ACADEMIC STAFF PROFESSIONAL PROFILE FORM
1. Personal Data
Name: Purity Nyambura Nguhiu
Title/Qualifications: Dr (Mrs)/PhD., MSc., BVM
Department/Unit/Section: Agricultural Resource Management/Animal Sciences
Contact Address: P.O. Box 43844- 00100 Nairobi
Position: Lecturer
Area of Specialization:
Medical Parasitology and entomology
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Research Interests:
Parasitic infections of public health importance
2. Conference Presentations
S/
No
Presenter
Title of Paper presented
City/Country
Date of
Conference
Organizer/Fund
ing
(US$)
Kenya Veterinary
Association
1
Purity Nguhiu
Busia, Kenya
22nd to 25th
April 2015
2
Purity Nguhiu
Association of CyclosporaSIV in Non Human
Primates in Kenya
Animal feed safety
Nyahururu,
Kenya
20th March
2015
3
Agnes Maina
Nairobi, Kenya
24th to 26th
November
2014
4
Purity Nguhiu
Eldoret, Kenya
23rd to 26th
April 2014
Kenya Veterinary
Association
5
Purity Nguhiu
Human Brucellosis: An
Investigation of Knowledge
and Practices in a Rural
Community
in Kajiado County, Kenya
Prevalence of Intestinal
polyparasitism in a rural
Kenyan community
An overview of East African
Animal Resource and
Market opportunities
Nairobi, Kenya
27th March
2014
6.
Purity Nguhiu
Nairobi, Kenya
11th to 13th.
September
2013
7.
Purity Nguhiu
Establishment of
experimental Cyclospora
infections in Cercopithecus
aethiops (african green
monkeys) in Kenya
The role of the Veterinarian
in abattoir parasitic disease
surveillance and reducing the
United States
Department of
Agriculture
(USDA) Foreign
Agriculture Office
Institute of
Primate Research
Mombasa,
Kenya
24th to 26th
April 2013
Kenya Women
Veterinary
Association
African Medical
Research
Foundation
(AMREF)
Kenya Veterinary
Association
8.
Purity Nguhiu
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10
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11
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12
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13
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14
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15
Purity Nguhiu
trends in economic losses in
Kenya
Cyclospora-Simian
Immunodeficiency Virus
Co-infections in Pabio anubis
(Olive baboons) and
Cercopithecus aethiops (African
green monkeys):
Implications for CyclosporaHuman Immunodeficiency
Virus/ Acquired
Immunodeficiency
Syndrome Patients.
The African Green Monkey
(Cercopithecus aethiops) As a
Non-Human Primate Model
for Infections with Cyclospora
cayetanensis
Nairobi, Kenya
24th to 25th
May 2012
Kenya Society for
Immunology
Nairobi, Kenya
25th to 27th
April 2012
Prevalence of acid fast
staining protozoa in wildtrapped Olive baboons
(Pabio anubis) from
Aberdares forest, Kenya
Evaluation of
TrimethoprimSulfamethoxazole efficacy
against Cyclospora infections
in African green monkeys.
Association of Cyclospora
infections with Simian
Immunodeficiency Virus
infections in wild-trapped
Olive baboons (Pabio anubis)
and African green monkeys
(Cercopithecus aethiops) in
Kenya
Co-Infections of
Schistosomiasis and
Intestinal Parasites in a Rural
Community in the Kibwezi
Area of Makueni District,
Kenya.
Prevalence and Intensities of
Intestinal Parasites in 65
Wild-trapped Olive Baboons
(Pabio anubis) in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
4th to 6th
December
2011
University of
Nairobi, Faculty
of Veterinary
Medicine/ Kenya
Veterinary
Association
Jomo Kenyatta
University of
Agriculture and
Technology
Nairobi, Kenya
6th to 8th July
2010
Institute of
Primate Research
Nairobi, Kenya
27th to 28th
May 2010
INTROMID/
Jomo Kenyatta
University of
Agriculture and
Technology
Mombasa
Kenya
26th to 28th
November
2008
Schistosomiasis
Morbidity
Working Group
Nairobi, Kenya
September
2008
Worms and Ethnoveterinary
Practices in some
Communities in Kenya
Nairobi, Kenya
1996
Faculty of
Veterinary
Medicine,
University of
Nairobi
International
Congress of
Ethnobiology
3. Research
S/ No
1
Researcher
Purity
Nguhiu
Year
2009 to
2012
Title
The African green monkey
(Cercopithecus aethiops) as a
laboratory model for
cyclosporiasis
Donor
Self
Funding (US$)
15,000
2.
