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1. 2026
   Levels of care for maternal and neonatal healthcare: a scoping review

   Mackin, S. Day, L. T. Dekker, C. Gouse, et al.

   J Glob Health. 2026; 16:04035

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2. 2025
   Perceived accuracy and utilisation of DHIS2 data for health decision making and advocacy in Kenya: A Qualitative Study

   Oware, P. M. Omondi, G. Adipo, C. Adow, et al.

   PLOS Glob Public Health. 2025; 5:e0004508

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3. 2025
   A Delphi process to build consensus on revised Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) signal functions and levels of care

   Moxon, S. G. Wharton-Smith, A. Sharma, S. Aluvaala, et al.

   PLoS One. 2025; 20:e0331684

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4. 2025
   Co-design and implementation of nursing handover improvement tool in Kenyan newborn units: a pilot study

   Jepkosgei, J. Gathara, D. Mbuthia, D. Wanyama, et al.

   BMC Nurs. 2025; 24:1329

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5. 2025
   Developing context-sensitive, comprehensive newborn care protocols: integrating technologies with clinical care pathways for level 2 newborn units in Kenya

   Irimu, G. Gicheha, E. Musa, F. Waiyego, et al.

   J Glob Health. 2025; 15:04271

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6. 2025
   Delivery of care in high mortality hospital settings: a direct observational study examining 1848 h of neonatal nursing in Kenya

   Imam, A. Maina, M. Aluvaala, J. Kagonya, et al.

   EClinicalMedicine. 2025; 87:103434

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7. 2025
   Evaluating the effects of increasing nursing numbers on quality of newborn care in understaffed neonatal units in Kenya: a prospective intervention study

   Imam, A. English, M. Aluvaala, J. Kagonya, et al.

   BMJ Qual Saf. 2025

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8. 2025
   Situational analysis of antibiotic prescriptions in Kenyan neonatal units for antimicrobial stewardship: a retrospective longitudinal study

   Aluvaala, J. Tuti, T. Ogola, M. Lim, et al.

   EClinicalMedicine. 2025; 82:103156

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9. 2024
   Hypothermia amongst neonatal admissions in Kenya: a retrospective cohort study assessing prevalence, trends, associated factors, and its relationship with all-cause neonatal mortality

   Wainaina, J. Ogero, M. Mumelo, L. Wairoto, et al.

   Front Pediatr. 2024; 12:1272104

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10. 2024
    Identifying and quantifying initial post-discharge needs for clinical review of sick, newborns in Kenya based on a large multi-site, retrospective cohort study

    Wainaina, J. Lee, E. Irimu, G. Aluvaala, et al.

    Front Pediatr. 2024; 12:1374629

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11. 2024
    COVID-19 pandemic effects on neonatal inpatient admissions and mortality: interrupted time series analysis of facilities implementing NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania

    Malla, L. Ohuma, E. O. Shabani, J. Ngwala, et al.

    BMC Pediatr. 2024; 23:657

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12. 2023
    Assessment of neonatal referral infrastructure and clinical characteristics of referred neonates in three first referral hospitals in Nairobi County, Kenya

    Wainaina, J. Irimu, G. English, M. Mbaire, et al.

    Wellcome Open Res. 2023; 8:126

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13. 2023
    Development of a small and sick newborn clinical audit tool and its implementation guide using a human-centred design approach newborn clinical audit process and design

    Ogola, M. Wainaina, J. Muinga, N. Kimani, et al.

    PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3:e0001577

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14. 2023
    Recalibrating prognostic models to improve predictions of in-hospital child mortality in resource-limited settings

    Ogero, M. Ndiritu, J. Sarguta, R. Tuti, et al.

    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2023; 37:313-321

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15. 2023
    Blood culture versus antibiotic use for neonatal inpatients in 61 hospitals implementing with the NEST360 Alliance in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

    Murless-Collins, S. Kawaza, K. Salim, N. Molyneux, et al.

    BMC Pediatr. 2023; 23:568

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16. 2023
    Missed nursing care in acute care hospital settings in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review

    Imam, A. Obiesie, S. Gathara, D. Aluvaala, et al.

    Hum Resour Health. 2023; 21:19

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17. 2023
    Quality of inpatient paediatric and newborn care in district hospitals - Authors' reply

    English, M. Aluvaala, J. Maina, M. Duke, et al.

    Lancet Glob Health. 2023; 11:e1514-e1515

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18. 2023
    Quality of inpatient paediatric and newborn care in district hospitals: WHO indicators, measurement, and improvement

    English, M. Aluvaala, J. Maina, M. Duke, et al.

    Lancet Glob Health. 2023; 11:e1114-e1119

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19. 2023
    Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy of Neonates with Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Systematic Review

    Dona, D. Gastaldi, A. Barbieri, E. Bonadies, et al.

