Search Results - "MUTEMI, W"

Improving malaria home treatment by training drug retailers in rural Kenya by Marsh, V. M., Mutemi, W. M., Willetts, A., Bayah, K., Were, S., Ross, A., Marsh, K.

“…Summary Recent global malaria control initiatives highlight the potential role of drug retailers to improve access to early effective malaria treatment. We…”
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Changing home treatment of childhood fevers by training shop keepers in rural Kenya by Marsh, V. M., Mutemi, W. M., Muturi, J., Haaland, A., Watkins, W. M., Otieno, G., Marsh, K.

“…Summary background Malaria control in Africa relies primarily on early effective treatment for clinical disease, but most early treatments for fever occur…”
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The cost-effectiveness of improving malaria home management: shopkeeper training in rural Kenya by Goodman, CA, Mutemi, WM, Baya, EK, Willetts, A, Marsh, V

“…Home management is a very common approach to the treatment of illnesses such as malaria, acute respiratory infections, tuberculosis, diarrhoea and sexually…”
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Insecticide‐treated bednets reduce mortality and severe morbidity from malaria among children on the Kenyan coast by Nevill, C. G., Some, E. S., Mung'ala, V. O., Muterni, W., New, L., Marsh, K., Lengeler, C., Snow, R. W.

“…Summary New tools to prevent malaria morbidity and mortality are needed to improve child survival in sub‐Saharan Africa. Insecticide treated bednets (ITBN)…”
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Perceptions of soil-eating and anaemia among pregnant women on the Kenyan coast by Geissler, P.W., Prince, R.J., Levene, M., Poda, C., Beckerleg, S.E., Mutemi, W., Shulman, C.E.

“…After a clinical study at Kilifi District hospital had shown a high prevalence of geophagy among pregnant women, and a strong association of geophagy, anaemia…”
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Geophagy, iron status and anaemia among pregnant women on the coast of Kenya by Geissler, P.W., Shulman, C.E., Prince, R.J., Mutemi, W., Mnazi, C., Friis, H., Lowe, B.

“…In a cross sectional survey based in an antenatal clinic at Kilifi District Hospital, Coast Province, Kenya, 154 of 275 pregnant women (56%) reported eating…”
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Evaluating the community education programme of an insecticide-treated bed net trial on the Kenyan coast by MARSH, V M, MUTEMI, W, SOME, E S, HAALAND, A, SNOW, R W

“…Increased interest in the potential contribution of insecticide-impregnated bed nets (ITBN) to malaria control has led to research efforts to determine the…”
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Impact of Ministry of Health Interventions on Private Medicine Retailer Knowledge and Practices on Anti-Malarial Treatment in Kenya by Abuya, Timothy, Fegan, Greg, Rowa, Yvone, Karisa, Baya, Ochola, Sam, Mutemi, Wilfred, Marsh, Vicki

“…Small-scale interventions on training medicine retailers on malaria treatment improve over-the-counter medicine use, but there is little evidence on…”
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