Purity
Nguhiu
2005 to
2007
Gastrointestinal parasite
infections in a rural
community of Kibwezi
area, Makueni
Self
8,000
4. Funded projects
S/
No
1.
Researcher
Year
Title
Granting Body
Funding (US$)
Purity
Nguhiu/
John
Kariuki
2014 to
2015
Assessment of
antimicrobial
resistance patterns
in Campylobacter
and Salmonella spp
in commercial
broiler production
systems in Kenya.
Kenchic Limited
6,000
2.
Purity
Nguhiu
2011 to
2013
Kenya Veterinary
Association (KVA)
2,000
3.
Purity
Nguhiu
1995
Factors that
influence animal
owners to present
their animals (dogs,
cats and donkeys)
for rabies
vaccination
The indigenous
knowledge and
animal health
practices in
Machakos and
Makueni, Kenya
Food and
Agriculture
Organization
(FAO)/ KVA
750
4.b) Funded Workshops
S
N
O.
1.
Title
Workshop
Output
Role
Venue
Date
Funding
Organization
Senstization on the
Disease Free Zone and
Launch of Guidelines to
the Counties on
Delivery of Veterinary
Guidelines on
Delivery of
Service
Delegate
Voi, Kenya
22nd to 23rd
June
GoK, Ministry
of Agriculture,
Livestock and
Fisheries
2
3
Services
Capacity Building on
Policy Advocacy and
Communication
Second International
Workshop for
Regulation of Animal
Biotechnology –
Preparing Markets for
New Animal Product
Opportunities
4
EAC Meeting of
Experts on Control of
Aflatoxins in livestock
value chain.
5.
Harmonization of Food
Safety Measures in the
East African
Community
6
Ad-hoc
Intergovernmental
Codex Task Force on
Animal Feeding 7th
Session (2013)
Ad-hoc
Intergovernmental
Codex Task Force on
Animal Feeding 6th
Session (2012)
Communique
on Veterinary
Governance
Draft 1: Moving
towards better
harmonization;
Gaps and
capacity needs
Trainee
Naivasha,
Kenya
25th to 29th
May 2015
FAO/ AU
IBAR
Delegate/ Brasilia,
CoBrazil
Facilitator
of break
out
session
18th to 22nd
August 2014
USDA/ Bill
and Melinda
Gates
Foundation
Delegate
Arusha,
Tanzania
2nd to 5th
May 2013
East African
Community
(EAC)
Delegate
Kigali,
Rwanda
18th to 22nd
March 2013
East African
Community
(EAC)
Delegate
Berne,
Switzerland
4th to 8th
February
2013
GoK, Ministry
of Livestock
Development
Delegate
Berne,
Switzerland
27th Feb to
2nd March
2012
GoK, Ministry
of Livestock
Development
http://conference
s.ucdavis.edu/ani
malbiotechworks
hop
Strategies for
control of
aflatoxin in the
EAC livestock
value chain
Draft 2
“Volume IVDraft EAC
Food and Feed
Safety Measures
(2013)
-Guidelines on
Application of
Risk
Assessment for
Feed,
b) Guidance for
Use by
Governments in
Prioritizing their
National Feed
Hazards.
Proposed Draft
Guidelines on
Application of
Risk
Assessment for
Feed, b)
Proposed Draft
Guidance for
Use by
Governments in
Prioritizing their
National Feed
Hazards.
