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Bacteroides Microbial Source Tracking Markers Perform Poorly in Predicting Enterobacteriaceae and Enteric Pathogen Contamination of Cow Milk Products and Milk Containing Infant Food

Tsai, K.; Hoffmann, V.; Simiyu, S.; Cumming, O.; Borsay, G.; Baker, K. K. (National Library of MedicineSemantic Scholar, 2022)

Consumption of microbiologically contaminated food is one of the leading causes of diarrheal diseases. Understanding the source of enteric pathogens in food is important to guide effective interventions. Enterobacteriaceae ...

Characterization of Healthy Housing in Africa: Method, Profiles, and Determinants

Iddi, S.; Muindi, K.; Gitau, H.; Mberu, B. (National Library of MedicineSpringer, 2022)

Housing is a key social determinant of health with implications for both physical and mental health. The measurement of healthy housing and studies characterizing the same in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are uncommon. This ...

Co-creation and Self-Evaluation of Informal Social Accountability Mechanism Process in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Services Delivery in Childcare Centers in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements

Chumo, I.; Kabaria, C.; Elsey, H.; Ozano, K.; Phillips-Howard, P.; Mberu, B. (National Library of MedicineReserchGate, 2022)

Background: Accountability strategies are expected to enhance access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) service delivery in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC). Conventional formal social accountability mechanisms ...

Effects of Social Determinants on Children’s Health in Informal Settlements in Bangladesh and Kenya Through an Intersectionality Lens

Kibuchi, E.; Barua, P.; Chumo, I.; Siqueira, N.; Phillips-Howard, P.; Mithu, I. H.; Kabaria, C.; Quayyum, Z.; Whittaker, L.; Dean, L.; Forsyth, R.; Selim, T.; Aktar, B.; Sai, V.; Garimella, S.; Saidu, S.; Gandi, I.; Lakshmi, J. K.; Mberu, B.; Elsey, H.; Leyland, A.; Gray, L. (National Library of MedicineBMJ Open, 2022)

Introduction: Several studies have shown that residents of urban informal settlements/slums are usually excluded and marginalised from formal social systems and structures of power leading to disproportionally worse health ...

Implementation of Solid Waste Management Policies in Kenya: Challenges and Opportunities

Amugsi, D. A.; Muindi, K.; Mberu, B. U. (Taylor and FrancisReserchGate, 2022)

The increasing volume and complexity of municipal solid waste associated with the modern economy and rapid urbanisation are increasing concern worldwide. The management of MSW has become a severe problem for governments, ...

Implications of COVID-19 for Safeguarding in International Development Research: Learning, Action and Reflection From a Research Hub

Mansaray, B.; Dean, L.; Tubb, P.; Lakshmi, J. K.; Okoth, L.; Chumo, I.; Wairutu, J.; Klinge, A.; Manzoor, F.; Aktar, B.; Garimella, S.; Murthy, S.; Tolhurst, R.; Whittaker, L.; Gray, L.; Forsyth, R.; Elsey, H.; Waldman, L.; Theobald, S. (National Library of MedicineBMJ Open, 2022)

COVID-19 brings uncertainties and new precarities for communities and researchers, altering and amplifying relational vulnerabilities (vulnerabilities which emerge from relationships of unequal power and place those less ...

Informal Social Accountability Mechanisms for Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) in Childcare Centres in Nairobi City County’s Informal Settlements

Chumo, I.; Kabaria, C.; Muindi, K.; Elsey, H.; Phillips-Howard, P. A.; Mberu, B. (Science DirectSemantic Scholar, 2022)

Social accountability for water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services is a critical component to realising child rights to WASH services by the urban poor, more so in childcare centres. Despite the existence of discrete ...

Milk Product Safety and Household Food Hygiene Influence Bacterial Contamination of Infant Food in Peri-Urban Kenya

Hoffmann, V.; Simiyu, S.; Sewell, D. K.; Tsai, K.; Cumming, O.; Mumma, J.; Baker, K. K. (National Library of Medicine|Frontiers, 2022)

Background: Milk is a common infant food in peri-urban Kenya that can transmit diarrhea-causing enteric pathogens. Little is known about how contamination of milk at point of purchase and household handling of milk-based ...

Persistence of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in Two Kenyan Communities: What Can We Learn From Change That Falls Short of Abandonment?

Matanda, D. J.; Kabiru, C. W.; Okondo, C.; Shell-Duncan, B. (National Library of MedicineReserchGate, 2022)

Literature on dynamics of change in female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) portray two common but conflicting views. On one side, FGM/C is seen as static and deeply entrenched, with parents lacking agency to interpret ...

Prevalence and Social Risk Factors of Functional Limitations Among Slum-Dwelling Older Adults: Findings From the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System

Gyasi, R. M.; Aboderin, I.; Asiki, G. (National Library of MedicineSage Journals, 2022)

Objective: In this study, we investigate the patterns and the risk factors of functional limitations in a sample of 1323 slum-dwelling older adults in Kenya who participated in the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic ...