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Paul OumaPhD Student, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme Verified email at kemri-wellcome.org Cited by 1214 |
[HTML][HTML] Access to emergency hospital care provided by the public sector in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015: a geocoded inventory and spatial analysis
Background Timely access to emergency care can substantially reduce mortality.
International benchmarks for access to emergency hospital care have been established to …
International benchmarks for access to emergency hospital care have been established to …
[HTML][HTML] A spatial database of health facilities managed by the public health sector in sub Saharan Africa
Health facilities form a central component of health systems, providing curative and
preventative services and structured to allow referral through a pyramid of increasingly …
preventative services and structured to allow referral through a pyramid of increasingly …
[HTML][HTML] Assessing the hospital surge capacity of the Kenyan health system in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic
Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic will test the capacity of health systems worldwide and
especially so in low-and middle-income countries. The objective of this study was to assess …
especially so in low-and middle-income countries. The objective of this study was to assess …
[HTML][HTML] Coordination mechanisms for COVID-19 in the WHO Regional office for Africa
Aim This study describes the coordination mechanisms that have been used for
management of the COVID 19 pandemic in the WHO AFRO region; relate the patterns of the …
management of the COVID 19 pandemic in the WHO AFRO region; relate the patterns of the …
Geospatial mapping of access to timely essential surgery in sub-Saharan Africa
Introduction Despite an estimated one-third of the global burden of disease being surgical,
only limited estimates of accessibility to surgical treatment in sub-Saharan Africa exist and …
only limited estimates of accessibility to surgical treatment in sub-Saharan Africa exist and …
[HTML][HTML] Methods of measuring spatial accessibility to health care in Uganda
Ensuring everyone has access to health care regardless of demographic, geographic and
social economic status is a key component of universal health coverage. In sub-Saharan …
social economic status is a key component of universal health coverage. In sub-Saharan …
Estimating the need for inpatient neonatal services: an iterative approach employing evidence and expert consensus to guide local policy in Kenya
GAV Murphy, D Waters, PO Ouma, D Gathara… - BMJ global …, 2017 - gh.bmj.com
Universal access to quality newborn health services will be essential to meeting specific
Sustainable Development Goals to reduce neonatal and overall child mortality. Data for …
Sustainable Development Goals to reduce neonatal and overall child mortality. Data for …
[HTML][HTML] Differences between gridded population data impact measures of geographic access to healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa
Background Access to healthcare is imperative to health equity and well-being. Geographic
access to healthcare can be modeled using spatial datasets on local context, together with …
access to healthcare can be modeled using spatial datasets on local context, together with …
[HTML][HTML] Spatial access inequities and childhood immunisation uptake in Kenya
Background Poor access to immunisation services remains a major barrier to achieving
equity and expanding vaccination coverage in many sub-Saharan African countries. In …
equity and expanding vaccination coverage in many sub-Saharan African countries. In …
[HTML][HTML] National and sub-national variation in patterns of febrile case management in sub-Saharan Africa
Given national healthcare coverage gaps, understanding treatment-seeking behaviour for
fever is crucial for the management of childhood illness and to reduce deaths. Here, we …
fever is crucial for the management of childhood illness and to reduce deaths. Here, we …