5. Publications
S/
No
1
Author
Year
Title
Journal
Purity N Nguhiu,
Claire N Wamae,
Japheth K Magambo,
Paul G Mbuthia,
Daniel C Chai, Dorcas
S Yole
Nguhiu PN, Wamae
CN, Magambo JK,
Yole DS
2012
Gross and
Histopathological findings
in Cercopithecus aethiops with
experimental Cyclospora
infection in Kenya
Pathology and
Laboratory
Medicine
International
2012
The Kenya
Veterinarian
3
Purity N. Nguhiu,
Claire N. Wamae,
Japheth K. Magambo
& Dorcas S. Yole
2012
4
PN Nguhiu, CN
Wamae, JK Magambo,
DS Yole
2011
5
PN Nguhiu HC
2009
Kariuki, JK Magambo,
J Mwatha, G Kimani,
E Muchiri, B
Vernavegald, W
Dunne, G Mkoji,
Purity Nguhiu and
1996
Others
The African Green
Monkey (Cercopithecus
aethiops) as a non-human
primate model for
infections with Cyclospora
cayetanensis.
Haematological and
Serological Findings in
Cercopithecus aethiops
(African green monkeys)
with Cyclospora Infections
in Kenya.
Prevalence and Intensity
of Gastrointestinal
parasites in wild-trapped
Pabio anubis and
Cercopithecus aethiops in
Kenya
Polyparasitism in a rural
community in Kibwezi
area, Kenya
2.
6
ISBN/ISSN
Reference No.
ISBN: 0256-5161
International
Journal of
Professional
Practice
The Kenya
Veterinarian
ISBN: 0256-5161
East African
Medical
Journal
Ethnoveterinary Medicine
in Kenya. A field manual
of traditional animal health
care practices. ITDG and
IIRR
ISBN 9966- 9606 2-7
6. Consultancy and community service
S/No.
Consultant (s)
1
Purity Nguhiu
Consulting
Person/ Body/
Organization
Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO)/
Kenya Veterinary
Women Association
Year
1995
Title
Consultancy
Service
The indigenous
knowledge and
animal health
practices in
Machakos and
Makueni,
Payment
(US$)
750
2
Purity Nguhiu
and Others
ITDG and IIRR
1996
Kenya
Ethnoveterinary
Medicine in
Kenya. A field
manual of
traditional
animal health
care practices.
7. Affiliation to Professional Bodies
S/No
1
2
3
Name of professional body
Kenya Veterinary Association
Animal Welfare Association of Kenya
Kenya Society for Immunology
8. National and International awards and Recognitions
S/No Name of award or
Recognition
1
Senior Technical Examiner
Awarding Organization/Body
Year
Kenya National Examinations Council
2009
9. External Examination (if any)
S/No Institution
None
Year
10. Supervision of postgraduate students (if any)
S/No Name of student
Thesis title
1
Maina Agnes
Gathoni
2
Elizabeth Wachuka
Wambui
3
Makori Charles
Motari
4
Jared Adams
Mbatah
Human Brucellosis: Association between
knowledge and practices in a rural
community in Kajiado North District,
Kenya
Influence of PMTCT Psychological
Support Group on Mother’s compliance
to HIV- exposed Infants services uptake,
Nakuru Provincial General Hospital,
Kenya
Safety and health of workers in
slaughterhouses and meat processing
plants in Nairobi County, Kenya
Evaluation of role of community health
workers I enhancing knowledge and
perception on long acting and reversible
Status of project (e.g.First
year etc)
Submitted Thesis for
Examination
Data collection
Proposal preparation
Proposal preparation
5
John Kariuki
contraceptives in married women and men
in Kilifi, Kenya
Assessment of antimicrobial resistance
patterns in Campylobacter and Salmonella
spp in commercial broiler production
systems in Kenya.
Data collection in the field and
laboratory work
11. Patents (if any)
S/No
None
12. Administrative positions held to date
i) Student Mentor
ii) ISO coordinator in the Department of Agriculture Resource Management
iii) Open and digital learning coordinator in the Department of Agriculture Resource
Management
iv) Vice Chair- Biennial Scientific Conference Organizing Committee- School of
Agriculture and Enterprise Development
v) Chair Lady- African Inland Church: Local and District Women and Local Church
Committees
vi) Honorary Secretary- Kenya Veterinary Women Association
vii) Honorary Treasurer- Corner Neighbours Welfare and Self Help Group- Ol Keri, NgongKajiado