega South District, Kakamega County, Kenya
(www.iiste.org, 2014)
The gist of the study was to examine teachers’ level of adequacy and their effectiveness in implementing curriculum in public primary schools in Kakamega South District, Kakamega County Kenya. The study was premised on the ...
Performance Contracts and Service Delivery: What Is The Level of Preparedness of School Managers in Management of Secondary Schools in Makueni County, Kenya?
(www.iiste.org, 2014)
The thrust of this study was to determine the level of preparedness of school Board of Management in enforcing compliance to performance contracts in public secondary schools in Makueni County, Kenya. The objectives which ...
Methanolic extracts of Aloe secundiflora Engl. inhibits in vitro growth of tuberculosis and diarrhea-causing bacteria
(PMC, 2011-06-03)
Background:
The emergence of resistance to antimicrobials by pathogens has reached crisis levels, calling for identification of alternative means to combat diseases.
Objective:
To determine antimicrobial activity ...
Efficacy of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta root extract on slow-growing rifampicin resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(Academic Journals, 2012-02)
We report here, the results from total crude methanol extract as well as serial ether, chloroform, and
methanol extracts of the root of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl) Schltr that were screened against
three strains ...
Use of ethnobotanical criteria for conservation assessment of plants used for respiratory diseases in Lake Victoria region, Tanzania
(Academic Journals, 2011-10)
The focus of the paper was to use an ethnobotanical approach to identify for conservation, priority
medicinal plants used for respiratory diseases in Lake Victoria region of Tanzania. Recent incidences of
respiratory ...