[HTML][HTML] Population effect of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and non-typeable Haemophilus …

LL Hammitt, DO Akech, SC Morpeth, A Karani… - The Lancet Global …, 2014 - thelancet.com
… Because of high vaccine uptake, we were not able to do this analysis among infants, or to
compare children who received no doses with those who received at least one dose. …

A preliminary study of pneumonia etiology among hospitalized children in Kenya

…, CO Onyango, A Bett, DO Akech… - Clinical infectious …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background. Pneumonia is the leading cause of childhood death in the developing world.
Higher-quality etiological data are required to reduce this mortality burden. Methods. We …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of ten-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease and nasopharyngeal carriage in Kenya: a longitudinal surveillance …

…, N Mturi, JC Moisi, IM Adetifa, A Karani, DO Akech… - The Lancet, 2019 - thelancet.com
… of Health, Gavi, and the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP), we used
an existing integrated demographic, clinical, and microbiological surveillance system to do a …

Impact of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on invasive pneumococcal disease and nasopharyngeal carriage in Kenya

…, N Mturi, JC Moisi, IM Adetifa, A Karani, DO Akech… - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
… Sixty-one percent (82·4 million) of the world’s infants have not received PCV; however,
dozens of low-income countries have recently introduced PCV or will do so in the coming decade…

Does audit and feedback improve the adoption of recommended practices? Evidence from a longitudinal observational study of an emerging clinical network in Kenya

…, P Ayieko, D Gathara, P Mwaniki, M Ogero, S Akech… - BMJ global …, 2017 - gh.bmj.com
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Pediatric sepsis definition—a systematic review protocol by the Pediatric Sepsis Definition Taskforce

K Menon, LJ Schlapbach, S Akech… - Critical care …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
… However, these criteria were nonspecific and do not reliably discriminate children with
infections on a more severe trajectory or a higher risk of mortality ( 12 ). Ideally, sepsis criteria …

Risk factors for death among children aged 5–14 years hospitalised with pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study in Kenya

L Macpherson, M Ogero, S Akech, J Aluvaala… - BMJ Global …, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
… While these data do not constitute formal evidence that using these patient features to
indicate high risk of mortality would save lives, they do make it clear that we need to better …

[HTML][HTML] Sustaining pneumococcal vaccination after transitioning from Gavi support: a modelling and cost-effectiveness study in Kenya

…, U Griffiths, LL Hammitt, I Adetifa, D Akech… - The Lancet Global …, 2019 - thelancet.com
… reasons: it does not consider the cost–benefit profile of interventions competing for the
same health budget; it does not adequately address the willingness to pay; it does not address …

Examining unit costs for COVID-19 case management in Kenya

E Barasa, A Kairu, M Maritim, V Were, S Akech… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
… Anecdotal evidence from clinicians managing COVID-19 in Kenya suggests however that
the length of stay for Kenya does not vary much from the estimate we used. These limitations …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence, outcome and quality of care among children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition in Kenyan hospitals: a multi-site observational study

S Gachau, G Irimu, P Ayieko, S Akech, A Agweyu… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
… Additionally, we do not have data on the availability of essential commodities that support
the delivery of basic quality care for SAM patients [5, 12]. Our categorization of SAM patients …