Outputs (16)

“It Will Be a Desert”: Extreme Weather and the Effects of Climate Catastrophe on Vulnerable Riparian Spaces in Nairobi, Kenya (2024)
Journal Article
Howland, O. (2024). “It Will Be a Desert”: Extreme Weather and the Effects of Climate Catastrophe on Vulnerable Riparian Spaces in Nairobi, Kenya. Land, 13(7), Article 913. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13070913

Urban riparian spaces are notoriously vulnerable, and pressure on water resources is growing. In the context of a fast-growing urban population and a lack of state-level structures and services to deal with water and sanitation, these spaces—includin... Read More about “It Will Be a Desert”: Extreme Weather and the Effects of Climate Catastrophe on Vulnerable Riparian Spaces in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kenya: Ongata Rongai boom town destroyed two vital rivers - new study flags major health risk (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Howland, O. (2023). Kenya: Ongata Rongai boom town destroyed two vital rivers - new study flags major health risk

A tale of two rivers: development, destruction, and despair in Ongata Rongai, Kenya (2023)
Journal Article
Howland, O. (2023). A tale of two rivers: development, destruction, and despair in Ongata Rongai, Kenya. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, Article 164881. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1164881

Introduction: Ongata Rongai is a rapidly growing peri-urban space in Nairobi Metropolitan, Kenya. The last 10 years have seen exponential population growth and building development leading to overcrowding and pressure on water and environmental resou... Read More about A tale of two rivers: development, destruction, and despair in Ongata Rongai, Kenya.

Prioritization of livestock diseases by pastoralists in Oloitoktok Sub County, Kajiado County, Kenya (2023)
Journal Article
Mburu, C. M., Bukachi, S., Majiwa, H., Ongore, D., Baylis, M., Mochabo, K., …Howland, O. (2023). Prioritization of livestock diseases by pastoralists in Oloitoktok Sub County, Kajiado County, Kenya. PLoS ONE, 18(7), Article e0287456. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287456

Introduction
Livestock diseases are a big challenge for the livelihood of pastoralists in sub-Saharan Africa because they reduce livestock productivity and increase mortality. Based on the literature available there is limited understanding on how p... Read More about Prioritization of livestock diseases by pastoralists in Oloitoktok Sub County, Kajiado County, Kenya.

Antibiotic use by poultry farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya: exploring practices and drivers of potential overuse (2023)
Journal Article
Kariuki, J. W., Jacobs, J., Ngogang, M. P., & Howland, O. (2023). Antibiotic use by poultry farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya: exploring practices and drivers of potential overuse. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 12(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-022-01202-y

Background: Antibiotic resistance is a global concern threatening achievements in health care since the discovery of antibiotics. In Kenya, this topic remains understudied in a context of rising demand for livestock products, intensification and the... Read More about Antibiotic use by poultry farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya: exploring practices and drivers of potential overuse.

Understanding Household Water Hygiene in Resource-Limited Settings in Kenya (2022)
Book Chapter
Robinson, J., Majiwa, H., & Howland, O. (2022). Understanding Household Water Hygiene in Resource-Limited Settings in Kenya. . InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108231

Climate change means that many more people find themselves living in areas of environmental disadvantage, with water insecurity recognized as a major health issue. Local ecologies shape everyday hygiene practices in households as people respond to di... Read More about Understanding Household Water Hygiene in Resource-Limited Settings in Kenya.

Cross-Sectoral Zoonotic Disease Surveillance in Western Kenya: Identifying Drivers and Barriers Within a Resource Constrained Setting (2021)
Journal Article
Thomas, L. F., Rushton, J., Bukachi, S. A., Falzon, L. C., Howland, O., & Fèvre, E. M. (2021). Cross-Sectoral Zoonotic Disease Surveillance in Western Kenya: Identifying Drivers and Barriers Within a Resource Constrained Setting. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8, Article 658454. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2021.658454

Background: Collaboration between the human and animal health sectors, including the sharing of disease surveillance data, has the potential to improve public health outcomes through the rapid detection of zoonotic disease events prior to widespread... Read More about Cross-Sectoral Zoonotic Disease Surveillance in Western Kenya: Identifying Drivers and Barriers Within a Resource Constrained Setting.

Patterns of use, gathering, processing and administration of herbal and alternative medicines among people and livestock in Kenya: a study of local knowledge for One Health (2021)
Journal Article
Howland, O. (2021). Patterns of use, gathering, processing and administration of herbal and alternative medicines among people and livestock in Kenya: a study of local knowledge for One Health. Journal of Global Health Reports, 5, Article e2021042. https://doi.org/10.29392/001c.22245

Background

Although much has been written about efficacy of various herbal and plant-based medicines, significantly less is known about patterns of use in humans, and even less about how these are used in livestock. This paper addresses that gap i... Read More about Patterns of use, gathering, processing and administration of herbal and alternative medicines among people and livestock in Kenya: a study of local knowledge for One Health.

Visible and invisible risks: Exploring washing and hygiene practices with women living on low income in Kenya (2021)
Journal Article
Robinson, J., & Howland, O. (2021). Visible and invisible risks: Exploring washing and hygiene practices with women living on low income in Kenya. Global Public Health, 17(6), 1002-1015. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2021.1887314

Shifting environmental conditions and poor or insufficient hygiene facilitates the transmission of bacteria and viruses between and within species of animals; between humans; and between humans and animals. Taking a One Health perspective, we used in... Read More about Visible and invisible risks: Exploring washing and hygiene practices with women living on low income in Kenya.

Fakes and chemicals: indigenous medicine in contemporary Kenya and implications for health equity (2020)
Journal Article
Howland, O. (2020). Fakes and chemicals: indigenous medicine in contemporary Kenya and implications for health equity. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19, Article 199. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-01313-1

Background
Access to effective biomedical treatments for humans and livestock in Kenya is far from universal. Indigenous healing has a significant role to play in contemporary society in Kenya, yet access is not the only reason for this. Beliefs sur... Read More about Fakes and chemicals: indigenous medicine in contemporary Kenya and implications for health equity.