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Women play the major role in food supply in developing countries, but too often their ability to feed their families properly is compromised; the result is high levels of food-borne disease and consequent limited access to higher-value markets. We argue that risk-based approaches - current best p...


Grace, DeliaRandolph, Thomas F.Olawoye, J.Dipelou, M.Kang'ethe, Erastus K.[Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities]Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities
Kang'ethe, Erastus K.Randolph, Thomas F.McDermott, B.Kimani, V.N.Lang'at, A.K.Kiragu, M.W.Grace, DeliaNjehu, A.N.Sinja, J.[Urban smallholder dairy production: food security option]Urban smallholder dairy production: food security option
Grace, DeliaOmore, Amos O.Kang'ethe, Erastus K.Nasinyama, G.Randolph, Thomas F.[Risk analysis: an emerging ecohealth perspective?]Risk analysis: an emerging ecohealth perspective?

BACKGROUND: In the year 2009, a study was carried out in abattoirs supplying meat in Nairobi, Kenya and its environs. Three slaughterhouses with different level of hygiene control, classified as export, improved and typical local, were selected. Three hundred cattle were tracked along the slaught...


Mwai, C.W.Kang'ethe, Erastus K.Grace, DeliaArimi, S.M.Makita, K.[Risk analysis of E. coli O157:H7 contamination of beef carcasses in slaughter houses in Nairobi, Kenya]Risk analysis of E. coli O157:H7 contamination of beef carcasses in slaughter houses in Nairobi, Kenya
Fèvre, Eric M.Woolhouse, Mark E.J.Davila, J.Grace, DeliaKang'ethe, Erastus K.Kariuki, S.Kyobutungi, C.Robinson, Timothy P.Rushton, JonathanTacoli, C.[Epidemiology, ecology and socio-economics of disease emergence in Nairobi]Epidemiology, ecology and socio-economics of disease emergence in Nairobi
Kang'ethe, Erastus K.Njehu, A.Karanja, N.Njenga, M.Gathuru, K.Karanja, A.Munyao, P.M.[Benefits and selected health risks of urban dairy production in Nakuru, Kenya.]Benefits and selected health risks of urban dairy production in Nakuru, Kenya.

Kang'ethe, Erastus K.[Capacity development through mobile technology: Lessons from ILRI’s mNutrition project]Capacity development through mobile technology: Lessons from ILRI’s mNutrition project

Aflatoxins are secondary fungal metabolites that contaminate cereals, other crops and animal source foods and are a recognized health risk. Kenya has had several outbreaks of aflatoxicosis affecting humans and pets. The aim of this study was to compare aflatoxin levels in cereals, the staple diet...


Sirma, A.J.Ouko, E.O.Murithi, G.Mburugu, C.Mapenay, I.Ombui, J.N.Kang'ethe, Erastus K.Korhonen, H.[Prevalence of aflatoxin contamination in cereals from Nandi County, Kenya]Prevalence of aflatoxin contamination in cereals from Nandi County, Kenya

Cryptosporidium parvum is an emerging disease which is of particular concern because of its ability to contaminate milk, food-crops and water sources; to persist in the environment; to survive water treatment including chlorination; and to cause serious and sometimes fatal disease in children and...


Grace, DeliaRandolph, Thomas F.Karanja, N.Kang'ethe, Erastus K.[Modular process risk models for better management of Cryptosporidium parvum - An emerging zoonotic pathogen]Modular process risk models for better management of Cryptosporidium parvum - An emerging zoonotic pathogen

OBJECTIVES: To collate and synthesize current knowledge of components of urban agriculture (UA) with a thematic emphasis on human health impact and a geographic emphasis on East Africa. DATA SOURCES: Data management followed a structured approach in which key issues were first identified and then...


Kang'ethe, Erastus K.Grace, DeliaRandolph, Thomas F.[Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: Definition, impacts on human health, constraints and policy issues]Overview on urban and peri-urban agriculture: Definition, impacts on human health, constraints and policy issues

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