Search Results - "Omesa, Eunice"
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Kenya tuberculosis prevalence survey 2016: Challenges and opportunities of ending TB in Kenya
Published in PloS one (26-12-2018)“…We aimed to determine the prevalence of pulmonary TB amongst the adult population (≥15 years) in 2016 in Kenya. A nationwide cross-sectional survey where…”
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Gender difference in mortality among pulmonary tuberculosis HIV co-infected adults aged 15-49 years in Kenya
Published in PloS one (14-12-2020)“…Kenya, 2012-2015. To explore whether there is a gender difference in all-cause mortality among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB)/ HIV co-infected…”
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Situating trade-offs: Stakeholder perspectives on overtreatment versus missed diagnosis in transition to Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra in Kenya and Swaziland
Published in PloS one (19-02-2020)“…Implementing new diagnostics in public health programs can involve difficult trade-off decisions between individual patient benefits and public health…”
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Assessing tuberculosis control priorities in high-burden settings: a modelling approach
Published in The Lancet global health (01-05-2019)“…In the context of WHO's End TB strategy, there is a need to focus future control efforts on those interventions and innovations that would be most effective in…”
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An outbreak of cholera in western Kenya, 2015: a case control study
Published in The Pan African medical journal (2017)“…in February 2015, an outbreak of acute watery diarrhea was reported in two sub counties in western Kenya. e 01 serotype Ogawa was isolated from 26 cases and…”
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Tuberculosis control activities in the private and public health sectors of Kenya from 2013 to 2017: how do they compare?
Published in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (01-12-2019)“…Large numbers of tuberculosis (TB) patients seek care from private for-profit providers. This study aimed to assess and compare TB control activities in the…”
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