Publications by authors named "T Njoroge"
Since 2011, extended care paramedics in South Australia have collaborated with palliative care services to deliver successful palliative and end of life care. However, a gap in paramedic training was identified with a growing number of patients opting for home palliation, prompting the development of a 2021 education program by the South Australian Ambulance Service in partnership with Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach, to equip paramedics with enhanced skills and resources for effective palliative care in the community. To qualitatively evaluate the effectiveness of the education program provided to paramedics by exploring their subjective experience in providing palliative care within the community following the education program.
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- Pneumonia is a major health issue for children, leading to significant illness and hospital re-admissions, which may reveal missed care opportunities or underlying health problems.
- A study in Kenya assessed over 20,000 hospitalized children with severe pneumonia, finding that 11% were readmitted, with notable risk factors including age, malnutrition, and existing neurological disorders.
- Readmitted children underwent more extensive testing and treatment, yet the inpatient mortality rates were similar between first-time and readmitted patients, suggesting continuous care challenges even after initial hospitalization.
Container aquatic habitats host a community of aquatic insects, primarily mosquito larvae that browse on container surface microbial biofilm and filter-feed on microorganisms in the water column. We examined how the bacterial communities in these habitats respond to feeding by larvae of two container-dwelling mosquito species, and . We also investigated how the microbiota of these larvae is impacted by intra- and interspecific interactions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEco-friendly new mosquito control innovations are critical for the ongoing success of global mosquito control programs. In this study, Sh.463_56.
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- G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are promising targets for insecticides, and RNA interference (RNAi) technology could allow the creation of safe pesticides that only affect specific pests like mosquitoes.
- The study focused on developing a yeast strain, 5-HTR.426, that uses RNAi to silence a specific serotonin receptor gene in mosquitoes, which could kill them without harming beneficial non-target species.
- Experimental results showed that consuming this yeast led to significant mortality in various mosquito species while causing neural defects, but it remained safe for other insects, indicating the potential for RNAi-based mosquito control in future applications.