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Amos Odhacha
Researcher at Kenya Medical Research Institute
Publications - 8
Citations - 756
Amos Odhacha is an academic researcher from Kenya Medical Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Malaria. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 8 publications receiving 737 citations.
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Efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets in the prevention of mortality in young children in an area of high perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya.
Penelope A. Phillips-Howard,Bernard L. Nahlen,Margarette S. Kolczak,Allen W. Hightower,Feiko O. ter Kuile,Jane Alaii,John E. Gimnig,John Arudo,John M. Vulule,Amos Odhacha,S. Patrick Kachur,Erik Schoute,Daniel H. Rosen,John D. Sexton,Aggrey J. Oloo,William A. Hawley +15 more
TL;DR: A group-randomized controlled trial of insecticide (permethrin)-treated bed nets (ITNs) was conducted in an area of high perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya to test the effect of ITNs on all-cause mortality in children 1-59 months of age as mentioned in this paper.
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Factors affecting use of permethrin-treated bed nets during a randomized controlled trial in western Kenya
Jane Alaii,William A. Hawley,Margarette S. Kolczak,Feiko O. ter Kuile,John E. Gimnig,John M. Vulule,Amos Odhacha,Aggrey J. Oloo,Bernard L. Nahlen,Penelope A. Phillips-Howard +9 more
TL;DR: The most important reason for non-adherence was disruption of sleeping arrangements, indicating that ITNs were not readily redeployed in the face of shifting sleeping patterns due to visitors, funerals, house construction, and other events.
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Maintenance and sustained use of insecticide-treated bednets and curtains three years after a controlled trial in western Kenya.
TL;DR: Understanding how and why optimal ITM use declined following this small‐scale intervention trial can suggest measures that may improve the sustainability of current and future ITM efforts.
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Factors associated with hemoglobin concentrations in pre-school children in Western Kenya: cross-sectional studies
Meghna Desai,Dianne J. Terlouw,Arthur M. Kwena,Penelope A. Phillips-Howard,Simon Kariuki,Kathleen Wannemuehler,Amos Odhacha,William A. Hawley,Ya Ping Shi,Bernard L. Nahlen,Feiko O. ter Kuile +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, three community-based cross-sectional surveys were used to determine the prevalence and severity of anemia in early childhood in sub-Saharan Africa, using regression methods to compare mean hemoglobin concentrations across covariate levels to identify children at risk of low Hb levels in an area with intense malaria transmission.
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Diagnostic and prescribing practices in peripheral health facilities in rural western Kenya.
Penelope A. Phillips-Howard,Kathleen Wannemuehler,Feiko O. ter Kuile,William A. Hawley,Margarette S. Kolczak,Amos Odhacha,John M. Vulule,Bernard L. Nahlen +7 more
TL;DR: Health facility ledgers of 11 rural health facilities in western Kenya were reviewed and found limited diagnostic and prescribing practices and a lack of adherence to national treatment guidelines in rural western Kenya.