Halima Mwenesi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1727308 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Halima Mwenesi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Halima |
| FAMILY NAME | Mwenesi |
| SIGNATURE | MWENESI H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kenya Medical Research Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3830-1744 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Rethinking human resources and capacity building needs for malaria control and elimination in Africa
Despite considerable success in controlling malaria worldwide, progress toward achieving malaria elimination has largely stalled. In particular, strategies to overcome roadblocks in malaria control and elimination in Africa are critical to achieving worldwide malaria elimination goals—this continent carries 94% of the global malaria case burden. To identify key areas for targeted efforts, we combined a comprehensive review of current literature w…
Perceptions of symptoms of severe childhood malaria among Mijikenda and Luo residents of Coastal Kenya
Effective community based malaria control programmes require an understanding of current perceptions of malaria as a disease and its severe manifestations. Quantitative and qualitative surveys of mothers on the Kenyan Coast suggest that fever is conceptualised in biomedical terms whereas the aetiology of severe malaria is perceived to be of more complex cultural origin. This is reflected in the treatments sought for convulsions. The results are d…
Child malaria treatment practices among mothers in Kenya
Oral rehydration therapy and social marketing in rural Kenya
Oral rehydration therapy and social marketing in rural Kenya
Perceptions of symptoms of severe childhood malaria among Mijikenda and Luo residents of Coastal Kenya
Effective community based malaria control programmes require an understanding of current perceptions of malaria as a disease and its severe manifestations. Quantitative and qualitative surveys of mothers on the Kenyan Coast suggest that fever is conceptualised in biomedical terms whereas the aetiology of severe malaria is perceived to be of more complex cultural origin. This is reflected in the treatments sought for convulsions. The results are d…
Child malaria treatment practices among mothers in Kenya
Rethinking human resources and capacity building needs for malaria control and elimination in Africa
Despite considerable success in controlling malaria worldwide, progress toward achieving malaria elimination has largely stalled. In particular, strategies to overcome roadblocks in malaria control and elimination in Africa are critical to achieving worldwide malaria elimination goals—this continent carries 94% of the global malaria case burden. To identify key areas for targeted efforts, we combined a comprehensive review of current literature w…
Medicine (4 works) · Malaria (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Immunology (2 works) · Malaria Research and Control (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Political science (2 works)