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Factors influencing performance of health workers in the management of seriously sick children at a Kenyan tertiary hospital - participatory action research.
(Univeristy of Nairobi, 2014-02)
Background: Implementation of World Health Organization case management guidelines for serious childhood illnesses remains a challenge in hospitals in low-income countries. Facilitators of and barriers to implementation ...
Oral Amoxicillin versus Benzyl Penicillin for Severe Pneumonia among Kenyan Children: A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Non-inferiority Trial.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-12-30)
BACKGROUND:
There are concerns that the evidence from studies showing non-inferiority of oral amoxicillin to benzyl penicillin for severe pneumonia may not be generalizable to high mortality settings.
METHODS:
An ...
Does audit and feedback improve the adoption of recommended practices? Evidence from a longitudinal observational study of an emerging clinical network in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2017)
BACKGROUND:
Audit and feedback (A&F) is widely used in healthcare but there are few examples of how to deploy it at scale in low-income countries. Establishing the Clinical Information Network (CIN) in Kenya provided an ...
Variability in distribution and use of tuberculosis diagnostic tests in Kenya: a cross-sectional survey
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
BACKGROUND:
Globally, 40% of all tuberculosis (TB) cases, 65% paediatric cases and 75% multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) cases are missed due to underreporting and/or under diagnosis. A recent Kenyan TB prevalence survey ...
Quality of comprehensive emergency obstetric care through the lens of clinical documentation on admission to labour ward
(2016)
Background: Clinical documentation gives a chronological order of procedures and activities that a patient is given during their management.
Objective: To determine the level of quality of comprehensive emergency obstetric ...
Assessment of neonatal care in clinical training facilities in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015-01)
Objective An audit of neonatal care services provided
by clinical training centres was undertaken to identify
areas requiring improvement as part of wider efforts to
improve newborn survival in Kenya.
Design Cross-sectional ...
Factors influencing performance of health workers in the management of seriously sick children at a Kenyan tertiary hospital - participatory action research.
(University of Nairobi, 2014-02)
Background: Implementation of World Health Organization case management guidelines for serious childhood illnesses remains a challenge in hospitals in low-income countries. Facilitators of and barriers to implementation ...
Effective coverage and budget implications of skill-mix change to improve neonatal nursing care: an explorative simulation study in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)
Introduction:
Neonatal mortality is an urgent policy priority to improve global population health and reduce health inequality. As health systems in Kenya and elsewhere seek to tackle increased neonatal mortality by ...