Characteristics of Cinder Gravel as Road Pavement Construction Material in Meru County, Kenya

Human resource capacity for information management in selected public healthcare facilities in Meru County, Kenya

INTRODUCTION Reliable health information is essential for decision making in the healthcare system. Information management in Kenya was considered the weakest area under the Health Information System pillar mainly due to inadequate health workers capacity. The study therefore aimed at assessing health workers skills and current training needs for information management in the selected healthcar...

Addressing Determinants of Health through Intersectoral Collaboration: Fish Farming Project in South Imenti Constituency in Meru County, Kenya

A survey of plants and plant products traditionally used in livestock health management in Buuri district, Meru County, Kenya

BACKGROUND Up till now, nomadic communities in Africa have been the primary focus of ethnoveterinary research. Although mainly arable and/or mixed arable/pastoral farmers, Ameru of central Kenya are known to have a rich history of ethnoveterinary knowledge. Their collective and accumulative ethnoveterinary knowledge (EVK) is likely to be just as rich and worth documenting. The aim of the study ...

Leaching Characteristics of Recycled Asphalt Pavement: RAP May Be Suitable As a Fill Material

A procedure for stabilization/solidification of loose waste from the manufacture of Ni and Cd electrodes, which represents a nonutilizable and noncombustible hazardous waste, has been worked out. The procedure comprises solidifying the waste by means of an anionic slow-setting aqueous-asphalt emulsion with subsequent formation of an asphalt coating on the surface of solidified waste by spraying...

Toughness Performance of Recycled Aggregates for use in Road Pavement

The policy of driving organization such as Highways Agency is towards the use of performance related specifications. This policy and adoption of European wide aggregate standards on the one hand, and sustainable construction pressures on the other, all strongly emphasize on further need for more developments to specifications and performance assessment methodologies inst...