Publications by authors named "H Weyenga"
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- * A study in Kenya evaluated the performance of the Panbio™ Ag RDT against rRT-PCR in 2,245 individuals, revealing overall sensitivity of 46.6% and specificity of 98.5%, with better sensitivity in symptomatic individuals compared to asymptomatic ones.
- * The findings showed that although the specificity of the Ag RDT was satisfactory, its sensitivity was significantly lower than anticipated, suggesting limited effectiveness in detecting infections, especially after several days of symptoms.
The World Health Organization advocates a multimodal approach to improving infection prevention and control (IPC) measures, which Kenya adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Kenya Ministry of Health formed a national IPC committee for policy and technical leadership, coordination, communication, and training. During March-November 2020, a total of 69,892 of 121,500 (57.
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- Kenya's Ministry of Health and the US CDC Kenya have collaborated for 40 years to address various disease threats, including during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Together, they implemented joint activities to reduce COVID-19's impact on Kenya's population, including establishing emergency operations centers and enhancing surveillance and training programs.
- The pandemic prompted the Kenyan government to launch a national public health institute in January 2022 to strengthen public health efforts against current and future health threats.
HIV infection is associated with high mortality among people with TB. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) reduces TB incidence and mortality among people living with HIV (PLHIV). Since 2005, Kenya has scaled up TB and HIV prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCan isoniazid preventive therapy be scaled up rapidly? Lessons learned in Kenya, 2014-2018.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
May 2021
TB is the leading cause of mortality among people living with HIV (PLHIV), for whom isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT) has a proven mortality benefit. Despite WHO recommendations, countries have been slow in scaling up IPT. This study describes processes, challenges, solutions, outcomes and lessons learned during IPT scale-up in Kenya.
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