BACKGROUND Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the major communicable diseases afflicting mankind today. Its prevalence is increasing with increase in HIV infection. It is important that doctors be able to correctly diagnose and institute proper management of patients with TB. OBJECTIVES To determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of private medical practitioners in Eldoret on the mana...

Breastfeeding behaviour is explored in Kenya using data collected in the town of Eldoret, Kenya. This paper specifically examines duration of exclusive breastfeeding among young mothers below 20 years of age as compared to older cohorts. Additionally, focus is laid on the effect of first time motherhood and breastfeeding difficulties on exclusive breastfeeding. Results show that Eldoret mothers...

a MRC/UCT Human Genetics Research Unit, Division of Human Genetics, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa b Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa c Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, Cape Town, South Africa d Progra...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of self-reported attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms among university students in Eldoret, Kenya. DESIGN A cross-sectional descriptive study of all students who gave consent to participate in the study. SETTING Moi University's Town Campus, comprising the Schools of Medicine, Dentistry and Public Health. SUBJECTS Four hundred ...

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to find out influence strategic corporate social responsibility on performance textile industry in Eldoret Town. specifically centered establishing environmental responsibility, ethical economic and philanthropic guided by Stakeholder Theory, Resource-Based Legitimacy Theory Institutional Theory.
 Methodology: A descriptive research design employed stu...

OBJECTIVE To examine the interaction of temperament and environment and how these impact on the psychological function of street children and non-street children in Eldoret Kenya. METHOD This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Eldoret town. A Revised Dimensions of Temperament Survey (DOTS-R) a 54 item, factor-analytically-developed self-report instrument that measures nine temperament d...

1 Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States, 2 Department of Horticulture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States, 3 U.S. Salinity Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Riverside, CA, United States, 4 Department of Seed, Crop and Horticultural Sciences, University of Eldoret...

Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Switzerland, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Programme PAC-CI, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Epidemiology Branch, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA, Morogoro Regional Hospital, Morogo...