13 results match your criteria: "Aga Khan University Kenya[Affiliation]"
BMJ Glob Health
May 2024
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Introduction: There are no published data on the long-term impact of invasive group B disease (iGBS) on economic costs or health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in low-income and middle-income countries. We assessed the impact of iGBS on healthcare utilisation, costs and HRQoL in Argentina, India, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa.
Methods: Inpatient and outpatient visits, out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare payments in the 12 months before study enrolment, and health-state utility of children and caregivers (using the EuroQol 5-Dimensions-3-Level) were collected from iGBS survivors and an unexposed cohort matched on site, age at recruitment and sex.
BMC Cardiovasc Disord
April 2024
Department of cardiology, Aga Khan University Kenya, P.O. Box 30270 - 00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
Introduction: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) accounts for coronary artery disease (CAD) -related morbidity and mortality. There has been growing concern about the rising incidence of ACS among young individuals globally both in developed and developing countries, including Sub-Saharan Africa. This group's phenotypic characteristics; risk factors and clinical outcomes are not well described.
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February 2024
Institute for Centre for Global Public Health, University of Manitoba Faculty of Health Sciences, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Introduction: Kenya reported its first COVID-19 case on 13 March 2020. Pandemic-driven health system changes followed and unforeseen societal, economic and health effects reported. This protocol aims to describe the methods used to identify the gender equality and health equity gaps and possible disproportional health and socioeconomic impacts experienced by paid and unpaid (community health volunteer) female healthcare providers in Kilifi and Mombasa Counties, Kenya during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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August 2023
Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Introduction: Health facility preparedness is essential for delivering quality maternal and newborn care, minimizing morbidity and mortality by addressing delays in seeking skilled care, reaching appropriate facilities, and receiving emergency care. A rapid assessment of 23 government health facilities in Kilifi and Kisii counties identified poor maternal and newborn indicators in 16 facilities. The Access to Quality Care through Extending and Strengthening Health Systems (AQCESS) project supported these facilities with training, equipment, and referral linkages.
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September 2022
Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Geneva, Switzerland.
To understand the public's perceptions around rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen self-testing in Kenya, including the drivers of acceptability, willingness to pay, and adherence to hygiene and prevention recommendations following a positive self-test. A household-based, cross-sectional survey, using a 35-item questionnaire, was conducted in Mombasa and Taita-Taveta counties, Kenya, during August 2021. Individuals aged ≥18 years were enrolled using a stratified sampling approach.
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June 2022
Faculty of Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK.
Introduction: Globally, maternal morbidity and mortality have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the high burden of maternal and neonatal mortality in Kenya prior to COVID-19, front line health workers, including nurse-midwives, must be competent to ensure continued quality maternal services. Knowledge and awareness of COVID-19 transmission influence nurse-midwives risk perception and ability to implement prevention strategies.
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January 2022
Clinical Trial Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Objective: To assess the feasibility, usability and acceptability of two non-invasive, multiparameter, continuous physiological monitoring (MCPM) technologies for use in neonates within a resource-constrained healthcare setting in sub-Saharan Africa.
Design: A qualitative study using in-depth interviews and direct observations to describe healthcare professional and caregiver perspectives and experiences with investigational MCPM technologies from EarlySense and Sibel compared with selected reference technologies.
Setting: Pumwani Maternity Hospital is a public, high-volume, tertiary hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
BMJ Open
January 2022
Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research including UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland.
Objectives: The objective of this randomised controlled trial in Kenya was to assess the effect of delivering sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information via text message to young people on their ability to reject contraception-related myths and misconceptions.
Design And Setting: A three-arm, unblinded randomised controlled trial with a ratio of 1:1:1 in Kwale County, Kenya.
Participants And Interventions: A total of 740 youth aged 18-24 years were randomised.
BMJ Open
March 2021
Roche Kenya Ltd, Nairobi, Kenya.
Objective: To evaluate medical resource utilisation and timeliness of access to specific aspects of a standard care pathway for breast cancer at tertiary centres in sub-Saharan Africa.
Design: Data were retrospectively abstracted from records of patients with breast cancer treated within a prespecified 2-year period between 2014 and 2017. The study protocol was approved by local institutional review boards.
J Cancer Policy
September 2020
Department of Population Health, Aga Khan University-Kenya, Aga Khan University, P O. Box 30270-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.
BMJ Open
July 2019
Center for Microbiology Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
Background: We sought to understand the beliefs, social norms and logistical factors that affect human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive women's uptake of cryotherapy treatment as part of a two-part cervical cancer screening strategy in rural Kenya.
Methods: In-depth interviews within a parent cluster-randomised trial.
Setting: Government-run county hospital in western Kenya.
Ultrasound Int Open
April 2017
St George's, University of London, Molecular & Clinical Sciences Research Institute and Medical college, University of Malawi.
BMC Palliat Care
January 2017
Aga Khan University-Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya.
Background: An advance directive (AD) is a written or verbal document that legally stipulates a person's health care preference while they are competent to make decisions for themselves and is used to guide decisions on life-sustaining treatment in the event that they become incapacitated. AD can take the form of a living will, a limitation of care document, a do-not-resuscitate order, or an appointment of a surrogate by durable power of attorney. The completion rate of AD varies from region to region, and it is influenced by multiple factors.
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