Decreased pediatric hospital mortality after an intervention to improve emergency care in Lilongwe, Malawi

JA Robison, ZP Ahmad, CA Nosek, C Durand… - …, 2012 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Emergently ill infants and children are often inadequately
recognized and stabilized by health care facilities in the developing world. This deficiency …

Economic analysis of rapid and sensitive polymerase chain reaction testing in the emergency department for influenza infections in children

RE Nelson, C Stockmann, AL Hersh… - The Pediatric …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Rapid multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays simultaneously
detect several respiratory viral pathogens with high sensitivity. Maximizing detection of …

Lost opportunities to identify and treat HIV‐positive patients: results from a baseline assessment of provider‐initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) in M alawi

S Ahmed, M Schwarz, RJ Flick, CA Rees… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess implementation of provider‐initiated testing and counselling (PITC) for
HIV in Malawi. Methods A review of PITC practices within 118 departments in 12 Ministry of …

Importance of authorship and inappropriate authorship assignment in paediatric research in low‐and middle‐income countries

CA Rees, EM Keating, KA Dearden… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To understand the importance of authorship and authorship position, and gauge
perceptions of inappropriate authorship assignment, among authors publishing paediatric …

[HTML][HTML] Improving pediatric academic global health collaborative research and agenda setting: a mixed-methods study

CA Rees, EM Keating, KA Dearden, H Haq… - The American Journal …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Academic global health collaborations have the potential to improve joint understanding of
health issues in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Our objective was to elucidate …

Defining global health tracks for pediatric residencies

H Haq, A Barnes, M Batra, T Condurache, MB Pitt… - …, 2019 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Global health (GH) offerings by pediatric residency programs have
increased significantly, with 1 in 4 programs indicating they offer a GH track. Despite growth …

Lessons learned from the development and implementation of an electronic paediatric emergency and acute care database in Lilongwe, Malawi

EJ Ciccone, AE Tilly, M Chiume, Y Mgusha… - BMJ global …, 2020 - gh.bmj.com
As the field of global child health increasingly focuses on inpatient and emergency care,
there is broad recognition of the need for comprehensive, accurate data to guide decision …

Blood transfusion and mortality in children with severe anaemia in a malaria-endemic region

EM Keating, M Chiume, E Fitzgerald… - Paediatrics and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background In children in sub-Saharan Africa, severe anaemia (SA) is an important cause of
mortality, and malaria is a primary cause. The World Health Organization (WHO) …

Strengthening Pediatric Global Health Fellowship Programs: Process Toward Accreditation

M Bauserman, H Crouse, AP Steenhoff… - …, 2023 - publications.aap.org
Melissa Bauserman, MD, MPH, a,* Heather Crouse, MD, b,* Andrew P. Steenhoff, MBBCh,
DCH, c Alexandra M. Vinograd, MD, MSHP, DTM&H, c Jeff A. Robison, MD, d Maneesh …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality by Admission Diagnosis in Children 1–60 Months of Age Admitted to a Tertiary Care Government Hospital in Malawi

JH Choi, TE Tanner, MD Eckerle, JS Chen… - The American Journal …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Diagnosis-specific mortality is a measure of pediatric healthcare quality that has been
incompletely studied in sub-Saharan African hospitals. Identifying the mortality rates of …