Analyzing data from the digital healthcare exchange platform for surveillance of antibiotic prescriptions in primary care in urban Kenya: A mixed-methods study.

Autor: Legese A Mekuria, Tobias Fr de Wit, Nicole Spieker, Ramona Koech, Robert Nyarango, Stanley Ndwiga, Christine J Fenenga, Alice Ogink, Constance Schultsz, Anja Van't Hoog

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 14, Iss 9, p e0222651 (2019)

BACKGROUND:Knowledge of antibiotic prescription practices in low- and middle-income countries is limited due to a lack of adequate surveillance systems. OBJECTIVE:To assess the prescription of antibiotics for the treatment of acute respiratory tract

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/c5965744eb6646fbad6f0a19c10a5627

Connected diagnostics: linking digital rapid diagnostic tests and mobile health wallets to diagnose and treat brucellosis in Samburu, Kenya

Autor: T. Rinke de Wit, D. Nzorubara, M. Otieno, Ramona Koech, David Onchonga, Sherzel Smith, M. Thuranira, Liang Ze Wong, G. Bhat, E. van den Bogaart

Publikováno v: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2019)
BMC medical informatics and decision making, 19(1):139. BioMed Central

Background Despite WHO guidelines for testing all suspected cases of malaria before initiating treatment, presumptive malaria treatment remains common practice among some clinicians and in certain low-resource settings the capacity for microscopic te

Externí odkaz: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::ba46678fe395656b5a8b0c9a064032e9
http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6647279