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Compliance to follow up and adherence to medication in hypertensive patients in an urban informal settlement in Kenya: comparison of three models of care

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 ...
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Review

Reporting on mental health illness (MHI) in Kenya: how well are we doing?

Gituma KS, Hussein S, Mwitari J, Kizito W, Edwards JK,  et al.
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
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Changing distribution and abundance of the malaria vector Anopheles merus in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Mbokazi F, Coetzee M, Brooke B, Govere J, Reid A,  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...
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Effects of the 2014 Ebola outbreak on antenatal care and delivery outcomes in Liberia: a nationwide analysis

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...
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Pattern of skin diseases in children attending a dermatology clinic in a referral hospital in Wolaita Sodo, southern Ethiopia

Kelbore AG, Owiti P, Reid A, Bogino EA, Wondewosen L,  et al.
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...
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Hidden dangers-prevalence of blood borne pathogens, hepatitis B, C, HIV and syphilis, among blood donors in Sierra Leone in 2016: opportunities for improvement: a retrospective, cross-sectional study

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...
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Identifying exceptional malaria occurrences in the absence of historical data in South Sudan: a method validation

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...
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Knockdown and recovery of malaria diagnosis and treatment in Liberia during and after the 2014 Ebola outbreak

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...
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Research

Trends of reported outpatient malaria cases to assess the Test, Treat and Track (T3) policy in Kenya

Mbuli CW, Waqo E, Owiti P, Tweya H, Kizito W,  et al.
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
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Research

Intermittent Preventive Treatment and Bed Nets Uptake Among Pregnant Women in Kenya

Karoki S, Kariuki L, Owiti P, Takarinda KC, Kizito W,  et al.
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
2016-10-01 • East African Medical Journal
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...
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Driving towards malaria elimination in Botswana by 2018: progress on case-based surveillance, 2013-2014

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 ...
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Research

Three parallel information systems for malaria elimination in Swaziland, 2010-2015: are the numbers the same?

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...
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Case management of malaria in Swaziland, 2011-2015: on track for elimination?

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...
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Dangerous crossing: demographic and clinical features of rescued sea migrants seen in 2014 at an outpatient clinic at Augusta Harbor, Italy

Trovato A, Reid A, Takarinda KC, Montaldo C, Decroo T,  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...
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Association between cholera treatment outcome and nutritional status in children aged 2-4 years in Nigeria

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.

OBJECT...
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Low uptake of preventive interventions among malaria cases in Swaziland: towards malaria elimination

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...
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Commentary

Neglected tropical diseases and the sustainable development goals: an urgent call for action from the front line

Addisu A, Adriaensen W, Balew A, Asfaw M, Diro EGJ,  et al.
2019-02-08 • BMJ Global Health
2019-02-08 • BMJ Global Health
SUMMARY BOX

The international community has pledged through the Sustainable Development Goals to eliminate neglected tropical diseases by 2030.

Authors from 19 institut...
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Research

Assessment of household ownership of bed nets in areas with and without artemisinin resistance containment measures in Myanmar

Maung TM, Oo T, Wai KT, Hlaing TM, Owiti P,  et al.
2018-03-23 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
2018-03-23 • Infectious Diseases of Poverty
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...
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Outcomes of Antiretroviral Therapy Among Younger Versus Older Adolescents and Adults in an Urban Clinic, Zimbabwe

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 ...
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Burden of soil transmitted helminthiases in primary school children in Migori County, Kenya

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...