Search Results - "Akhwale, W"

Site readiness assessment preceding the implementation of a HIV care and treatment electronic medical record system in Kenya by Muthee, V., Bochner, A.F., Kang’a, S., Owiso, G., Akhwale, W., Wanyee, S., Puttkammer, N.

“…•A critical step to maximize the potential for successful and sustained EMR adoption and use is to assure site readiness prior to EMR deployment.•ERA was…”
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Translation of artemether-lumefantrine treatment policy into paediatric clinical practice: an early experience from Kenya by Zurovac, D, Njogu, J, Akhwale, W, Hamer, D.H, Snow, R.W

“…To describe the quality of outpatient paediatric malaria case-management approximately 4-6 months after artemether-lumefantrine (AL) replaced…”
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Effects of revised diagnostic recommendations on malaria treatment practices across age groups in Kenya by Zurovac, D., Njogu, J., Akhwale, W., Hamer, D. H., Larson, B. A., Snow, R. W.

“…Summary Objective  The recent change of treatment policy for uncomplicated malaria from sulfadoxine‐pyrime‐thamine to artemether‐lumefantrine (AL) in Kenya was…”
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The financial and clinical implications of adult malaria diagnosis using microscopy in Kenya by Zurovac, D., Larson, B. A., Akhwale, W., Snow, R. W.

“…Summary Objective  A recent observational study undertaken at 17 health facilities with microscopy in Kenya revealed that potential benefits of malaria…”
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Health facility and health worker readiness to deliver new national treatment policy for malaria in Kenya by Njogu, J, Akhwale, W, Hamer, D H, Zurovac, D

“…To evaluate health facility and health worker readiness to deliver new artemether-lumefantrine (AL) treatment policy for uncomplicated malaria in Kenya…”
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Indigenous evolution of Plasmodium falciparum pyrimethamine resistance multiple times in Africa by Mita, Toshihiro, Tanabe, Kazuyuki, Takahashi, Nobuyuki, Culleton, Richard, Ndounga, Mathieu, Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli, Akhwale, Willis S., Kaneko, Akira, Kobayakawa, Takatoshi

“…Objectives Resistance to pyrimethamine in Plasmodium falciparum is conferred by mutations in the gene encoding dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR). It is known that…”
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Epidemiology of plasmodium-helminth co-infection in Africa: populations at risk, potential impact on anemia, and prospects for combining control by Brooker, Simon, Akhwale, Willis, Pullan, Rachel, Estambale, Benson, Clarke, Siân E, Snow, Robert W, Hotez, Peter J

“…Human co-infection with Plasmodium falciparum and helminths is ubiquitous throughout Africa, although its public health significance remains a topic for which…”
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In-hospital morbidity and mortality due to severe malarial anemia in western Kenya by Obonyo, Charles O, Vulule, John, Akhwale, Willis S, Grobbee, Diederick E

“…Severe malarial anemia (SMA) is a leading cause of pediatric morbidity, hospitalization, and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, and yet its contribution to…”
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Effect of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests on the Management of Uncomplicated Malaria with Artemether-Lumefantrine in Kenya: A Cluster Randomized Trial by Skarbinski, Jacek, Ouma, Peter O, Causer, Louise M, Kariuki, Simon K, Barnwell, John W, Alaii, Jane A, de Oliveira, Alexandre Macedo, Zurovac, Dejan, Larson, Bruce A, Snow, Robert W, Rowe, Alexander K, Laserson, Kayla F, Akhwale, Willis S, Slutsker, Laurence, Hamel, Mary J

“…Shortly after Kenya introduced artemether-lumefantrine (AL) for first-line treatment of uncomplicated malaria, we conducted a pre-post cluster randomized…”
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Performance of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests as Part of Routine Malaria Case Management in Kenya by de Oliveira, Alexandre Macedo, Skarbinski, Jacek, Ouma, Peter O, Kariuki, Simon, Barnwell, John W, Otieno, Kephas, Onyona, Phillip, Causer, Louise M, Laserson, Kayla F, Akhwale, Willis S, Slutsker, Laurence, Hamel, Mary

“…Data on malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) performance under routine program conditions are limited. We assessed the attributes of RDTs performed by study and…”
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Intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment in infancy by Anon

“…Your July 26 Editorial1 endorses the findings of a report fromthe US Institute of Medicine (IOM)' on intermittent preventive treatment with…”
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Community case management of malaria: a pro-poor intervention in rural Kenya by Siekmans, Kendra, Sohani, Salim, Kisia, James, Kiilu, Kioko, Wamalwa, Emmanuel, Nelima, Florence, Otieno, David Odhiambo, Nyandigisi, Andrew, Akhwale, Willis, Ngindu, Augustine

“…Background Access to prompt and effective treatment of malaria is a fundamental right of all populations at risk; many countries have not met the target of 60%…”
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Little Polymorphism at the K13 Propeller Locus in Worldwide Plasmodium falciparum Populations Prior to the Introduction of Artemisinin Combination Therapies by Mita, Toshihiro, Culleton, Richard, Takahashi, Nobuyuki, Nakamura, Masatoshi, Tsukahara, Takahiro, Hunja, Carol W, Win, Zin Zayar, Htike, Wah Win, Marma, Aung S, Dysoley, Lek, Ndounga, Mathieu, Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli, Akhwale, Willis S, Kobayashi, Jun, Uemura, Haruki, Kaneko, Akira, Hombhanje, Francis, Ferreira, Marcelo U, Björkman, Anders, Endo, Hiroyoshi, Ohashi, Jun

“…The emergence and spread of artemisinin-resistant Plasmodium falciparum is of huge concern for the global effort toward malaria control and elimination…”
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Blood transfusion practices and outcome in the management of severe malarial anemia at Kisii Hospital in the fringe highlands of western Kenya [MIM-WA-266532] by Akhwale, W, Eto, H, Lum, K, Obonyo, C, Kobayakawa, T, Kaneko, A

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Anemia and malaria at different altitudes in the western highlands of Kenya by Akhwale, Willis S, Lum, J.Koji, Kaneko, Akira, Eto, Hideaki, Obonyo, Charles, Björkman, Anders, Kobayakawa, Takatoshi

“…Malaria associated severe anemia in children is the most important complication of Plasmodium falciparum infection in sub-Saharan Africa. To evaluate anemia…”
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