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Patricia Njuguna
kilifi [dot] kemri-wellcome [dot] org Research
Patricia Wambui Njuguna is Paediatrician based in Kilifi, Kenya. She graduated with a Masters in Medicine (Paediatrics and Child Health) (University of Nairobi) in 2006.
She has worked in the area of neurology (Neurodiability in the community) under Prof Charles Newton from 2001-2003. Her Masters thesis was an audit of management of coma in the national referral hospital. From 2006 she has been involved with the Clinical Trials Facility working in the area of malaria vaccines. This includes the GSK candidate vaccine - RTS,S. Her other interests include mechanisms that governments and other agencies use to determine the uptake of various vaccines in different parts of the world.
She is a member of the Brighton collaboration, the Kenya Medical Association and the Kenya Paediatric Association.
Patricia Wambui Njuguna is author or co-author of 8 publications in malaria and neurology.
Publications
1. Njuguna P, Newton C. Management of severe falciparum malaria. J Postgrad Med. 2004 Jan-Mar; 50(1):45-50.
2. Mung'ala-Odera V, Meehan R, Njuguna P, Mturi N, Alcock K, Carter JA, Newton CR. Validity and reliability of the 'Ten Questions' questionnaire for detecting moderate to severe neurological impairment in children aged 6-9 years in rural Kenya. Neuroepidemiology. 2004 Jan-Apr; 23(1-2):67-72.
3. Maitland K, Pamba A, Fegan G, Njuguna P, Nadel S,Newton CR, Lowe B. Perturbations in electrolyte levels in Kenyan children with severe malaria complicated by acidosis. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Jan 1; 40(1):9-16.
4. Mung'ala-Odera V, Meehan R, Njuguna P, Mturi N, Alcock K, Newton CR. Prevalence and risk factors of neurological disability and impairment in children living in rural Kenya. Int J Epidemiol. 2006 Jun; 35(3):683-8.
5. Njuguna PW, Mungala-Odera V, Chong WK, Meehan RA, Newton CR. Computerized tomography scan of the brain in a community study of neurological impairment in Kenya. J Child Neurol. 2007 Jan;22(1):26-32.
6. Mung'ala-Odera V, White S, Meehan R, Otieno GO, Njuguna P, Mturi N, Edwards T, Neville BG, Newton CR. Prevalence, incidence and risk factors of epilepsy in older children in rural Kenya. Seizure. 2008 Jul;17(5):396-404. Epub 2008 Jan 14.
7. Bejon P, Lusingu J, Olotu A, Leach A, Lievens M, Vekemans J, Mshamu S, Lang T, Gould J, Dubois MC, Demoitié MA, Stallaert JF, Vansadia P, Carter T, Njuguna P, Awuondo KO, Malabeja A, Abdul O, Gesase S, Mturi N, Drakeley CJ, Savarese B, Villafana T, Ballou WR, Cohen J, Riley EM, Lemnge MM, Marsh K, von Seidlein L. Efficacy of RTS,S/AS01E vaccine against malaria in children 5 to 17 months of age. N Engl J Med. 2008 Dec 11;359(24):2521-32. Epub 2008 Dec 8.
8. Njuguna PW, Oyatsi DP, English M. Evaluation of assessment instruments used on children presenting with altered level of consciousness. East Afr Med J. 2008 Dec;85(12):589-92.