Although information is the key to knowledge, vulnerable communities have little or no access to vital information. Slum children are perhaps the most vulnerable section of the society who suffer human deprivations of all ...

Poverty is a human phenomenon associated with an unacceptable low standard of living. It arises from many dimensions. One of these dimensions is lack of relevant and appropriate information to carry out day-to-day activities. ...

Distance education is becoming popular for accessing higher education due to its flexibility. Unfortunately public university libraries in Kenya have not responded to this change by providing information access for ...

Farmers require information to carry out their agricultural activities and improve production and hence their livelihoods. There are many factors that inhibit farmers from accessing information, including shortage of ...

The rising challenge of food insecurity occasioned by changing weather patterns, crop pests, and diseases has inspired research initiatives among scientific communities, leading to the development of Genetically Modified ...

Climate change and rising temperatures have put the well-being of millions of people at increased risk and threatens the livelihood of many, especially those in poor countries who depend on rainfed agriculture. The United ...

Information literacy (IL) programmes in institutions of higher learning play an important role in empowering students and academic researchers to effectively and efficiently exploit the diversity of information resources ...

The high levels of HIV prevalence amongst young people in several sub-Saharan African countries, in spite of massive HIV prevention interventions, has prompted calls to investigate the contextual factors that drive the ...

With the growing size and complexity of library collections coupled with the explosion of medical information in diverse formats, medical students require competencies in identifying, locating, retrieving, evaluating, ...

In Kenya, the visually impaired report a lack of awareness of where to get reliable information on treatment and prevention of Alcohol Abuse. People with visual impairment are considered most at risk of alcohol and ...