Kuria N, Reid AJ, Owiti P, Tweya H, Kibet CK, et al.
2018-05-19 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2018-05-19 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVE To determine and compare, among three models of care, compliance with scheduled clinic appointments and adherence to antihypertensive medication of patients in an informal ...
Mbokazi F, Coetzee M, Brooke B, Govere J, Owiti P, et al.
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
Background: The malaria vector Anopheles merus occurs in the Mpumalanga Province of South Africa. As its contribution to malaria transmission in South Africa has yet to be ascertained, a...
Shannon II FQ, Horace-Kwemi E, Najjemba R, Owiti P, Edwards JK, et al.
2017-06-21 • Public Health Action
2017-06-21 • Public Health Action
Setting: All health facilities, public and private, in Liberia, West Africa. Objectives: To determine access to antenatal care (ANC), deliveries and their outcomes before, during and aft...
Benedetti G, White RA, Akello Pasquale H, Stassijns J, van den Boogaard W, et al.
2019-11-02 • Public Health Action
2019-11-02 • Public Health Action
BACKGROUND Detecting unusual malaria events that may require an operational intervention is challenging, especially in endemic contexts with continuous transmission such as South Sud...
Yambasu EE, Reid AJ, Owiti P, Manzi M, Sia Murray MJ, et al.
2017-12-31 • Pan African Medical Journal
2017-12-31 • Pan African Medical Journal
INTRODUCTION Transmissible blood-borne infections are a serious threat to blood transfusion safety in West African countries; and yet blood remains a key therapeutic product in the c...
Dunbar NK, Richards EE, Woldeyohannes D, Van der Bergh R, Wilkinson E, et al.
2017-06-21 • Public Health Action
2017-06-21 • Public Health Action
Setting: The malaria-endemic country of Liberia, before, during and after the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Objective: To describe the consequences of the Ebola outbreak on Liberia's National Mal...
Kelbore AG, Owiti P, Bogino EA, Wondewosen L, Dessu BK
2019-03-28 • BMC Dermatology
2019-03-28 • BMC Dermatology
Epidemiological studies to determine the pattern of skin diseases among children are important for proper health care planning and management. The purpose of this study was to describe t...
BACKGROUND Malaria in pregnancy is a preventable disease which results in poor pregnancy outcomes. The use of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) and long-lasting i...
Zulu Z, Kunene S, Mkhonta N, Owiti P, Sikhondze W, et al.
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
Background: To be able to eliminate malaria, accurate, timely reporting and tracking of all confirmed malaria cases is crucial. Swaziland, a country in the process of eliminating malaria...
Dlamini SV, Kosgei RJ, Mkhonta N, Zulu Z, Makadzange K, et al.
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
Objective: To assess adherence to malaria diagnosis and treatment guidelines (2010 and 2014) in all health care facilities in Swaziland between 2011 and 2015. Methods: This was a cross-s...
Motlaleng M, Edwards JK, Namboze J, Butt W, Moakofhi K, et al.
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
BACKGROUND Reliable information reporting systems ensure that all malaria cases are tested, treated and tracked to avoid further transmission. Botswana aimed to eliminate malaria by ...
Makadzange K, Dlamini N, Zulu Z, Dlamini SV, Kunene S, et al.
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
2018-04-25 • Public Health Action
Settings: Swaziland is striving to achieve sustainable malaria elimination. Three preventive interventions are vital for reaching this goal: 1) effective household utilisation of long-la...
Bragança Lima MV, Hinderaker SG, Ogundipe OF, Owiti P, Kadai B, et al.
2021-06-21 • Public Health Action
2021-06-21 • Public Health Action
SETTING Cholera can aggravate or precipitate malnutrition, and children with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) have a higher incidence and longer duration of diarrhoea.
Trovato A, Takarinda KC, Montaldo C, Decroo T, Owiti P, et al.
2016-06-15 • Conflict and Health
2016-06-15 • Conflict and Health
BACKGROUND In recent years Europe has received an increasing influx of migrants, many of whom risked their lives crossing the Mediterranean Sea. In October 2013, Italy launched a sea...
Nganga M, Matendechero S, Kariuki L, Omondi W, Makworo N, et al.
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
BACKGROUND Soil-transmitted helminthiases cause a substantial yet under-appreciated public health burden. School age children harbour the heaviest burden. Infected children experienc...
Matyanga CM, Takarinda KC, Owiti P, Mutasa-Apollo T, Mugurungi O, et al.
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
2016-06-21 • Public Health Action
Setting: A non-governmental organisation-supported clinic offering health services including antiretroviral therapy (ART). Objective: To compare ART retention between younger (age 10–14 ...
BACKGROUND Myanmar lies in the Greater Mekong Subregion where there is artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria. As the artemisinin compound is the pillar of effective ant...
