Supportive Care and Antibiotics for Severe Pneumonia among Hospitalised Children (SEARCH) A Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial – By Ambrose Agweyu This is a pragmatic randomised controlled trial that seeks to compare injectable antibiotic treatments and tube feeding versus fluid treatment for children with severe pneumonia. specifically, the study aims to address two questions: (1) whether […]

The CINAMR (Clinical Information Network-Antimicrobial Resistance) Project: A pilot microbial surveillance using hospitals linked to regional laboratories in Kenya – By Sam Akech Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat and is thought to be acute in low andmiddle income country (LMIC) settings, including in Kenya, but there is limited unbiasedsurveillance that can provide reliable estimates […]

Malaria (RTS, S/AS01) Vaccine Sentinel Evaluation – By Sam Akech Sentinel surveillance of children aged 5-48 months admitted to six selected hospitals in areas of western Kenya where MoH working with WHO will conduct phased introduction of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine (Mosquirix®) in 2019. This sentinel surveillance will last for 3-5 years and during this sentinel […]