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Sammy M. Njenga
Researcher at Kenya Medical Research Institute
Publications - 130
Citations - 3624
Sammy M. Njenga is an academic researcher from Kenya Medical Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Deworming. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 125 publications receiving 2807 citations.
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Cluster-randomised controlled trials of individual and combined water, sanitation, hygiene and nutritional interventions in rural Bangladesh and Kenya: the WASH Benefits study design and rationale.
Benjamin F. Arnold,Clair Null,Clair Null,Stephen P. Luby,Leanne Unicomb,Christine P. Stewart,Kathryn G. Dewey,Tahmeed Ahmed,Tahmeed Ahmed,Sania Ashraf,Garret Christensen,Garret Christensen,Thomas Clasen,Holly N. Dentz,Holly N. Dentz,Lia C. H. Fernald,Rashidul Haque,Alan Hubbard,Patricia Kariger,Elli Leontsini,Audrie Lin,Sammy M. Njenga,Amy J. Pickering,Pavani K. Ram,Fahmida Tofail,Peter J. Winch,John M. Colford +26 more
TL;DR: The objective of the WASH Benefits study is to help fill this knowledge gap by assessing improvements in water quality, sanitation, handwashing and child nutrition—alone and in combination—to rural households with pregnant women in Kenya and Bangladesh.
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The WASH Benefits and SHINE trials: interpretation of WASH intervention effects on linear growth and diarrhoea
Amy J. Pickering,Clair Null,Peter J. Winch,Goldberg Mangwadu,Benjamin F. Arnold,Andrew J. Prendergast,Sammy M. Njenga,Mahbubur Rahman,Robert Ntozini,Jade Benjamin-Chung,Christine P. Stewart,Tarique Md. Nurul Huda,Lawrence H. Moulton,John M. Colford,Stephen P. Luby,Jean H. Humphrey +15 more
TL;DR: It is recommended that future research in the WASH sector focus on developing and evaluating interventions that are radically more effective in reducing faecal contamination in the domestic environment than the interventions implemented in these trials.
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Multi-parallel qPCR provides increased sensitivity and diagnostic breadth for gastrointestinal parasites of humans: field-based inferences on the impact of mass deworming
Alice V. Easton,Alice V. Easton,Rita G. Oliveira,Elise M. O’Connell,Stella Kepha,Charles Mwandawiro,Sammy M. Njenga,Jimmy H. Kihara,Cassian Mwatele,Maurice R. Odiere,Simon Brooker,Joanne P. Webster,Roy M. Anderson,Thomas B. Nutman +13 more
TL;DR: KK may be an inadequate tool for stool-based surveillance in areas where hookworm or Strongyloides are common or where intensity of helminth infection is low after repeated rounds of chemotherapy.
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Multimodal Pyrethroid Resistance in Malaria Vectors, Anopheles gambiae s.s., Anopheles arabiensis, and Anopheles funestus s.s. in Western Kenya
Hitoshi Kawada,Gabriel O. Dida,Kazunori Ohashi,Osamu Komagata,Shinji Kasai,Takashi Tomita,George Sonye,Yoshihide Maekawa,Cassian Mwatele,Sammy M. Njenga,Charles Mwandawiro,Noboru Minakawa,Masahiro Takagi +12 more
TL;DR: It is interesting that 2 different resistance mechanisms have developed in the 2 sibling species in the same area individually, and the cross resistance between permethrin and DDT in An.
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Urban informal settlements as hotspots of antimicrobial resistance and the need to curb environmental transmission.
Maya Nadimpalli,Sara J. Marks,Maria Camila Montealegre,Robert H. Gilman,Monica J. Pajuelo,Monica J. Pajuelo,Mayuko Saito,Pablo Tsukayama,Pablo Tsukayama,Sammy M. Njenga,John Kiiru,Jenna Swarthout,Mohammad Aminul Islam,Mohammad Aminul Islam,Timothy R. Julian,Timothy R. Julian,Timothy R. Julian,Amy J. Pickering +17 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that water and waste infrastructure improvements tailored to these settings should be evaluated for their effectiveness in limiting environmental AMR dissemination, lowering the community-level burden of antimicrobial-resistant infections and preventing antibiotic misuse.