This study applied the Theory of Planned Behavior model in predicting dietary behavior among Type 2 diabetics in a Kenyan environment. The study was conducted for three months within the diabetic clinic at Kisii Hospital in Nyanza Province in Kenya and adopted sequential mixed methods design combing both qualitative and quantitative phases. Qualitative data was analyzed using grounded theory an...

Quantitative data on the onset and evolution of malaria epidemics are scarce. We review case studies from recent African Plasmodium falciparum epidemics (Kisii and Gucha Districts, Kenya, 1999; Kayanza Province, Burundi, 2000-2001; Aweil East, southern Sudan, 2003; Gutten and Damot Gale, Ethiopia, 2003-2004). We highlight possible epidemic risk factors and review delays in epidemic detection an...

Ruud Hortensius , David Terburg , Barak Morgan , Dan J. Stein , Jack van Honk b,c,g and Beatrice de Gelder a,b,* a Brain and Emotion Laboratory, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands b Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, University of Cape Town, J-Block, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Af...

CODE OF ORDINANCES TOWN OF DAVIDSON, NORTH CAROLINA ________ Published by Order of the Board of Commissioners ________ Adopted February 13, 2001 Effective February 13, 2001 ________ Published by Municipal Code Corporation Tallahassee, Florida 2000 OFFICIALS of the TOWN OF DAVIDSON, NORTH CAROLINA AT THE TIME OF THIS CODIFICATION ________ Randall R. Kincaid Mayor ________ Garfield Carr Bruce McM...

Little is known about the relationship between town size and physical activity levels. A representative population sample survey was used to identify activity and environmental barrier differences between residents in diverse town sizes (n=7916). Binary logistic regression analysis identified residents in large cities (>100,000 people) were 15% less likely to be sedentary for overall activity c...

With the development of urbanization, the construction of town informationization is becoming more and more urgent and important in China. At present, the consciousness of town informationization is not deep; the information application is not of large scale; information-based talents are not enough and the information industry is of low level. Besides, lots of towns don’t know what to do and h...

2015 Vol 7 No 1 South Afr J Gynaecol Oncol Elhassan MMA,1 FCRadOnc, MMedRadOnc, Radiation Oncologist Wu H-T,2 FCPathAnat, MMed, Senior Consultant Van Wijk AL,3 FFRAD(T), Senior Consultant Radiation Oncology Department, National Cancer Institute, University of Gezira, Wad Madani, Sudan Department of Anatomical Pathology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town National Health Laboratory Service, Groo...

1​ Gene Expression & Biophysics Group, CSIR Synthetic Biology ERA, Pretoria, 0001, South Africa. 2​ Institute of Infectious Diseases & Molecular Medicine (IDM), Division of Chemical Systems & Synthetic Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa. 3​ KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for TB-HIV (K-RITH), Durban, 4001, South Africa. 4​ University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 404...

Banana (Musa acuminate L) is the world’s most widely known and distributed fruit a great contributor to food security in developing world. However, many limiting factors affect banana farming, which cut across sociodemographic agronomic management practices. The current study was carried three counties, including Kisii, Nyamira, Embu. aimed assess practices, production practices (main cultivars...

Sixty organic and aqueous extracts of eleven plants used for the control of malaria by local communities in Kisii District, Kenya were screened for in vitro anti-plasmodial activity. The plants selection was based on existing ethnobotanical information and interviews with local communities. The extracts were tested against chloroquine sensitive and resistant laboratory adapted strains of Plasmo...