Nairobi Programme

Bio

Michuki is a Kenyan trained board-certified paediatrician and clinical researcher based at the KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research. Michuki’ s research interests include improving quality of care in the neonatal and paediatric hospital units. He previously led a project that assessed Inappropriate prescription of cough remedies among children hospitalised with respiratory illness in Kenya. He was also actively involved in conducting systematic reviews that informed the evidence for the national paediatric protocols. Since 2014, he has also been actively involved in setting up a neonatal clinical learning network, which is a collaboration involving the ministry of health and county hospitals. This collaboration now includes more than 15 neonatal units across several counties in Kenya. Michuki was also a coinvestigator on an ESRC funded project that was assessing infection prevention and control and antibiotic stewardship practices across 16 public hospitals in Kenya. This work formed the basis of his doctoral work at the university of Amsterdam.

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Current Work

Currently he is the country lead on a project Learning to Harness Innovation in Global Health for Quality Care (HIGH – Q). This project seeks to evaluate how introduction of essential neonatal technologies coupled with the increase in nursing numbers in the neonatal units affects the quality of care provided. He teaches on the Diploma in Tropical Medicine with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and teaches on the systematic reviews’ module at the University of Nairobi School of Medicine. He is also an instructor and course director on the Emergency Triage and treatment training ETAT courses Collaborator; Sebastian Fuller- University of Oxford Jacob McKnight- University of Oxford, Caroline Wachu- Ministry of Health, Kenya Arabella Hayter- World Health Organization Committees, Boards, and other professional activities 1. Peer reviewer for various journals including Journal of Tropical paediatrics Science Communications; BMJ Open, Wellcome Open; amongst others 2. Member Kenya Paediatric Association Scientific Committee 3. External Examiner Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council

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Recent publications

Scoping review of interventions to improve continuity of postdischarge care for newborns in LMICs.
Grewal, G., Fuller, S. S., Rababeh, A., Maina, M., English, M., Paton, C., Papoutsi, C.
BMJ Glob Health, (2024). 9:e012894

Characterising support and care assistants in formal hospital settings: a scoping review.
Kagonya, V. A., Onyango, O. O., Maina, M., Gathara, D., English, M., Imam, A.
Hum Resour Health, (2023). 21:90

The CINAMR (Clinical Information Network-Antimicrobial Resistance) Project: A pilot microbial surveillance using hospitals linked to regional laboratories in Kenya: Study Protocol.
Akech, S., Nyamwaya, B., Gachoki, J., Ogero, M., Kigo, J., Maina, M., Mutua, E., Ooko, E., Bejon, P., Mwarumba, S., Bahati, F., Mvera, B., Musyimi, R., Onsare, R., Hutter, J., Tanui, E., Wesangula, E., Turner, P., Dunachie, S., Lucey, O., McKnight, J.
Wellcome Open Res, (2022). 7:256

Verbal Autopsy to Assess Postdischarge Mortality in Children With Suspected Sepsis in Uganda.
Knappett, M., Hooft, A., Maqsood, M. B., Lavoie, P. M., Kortz, T., Mehta, S., Duby, J., Akech, S., Maina, M., Carter, R., Popescu, C. R., Daftary, R., Mugisha, N. K., Mwesigwa, D., Kabakyenga, J., Kumbakumba, E., Ansermino, J. M., Kissoon, N., Mutekanga, A., Hau, D., Moschovis, P., Kangwa, M., Chen, C., Firnberg, M., Glomb, N., Argent, A., Reid, S. J., Bhutta, A., Wiens, M. O.
Pediatrics, (2023). 152:e2023062011

Quality of inpatient paediatric and newborn care in district hospitals - Authors' reply.
English, M., Aluvaala, J., Maina, M., Duke, T., Irimu, G.
Lancet Glob Health, (2023). 11:e1514-e1515