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    Prolonged health worker strikes in Kenya- perspectives and experiences of frontline health managers and local communities in Kilifi County

    While health worker strikes are experienced globally, the effects can be worst in countries with infrastructural and resource challenges, weak institutional arrangements, underdeveloped organizational ethics c...

    Dennis Waithaka, Nancy Kagwanja in International Journal for Equity in Health (2020)

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    Exclusive breastfeeding in first-time mothers in rural Kenya: a longitudinal observational study of feeding patterns in the first six months of life

    Exclusive breastfeeding up to 6 months of age is recommended by the World Health Organization as the optimal mode of infant feeding, providing adequate nutrition for the baby and protection against infectious ...

    Alison Talbert, Caroline Jones, Christine Mataza in International Breastfeeding Journal (2020)

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    Malaria infection, disease and mortality among children and adults on the coast of Kenya

    Malaria transmission has recently fallen in many parts of Africa, but systematic descriptions of infection and disease across all age groups are rare. Here, an epidemiological investigation of parasite prevale...

    Alice Kamau, Grace Mtanje, Christine Mataza, Gabriel Mwambingu in Malaria Journal (2020)

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    Spatial–temporal clustering of malaria using routinely collected health facility data on the Kenyan Coast

    The over-distributed pattern of malaria transmission has led to attempts to define malaria “hotspots” that could be targeted for purposes of malaria control in Africa. However, few studies have investigated th...

    Alice Kamau, Grace Mtanje, Christine Mataza, Philip Bejon in Malaria Journal (2021)