    Am J Perinatol. 2023; 40:646-656

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20. 2022
    External validation of inpatient neonatal mortality prediction models in high-mortality settings

    Tuti, T. Collins, G. English, M. Clinical Information, et al.

    BMC Med. 2022; 20:236

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21. 2022
    Evaluation of an audit and feedback intervention to reduce gentamicin prescription errors in newborn treatment (ReGENT) in neonatal inpatient care in Kenya: a controlled interrupted time series study protocol

    Tuti, T. Aluvaala, J. Malla, L. Irimu, et al.

    Implement Sci. 2022; 17:32

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22. 2022
    Improving in-patient neonatal data quality as a pre-requisite for monitoring and improving quality of care at scale: A multisite retrospective cohort study in Kenya

    Tuti, T. Aluvaala, J. Chelangat, D. Mbevi, et al.

    PLOS Glob Public Health. 2022; 2:e0000673

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23. 2022
    Quantitative decision making for investment in global health intervention trials: Case study of the NEWBORN study on emollient therapy in preterm infants in Kenya

    Stylianou, A. Blanks, K. J. H. Gibson, R. A. Kendall, et al.

    J Glob Health. 2022; 12:04045

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24. 2022
    Audit identified modifiable factors in Hospital Care of Newborns in low-middle income countries: a scoping review

    Ogola, M. Njuguna, E. M. Aluvaala, J. English, et al.

    BMC Pediatr. 2022; 22:99

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25. 2022
    Nurse staffing and patient care outcomes: protocol for an umbrella review to identify evidence gaps for low and middle-income countries in global literature

    Imam, A. Obiesie, S. Aluvaala, J. Maina, et al.

    Wellcome Open Res. 2022; 6:363

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26. 2022
    Missed nursing care in acute care hospital settings in low-middle income countries: a systematic review protocol

    Imam, A. Obiesie, S. Aluvaala, J. Maina, et al.

    Wellcome Open Res. 2022; 6:359

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27. 2022
    Identifying gaps in global evidence for nurse staffing and patient care outcomes research in low/middle-income countries: an umbrella review

    Imam, A. Obiesie, S. Aluvaala, J. Maina, et al.

    BMJ Open. 2022; 12:e064050

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28. 2022
    Evaluating the effects of supplementing ward nurses on quality of newborn care in Kenyan neonatal units: protocol for a prospective workforce intervention study

    Imam, A. Gathara, D. Aluvaala, J. Maina, et al.

    BMC Health Serv Res. 2022; 22:1230

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29. 2021
    Pulse oximetry adoption and oxygen orders at paediatric admission over 7 years in Kenya: a multihospital retrospective cohort study

    Tuti, T. Aluvaala, J. Akech, S. Agweyu, et al.

    BMJ Open. 2021; 11:e050995

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30. 2021
    Prevalence and fluid management of dehydration in children without diarrhoea admitted to Kenyan hospitals: a multisite observational study

    Omoke, S. English, M. Aluvaala, J. Gathara, et al.

    BMJ Open. 2021; 11:e042079

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31. 2021
    Neonatal mortality in Kenyan hospitals: a multisite, retrospective, cohort study

    Irimu, G. Aluvaala, J. Malla, L. Omoke, et al.

    BMJ Glob Health. 2021; 6

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32. 2021
    First do no harm: practitioners' ability to 'diagnose' system weaknesses and improve safety is a critical initial step in improving care quality

    English, M. Ogola, M. Aluvaala, J. Gicheha, et al.

    Arch Dis Child. 2021; 106:326-332

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33. 2021
    Employing learning health system principles to advance research on severe neonatal and paediatric illness in Kenya

    English, M. Irimu, G. Akech, S. Aluvaala, et al.

    BMJ Glob Health. 2021; 6

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34. 2021
    Prediction modelling of inpatient neonatal mortality in high-mortality settings

    Aluvaala, J. Collins, G. Maina, B. Mutinda, et al.

    Arch Dis Child. 2021; 106:449-454

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35. 2020
    Development of locally relevant clinical guidelines for procedure-related neonatal analgesic practice in Kenya: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Wade, C. Frazer, J. S. Qian, E. Davidson, et al.

    Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2020; 4:750-760

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36. 2020
    Prognostic models for predicting in-hospital paediatric mortality in resource-limited countries: a systematic review

    Ogero, M. Sarguta, R. J. Malla, L. Aluvaala, et al.

    BMJ Open. 2020; 10:e035045

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37. 2020
    Methodological rigor of prognostic models for predicting in-hospital paediatric mortality in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol

    Ogero, M. Sarguta, R. Malla, L. Aluvaala, et al.

