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Associate Dean, Research, Medical College, East Africa
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Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa
Child Health
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Childhood cancers in a referral hospital in Kenya: a review
East African Medical Journal (1996)
William Macharia
Following the outbreak of human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection in the early 1980's, there has been an increase in ...
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Comparison of prognostic determinants in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in ...
East African Medical Journal (1996)
William Macharia
The response of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) to treatment remains very low in developing countries. Many factors have been cited ...
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Highlight on childhood lymphomas.
East African medical journal (1996)
William Macharia
[No abstract available]
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Clinical presentation of atopic dermatitis in Negroid children.
African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences (1993)
William Macharia, G.M. Anabwani and D.M. Owili
Clinical findings in 54 consecutive negroid children with atopic dermatitis (AD) are presented. The age range was 0.25 to 10.25 ...
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Is this patient taking the treatment as prescribed?
Journal of the American Medical Association (1993)
Barbara J. Stephenson, Brian H. Rowe, R. Brian Haynes, William Macharia, et al.
CLINICAL SCENARIOS Case 1 A 28-year-old woman presents to the emergency department in acute distress with a 3-day history of ...
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An overview of interventions to improve compliance with appointment keeping ...
Journal of the American Medical Association (1992)
William Macharia, Gladys Leon, Brian Rowe, Barbara J. Stephenson, et al.
Objective: To determine, by a quantitative meta-analysis of randomized trials, the effectiveness of strategies to improve patient compliance with screening, ...
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Effects of skin contactants on evolution of atopic dermatitis in ...
Tropical Doctor (1991)
William Macharia, G.M. Anabwani and D.M. Owili
There is little published literature on the effects of skin contactants during early infancy on eventual development of atopic dermatitis ...
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Childhood asthma at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
East African Medical Journal (1990)
William Macharia, N.M. Mirza, Ezekiel Wafula and F.E. Onyango
Between January 1986 and July 1988, 356 children with bronchial asthma below 14 years of age were evaluated at the ...
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Epidemiology of acute respiratory tract infections among young children in ...
Reviews of Infectious Diseases (1990)
Ezekiel Wafula, F.E. Ouyango, W.M. Mirra, William Macharia, et al.
The epidemiology of acute respiratory tract infection (ARI) was investigated in a rural community 80 km north of Nairobi, Kenya. ...
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Verbal autopsy: a tool for determining cause of death in ...
East African Medical Journal (1990)
Nazrat M. Mirza, William Macharia, Ezekiel Wafula, Francis E. Onyango, et al.
Verbal autopsy was used to determine causes of death in 239 Kenyan children under the age of 5 years. The ...
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Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa
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“You Travel Faster Alone, but Further Together”: Learning From a ...
Short Communication (2018)
Priscilla Reddy, Rachana Desai, Sibusiso Sifunda, Kalipso Chalkidou, et al.
Abstract: Providing universal health coverage (UHC) through better maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent health (MNCAH) can benefit both parties through ...
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Effect of a voice recognition system on pediatric outpatient medication ...
Therapeutic Advances in Drug Safety (2018)
Angela Migowa, William Macharia, Pauline Samia, John Tole, et al.
Background: Medication-related errors account for one out of every 131 outpatient deaths, and one out of 854 inpatient deaths. The ...
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Accelerating Kenya’s progress to 2030: understanding the determinants of ...
BMJ Global Health (2018)
Emily C. Keats, William Macharia, Neha S. Singh, Nadia Akseer, et al.
Introduction: Despite recent gains, Kenya did not achieve its Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for reducing under-five mortality. To accelerate ...
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Factors influencing choice of skilled birth attendance at ANC: evidence ...
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2018)
Caroline Nyongesa, Xiaoyue Xu, John J. Hall, William Macharia, et al.
Background: In Kenya, skilled attendance at delivery is well below the international target of 90% and the maternal mortality ratio ...
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Pre-albumin as a marker for predicting weight loss in hospitalised ...
South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2018)
Del-Rossi Sean Quadros, Rose Kamenwa, Samuel Akech and William Macharia
Objectives: This study sought to determine the diagnostic utility of serum pre-albumin in predicting weight loss in hospitalised children. Design: ...
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Progress and priorities for reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health ...
Lancet Global Health (2017)
Emily C Keats, Anthony Ngugi, William Macharia, Nadia Akseer, et al.
Background: Progress in reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health (RMNCH) in Kenya has been inconsistent over the past two decades, ...
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Comparison of the prevalence and characteristics of inpatient adverse events ...
South African Medical Journal (2016)
William Macharia, Charles Muteshi, Sikolia Wanyonyi, Abraham Mukaindo, et al.
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Effect of provision of an integrated neonatal survival kit and ...
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2016)
Lisa G. Pell, Diego G. Bassani, Lucy Nyaga, Isaac Njagi, et al.
Background: Each year, more than 200 million children under the age of 5 years, almost all in low- and middle-income ...
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Effect of provision of an integrated neonatal survival kit and ...
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2016)
Lisa G. Pell, Diego G. Bassani, Lucy Nyaga, Isaac Njagi, et al.
Background: Each year, more than 200 million children under the age of 5 years, almost all in low- and middle-income ...
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Population Health Science: A Core Element of Health Science Education ...
Academic Medicine (2016)
Robert A. Hiatt, Natalie J. Engmann, Mushtaq Ahmed, Yasmin Amarsi, et al.
Sub-Saharan Africa suffers an inordinate burden of disease and does not have the numbers of suitably trained health care workers ...
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