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severely ill

Samuel Akech

Sam Akech
Email: 
sakechatkilifi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org
Group: 
Clinical Group

Sam Akech is registered for Doctor of Philosophy (Dphil) in Clinical Medicine at University Oxford, UK since September 2007. He is supervised by Prof.

Improving delivery of evidence based care for severely ill children

Full Title: 
Improving the delivery of evidence based care for severely ill children at district level in Kenya
Principal Investigator(s): 
Mike English

This project involves taking forward an ambitious research agenda with partners in Kenya's Ministry of Health, its medical schools and international collaborators including the World Health Organisation, The Centre for Health Policy, University of Witswatersrand and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Research is framed around a 3 year, randomised controlled study of an intervention programme to introduce evidence based care in child and newborn health in government hospitals and involves a multidisciplinary team comprising medical researchers, social scientists and economists.

Mike English

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Email: 
menglishatnairobi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org
Group: 
Child and Newborn Health Group

Mike worked in Kilifi from 1992-1996 on malaria and returned to the UK to complete specialist training as a General Paediatrician in 1998.

Fluid Expansion As Supportive Therapy (FEAST)

Full Title: 
Fluid Expansion As Supportive Therapy (FEAST)