ABSTRACT Postpartum hemorrhage is the cumulative blood loss of about 500 milliliters in a spontaneous vagina delivery and approximately 1,000 milliliters for cesarean section birth and is one of the leading causes of ...

Despite the globally acclaimed efficacy of the disease classification systems as a tool for health planning, reporting and reimbursement, not enough emphasis is laid on the quality of disease coding by the forerunners ...

There have been major efforts to introduce and promote organic based technologies among the smallholder farmers to address low and declining soil fertility. Despite these efforts, adoption of these organic based technologies ...

Since independence, land disputes have been a major source of conflict in Kenya. Land disputes have an ethnic component. Land conflicts can even arise amongst members of the same family or clan. Between 1998 and 2008, ...

The problematic of famines is not new to African communities; African communities have overtime, experienced frequent famines with varying degrees of coping mechanisms. The long history of pre-colonial and colonial communities ...

Tree tomato (Solanum betaceum Cav.) is an important fruit in Kenya whose popularity is growing among farmers and consumers due to its high potential as an income earner and health benefits. Plant parasitic nematodes (PPNs) ...

Northern Leaf Blight (NLB) also known as Turcicum Leaf Blight (TLB) is a foliar disease of maize caused by Exserohilum turcicum. It is a great challenge in many maize production regions worldwide. It has a growing season ...

Achieving food security globally has been curtailed by several factors including water scarcity, nutrient mining, limiting land resource and climate change. Nevertheless, irrigation under greenhouse farming has been confirmed ...

Researchers are expected to keep participants’ data in a highly confidential and private manner. A study conducted in Kenya in 2014 revealed that the research stakeholders face different challenges relating to the sharing ...

Sabatia constituency is the most densely populated of the five constituencies in Vihiga County with an ever increasing pressure on land. This has led to uneconomical subdivision of land leading to poverty, poor land use, ...