Dr Michuki Maina
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Michuki Maina
Research Paediatrician
Michuki Maina is a Kenyan trained paediatrician and health systems researcher based at the KEMRI-Wellcome trust programme (KWTRP) in Nairobi having previously worked for the Ministry of Health. His main areas of work at KWTRP have been in the national paediatric guideline development process through conducting systematic reviews on neonatal feeding and respiratory support.
Michuki has been involved in setting up a neonatal clinical information network in Kenyan public hospitals from 2015. He has been a co-investigator on an ESRC funded project that was looking at Infection Prevention and Control and Antibiotic Stewardship arrangements in Kenyan hospitals as interventions to avert antimicrobial resistance. This project also formed the basis of his doctoral studies at the University of Amsterdam. Michuki has maintained close working relationships with the Ministry of Health through his involvement in the national infection prevention and control technical working group.
Michuki’s broader research interests include improving the quality of paediatric and neonatal care and improving antibiotic stewardship. He is also an active member of the Kenya Paediatric Association.
Recent publications
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COVID-19: an opportunity to improve infection prevention and control in LMICs.
Maina M. et al, (2020), The Lancet. Global health
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Antibiotic use in Kenyan public hospitals: Prevalence, appropriateness and link to guideline availability.
Maina M. et al, (2020), International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
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Evaluating hospital performance in antibiotic stewardship to guide action at national and local levels in a lower-middle income setting.
McKnight J. et al, (2019), Global health action, 12
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Evaluating the foundations that help avert antimicrobial resistance: Performance of essential water sanitation and hygiene functions in hospitals and requirements for action in Kenya
Maina M. et al, (2019), PLOS ONE, 14, e0222922 - e0222922
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Comparison of Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling With Conventional Autopsy to Detect Pulmonary Pathology Among Respiratory Deaths in a Resource-Limited Setting.
Roberts DJ. et al, (2019), American journal of clinical pathology, 152, 36 - 49