The Community Based Action Oriented Research
.jpg) Dr.
Abong'o B.O
Co-ordinator Research
Knowledge & Management
Abong’o is a Doctor of Microbiology and
is currently serving as the Coordinator of Research and Knowledge
Management at Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK). Before
joining GLUK he served as a postdoctoral fellow at University
of Fort Hare, South Africa where he had previously graduated with
his PhD in Microbiology. Prior to this he received his MSc in
Applied Microbiology from the University of Botswana and a BSc
Degree from University of Nairobi.
Research Interests : My current
research interests fall within the discipline of Microbiology.
With main focus on the molecular epidemiology of invasive water
and food-borne as well as water-related microbial pathogens in
the aquatic environments of Nyanza Province of Kenya, and the
effect of discharged effluents on the biotic and abiotic components
of the aquatic environment.
The University focuses on action research to develop and test models
of sustainable health and development initiatives. As part of its
academic and research activities, the University formulated a number
of models to facilitate the achievement of universal access to the
Essential Elements of Dignified Living (EEDL) through partnership
and academic programs.
The university is currently engaged in various collaborative research
project. The following are the research projects in which the University
is currently engaged in:
• Strengthening The Health System Through Collaborative Research
To Address Factors Influencing Scaling Up Of The “Community
Strategy” Towards Millennium Development Goals
• Linking Community Based Health Information System and Institutional
Health System For Effective Decision Making
• Scaling Up Community Strategy to Improve Uptake Of Health
Interventions
• Scaling Up Of An Integrated Community Based Care And Support
(ICBCS) Package For Orphans And Vulnerable OVC In Nyanza Province
, Kenya
• Strengthening Nurses’ Capacity in HIV Policy Development
in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean
The Great Lakes University of Kisumu
awarded Senior Research Leaders Grant by CNHR
The Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK) was recently awarded
a research award by the Consortium for National Health Research
(CNHR) Senior Research Leaders Grant to train two PhD or Postdoctoral
candidates. The award allows the selected candidates to explore:
1. Health Systems Research focusing on the uptake and cost-effectiveness
of the Community Strategy in different contexts in Kenya and
2. Health Systems strengthening through collaborative action research
focusing on innovative approaches to HRH management at the community
level: Identifying and assessing Innovations and factors and mechanisms
for sustainability and retention.
The training fellowship and research activities will be facilitated
at the Great Lakes University of Kisumu under the knowledgeable
guidance of the research leader who is also the Vice Chancellor
of the University, Prof Dan Kaseje.
More information is available from the CNHR website (www.cnhrkenya.org)
GLUK wins the research grants competition
of the Africa Health Systems Initiative
(AHSI-RES)
The Great Lakes University of Kisumu (GLUK) recently won the research
grants competition of the Africa Health Systems Initiative (AHSI).
GLUK emerged top among fifty-seven eligible applications which were
submitted to Global Health Research Initiative (GHRI) and IDRC in
April 2009. This grant award by GHRI and IDRC’s will support
a project on “Linking community based health information systems
and institutional health information systems for effective decision-making”.
The collaborative research between GLUK, Ministry of Pubic Health
and University of Ottawa will be led by the Vice Chancellor of the
University, Prof Dan Kaseje who is the Principle Investigator and
two
Co-Principle Investigator, Prof. Nancy Edwards (University of Ottawa)
and Dr. John Odondi (Ministry of Public Health).
Recent publications by GLUK staff
in peer reviewed Journals
The University is happy to share its recent publications by staff
members in various peer reviewed journals. Among the journals where
staff members published recently include the African Journal for
Community Health and Development (AJCHD), African Journal of Food,
Agriculture, Nutrition and Development (AJFAND), Asia Pacific Symposium
on Assuring Quality and Safety of Agri-Foods and New Path Journal:
African Research and Resource Forum. All the four journals are peer
review academic publication where scientists in their capacities
as students, lecturers or professors can write scientific articles
addressing issues regarding community health and development.
1. African Journal for Community
Health and Development (AJCHD):
Kaseje Dan CO, Olayo Rose, Masheti Wangoyi: (2009). Emerging Health
Challenges in the 21st Century. African Journal for Community Health
and Development (AJCHD) May - October Issue. Volume 1 No.1 Pg 12
– 28
Olayo Rose, Kaseje Dan CO, Okeyo Nicky, Oindo. Clement, Otieno
Andrew (2009) Evidence based dialogue in improving health outcome
among rural households: A case of Rachuonyo District, Kenya. African
Journal for Community Health and Development (AJCHD). May - October
Issue. Volume 1 No.1. Pg 40 - 46
Olayo Rose and Kaseje Dan C.O. (2009). Characteristics of Information
sources that influence sexual behaviours among in-school adolescents.
A case of a peri urban setting, Nairobi. African Journal for Community
Health and Development (AJCHD). May - October Issue. Volume 1 No.1,
Pg.57 - 68
2. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
(AJFAND)
Muga Richard, Mumah Solomon CJ and Juma Pamela (2009) Congenital
malformations among newborns in Kenya. African Journal of Food,
Agriculture, Nutrition And Development (AJFAND).Volume 9 No. 3 pp
814-829
Oindo Clement, Otieno Careen, Okeyo Nicky, Olayo Rose, Muga Richard,
Kaseje Dan CO, Oyugi Henry. (2009) Characteristics of Households
Experiencing Under Five Deaths: A Case of TICH Partnership Districts.
African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition And Development
(AJFAND). Vol. 9. No. 3 pp 873-884
Otieno Andrew and AVO Ofulla (2009). Drug Abuse In Kisumu Town
Western Kenya African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition And
Development (AJFAND). Vol. 9. No. 3 pp 846 – 858
Owaga Eddy, Onyango CA and CK Njoroge (2009). Effect of selected
washing treatments and drying temperatures on biochemical and microbiological
quality of dagaa - Rastrineobola argentea . African Journal of Food,
Agriculture, Nutrition And Development (AJFAND). Vol. 9. No. 3 pp
830 – 845
3. Asia Pacific Symposium on
Assuring Quality and Safety of Agri-Foods
Madigu Nancy. O., Mathooko, F.M., Onyango, C. A., Kahangi, E. M.
and Owino, W.O. (2009). Physiology and Quality Characteristics of
Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Fruit Grown under Water Deficits Conditions.
ISHS Acta Horticulturae 837: Asia Pacific Symposium on Assuring
Quality and Safety of Agri-Foods. Pp299–304.
Madigu Nancy. O., Mathooko, F.M., Onyango, C. A., Kahangi, E. M.
and Owino, W.O. (2009). Postharvest Behaviour and Quality Characteristics
of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) Fruit Grown under Water Deficits
Conditions. ISHS Acta Horticulturae 837: Asia Pacific Symposium
on Assuring Quality and Safety of Agri-Foods. Pp305–312.
4. New Path Journal: African
Research and Resource Forum
Muga Miriam (2009). Reversing the Trends in Food Security. New
Path Journal: African Research and Resource Forum. June Issue.
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
The university is currently engaged in various collaborative research
project. The following are the research projects in which the University
is currently engaged in:
• Strengthening the Health System through Collaborative Research
To Address Factors Influencing Scaling Up Of The “Community
Strategy” Towards Millennium Development Goals
• Linking Community Based Health Information System and Institutional
Health System for Effective Decision Making
• Scaling Up Community Strategy to Improve Uptake of Health
Interventions
• Scaling Up Of An Integrated Community Based Care and Support
(ICBCS) Package for Orphans and Vulnerable OVC In Nyanza Province,
Kenya
• Strengthening Nurses’ Capacity in HIV Policy Development
in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean
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