    Wellcome Open Res. 2020; 5:106

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38. 2020
    Programme theory and linked intervention strategy for large-scale change to improve hospital care in a low and middle-income country - A Study Pre-Protocol

    English, M. Nzinga, J. Irimu, G. Gathara, et al.

    Wellcome Open Res. 2020; 5:265

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39. 2020
    Implementing change for facility-based peripartum care in low-income and middle-income countries

    Aluvaala, J. English, M.

    Lancet Glob Health. 2020; 8:e980-e981

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40. 2019
    Effective coverage and budget implications of skill-mix change to improve neonatal nursing care: an explorative simulation study in Kenya

    Tsiachristas, A. Gathara, D. Aluvaala, J. Chege, et al.

    BMJ Glob Health. 2019; 4:e001817

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41. 2019
    Risk factors for death among children aged 5-14 years hospitalised with pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study in Kenya

    Macpherson, L. Ogero, M. Akech, S. Aluvaala, et al.

    BMJ Glob Health. 2019; 4:e001715

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42. 2019
    Developing recommendations for neonatal inpatient care service categories: reflections from the research, policy and practice interface in Kenya

    Keene, C. M. Aluvaala, J. Murphy, G. A. V. Abuya, et al.

    BMJ Glob Health. 2019; 4:e001195

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43. 2019
    Competing risk survival analysis of time to in-hospital death or discharge in a large urban neonatal unit in Kenya

    Aluvaala, J. Collins, G. S. Maina, B. Mutinda, et al.

    Wellcome Open Res. 2019; 4:96

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44. 2018
    Effective coverage of essential inpatient care for small and sick newborns in a high mortality urban setting: a cross-sectional study in Nairobi City County, Kenya

    Murphy, G. A. V. Gathara, D. Mwachiro, J. Abuya, et al.

    BMC Med. 2018; 16:72

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45. 2018
    Pulse oximetry values of neonates admitted for care and receiving routine oxygen therapy at a resource-limited hospital in Kenya

    Morgan, M. C. Maina, B. Waiyego, M. Mutinda, et al.

    J Paediatr Child Health. 2018; 54:260-266

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46. 2018
    Using a common data platform to facilitate audit and feedback on the quality of hospital care provided to sick newborns in Kenya

    Maina, M. Aluvaala, J. Mwaniki, P. Tosas-Auguet, et al.

    BMJ Glob Health. 2018; 3:e001027

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47. 2017
    Oxygen saturation ranges for healthy newborns within 24 hours at 1800 m

    Morgan, M. C. Maina, B. Waiyego, M. Mutinda, et al.

    Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2017; 102:F266-F268

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48. 2017
    A systematic review of neonatal treatment intensity scores and their potential application in low-resource setting hospitals for predicting mortality, morbidity and estimating resource use

    Aluvaala, J. Collins, G. S. Maina, M. Berkley, et al.

    Syst Rev. 2017; 6:248

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49. 2016
    Nairobi Newborn Study: a protocol for an observational study to estimate the gaps in provision and quality of inpatient newborn care in Nairobi City County, Kenya

    Murphy, G. A. Gathara, D. Aluvaala, J. Mwachiro, et al.

    BMJ Open. 2016; 6:e012448

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50. 2016
    The need for pragmatic clinical trials in low and middle income settings - taking essential neonatal interventions delivered as part of inpatient care as an illustrative example

    English, M. Karumbi, J. Maina, M. Aluvaala, et al.

    BMC Med. 2016; 14:5

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51. 2015
    Moving towards routine evaluation of quality of inpatient pediatric care in Kenya

    Gathara, D. Nyamai, R. Were, F. Mogoa, et al.

    PLoS One. 2015; 10:e0117048

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52. 2015
    Delivery outcomes and patterns of morbidity and mortality for neonatal admissions in five Kenyan hospitals

    Aluvaala, J. Okello, D. Murithi, G. Wafula, et al.

    J Trop Pediatr. 2015; 61:255-9

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53. 2015
    Assessment of neonatal care in clinical training facilities in Kenya

    Aluvaala, J. Nyamai, R. Were, F. Wasunna, et al.

    Arch Dis Child. 2015; 100:42-7

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54. 2014
    Adoption of recommended practices and basic technologies in a low-income setting

    English, M. Gathara, D. Mwinga, S. Ayieko, et al.

    Arch Dis Child. 2014; 99:452-6

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55. 2013
    Topical umbilical cord care for prevention of infection and neonatal mortality

    Karumbi, J. Mulaku, M. Aluvaala, J. English, et al.

    Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013; 32:78-83

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56. 2013
    Topical umbilical cord care

    Karumbi, J. Mulaku, M. Aluvaala, J. English, et al.

    Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013; 32:801-2

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