Owens Wiwa
Biographic Data
| ID | 1736721 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Owens Wiwa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Owens |
| FAMILY NAME | Wiwa |
| SIGNATURE | WIWA O |
| AFFILIATIONS | AIDS Prevention Initiative in Nigeria |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A cluster-randomized trial of client and provider directed financial interventions to align incentives with appropriate case management in private medicine retailers: Results of the TestsmART trial in…
Malaria remains a major health priority in Nigeria. Among children with fever who seek care, less than a quarter gets tested for malaria, leading to inappropriate use of the recommended treatment for malaria; Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT). Here we test an innovative strategy to target ACT subsidies to clients seeking care in Nigeria’s private retail health sector who have a confirmed malaria diagnosis. We supported point-of-care mal…
Functional availability of medical oxygen for the management of hypoxaemia in Cameroon: A nationwide facility-based cross-sectional survey
Background: Medical oxygen is essential for managing hypoxaemia, which has a multifactorial origin, including acute and chronic lung diseases such as pneumonia, asthma, and severe malaria. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) revealed substantial gaps in the availability and accessibility of safe medical oxygen, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aimed to assess the availability and sources, as well as the barri…
Implementation of the advanced HIV disease package of care using a public health approach: Lessons from Nigeria
Implementation of the AHD package of care in Nigeria has improved the diagnosis of TB and CM, and will potentially enhance the quality of care for PLHIV if sustained. Findings from this implementation were used to guide national scale-up
Development of a composite scoring system to rank communities at high risk of zero-dose children in Cameroon: A geospatial analysis
Background: Despite growing efforts to improve access to vaccination, millions of children, especially in developing countries, have not received a single dose of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP) vaccine. Consequently, they are often called zero-dose children (ZDC). With limited health resources, prioritising communities for rapid and mass zero-dose catch-up vaccination in missed communities to avert epidemic outbreaks is complicated by u…
Cervical cancer screening outcomes in public health facilities in three states in Nigeria
The Program has successfully increased women's access to screening and treatment of precancerous lesions. Almost all women who were eligible for pre-cancerous lesion treatment received it, often on the same day when screened using VIA. However, for women referred for a triage exam or due to suspected cancer, many did not complete their referral visits. More effort is required to ensure HPV positive women and women with suspected cancer are adequa…
Private health care market shaping and changes in inequities in childhood diarrhoea treatment coverage: Evidence from the analysis of baseline and endline surveys of an ORS and zinc scale-up program i…
The results show a pro-rural improvement in coverage and a reduction in coverage inequities across wealth quintiles from baseline to endline. This gives an indication that initiatives focused on shaping healthcare market systems may be effective in reducing health coverage gaps without detracting from equity as a health policy objective
Program evaluation of an ORS and zinc scale-up program in 8 Nigerian states
BACKGROUND: In Nigeria, diarrhea is the second leading killer of children under five. Between 2012-2017, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) and the Government of Nigeria implemented a comprehensive program in eight states aimed at increasing the percentage of children under five with diarrhea who were treated with zinc and oral rehydration solution (ORS). The program addressed demand, supply, and policy barriers to ORS and zinc upt…
Increasing coverage of pediatric diarrhea treatment in high-burden countries
BACKGROUND: Diarrhea is the second leading cause of infectious deaths in children under-five globally. Oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc could avert an estimated 93% of deaths, but progress to increase coverage of these interventions has been largely stagnant over the past several decades. The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), along with donors and country governments in India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, implemented programs to scale-…
Advancing Survival in Nigeria: A Pre-post Evaluation of an Integrated Maternal and Neonatal Health Program
Introduction Nigeria contributes more obstetric, postpartum and neonatal deaths and stillbirths globally than any other country. The Clinton Health Access Initiative in partnership with the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health and the state Governments of Kano, Katsina, and Kaduna implemented an integrated Maternal and Neonatal Health program from July 2014. Up to 90% women deliver at home in Northern Nigeria, where maternal mortality ratio and ne…
Human-initiated disaster, social disorganization and post-traumatic stress disorder above Nigeria's oil basins
Guns, health and the exploitation of natural resources
There are about 1 million small arms in Nigeria, which contribute to a large number of politically motivated killings. These are mainly sectarian (Christian and Muslim) and ethnic, over land and water rights and the relationship between the activities of companies and the environment. In the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta, with a population of half a million in an area of just over 400 square miles, there are 100 oil wells; the local community i…
Guns, health and the exploitation of natural resources
There are about 1 million small arms in Nigeria, which contribute to a large number of politically motivated killings. These are mainly sectarian (Christian and Muslim) and ethnic, over land and water rights and the relationship between the activities of companies and the environment. In the Ogoni region of the Niger Delta, with a population of half a million in an area of just over 400 square miles, there are 100 oil wells; the local community i…
Human-initiated disaster, social disorganization and post-traumatic stress disorder above Nigeria's oil basins
Advancing Survival in Nigeria: A Pre-post Evaluation of an Integrated Maternal and Neonatal Health Program
Introduction Nigeria contributes more obstetric, postpartum and neonatal deaths and stillbirths globally than any other country. The Clinton Health Access Initiative in partnership with the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health and the state Governments of Kano, Katsina, and Kaduna implemented an integrated Maternal and Neonatal Health program from July 2014. Up to 90% women deliver at home in Northern Nigeria, where maternal mortality ratio and ne…
Program evaluation of an ORS and zinc scale-up program in 8 Nigerian states
BACKGROUND: In Nigeria, diarrhea is the second leading killer of children under five. Between 2012-2017, the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Inc. (CHAI) and the Government of Nigeria implemented a comprehensive program in eight states aimed at increasing the percentage of children under five with diarrhea who were treated with zinc and oral rehydration solution (ORS). The program addressed demand, supply, and policy barriers to ORS and zinc upt…
Increasing coverage of pediatric diarrhea treatment in high-burden countries
BACKGROUND: Diarrhea is the second leading cause of infectious deaths in children under-five globally. Oral rehydration salts (ORS) and zinc could avert an estimated 93% of deaths, but progress to increase coverage of these interventions has been largely stagnant over the past several decades. The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), along with donors and country governments in India, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda, implemented programs to scale-…
Private health care market shaping and changes in inequities in childhood diarrhoea treatment coverage: Evidence from the analysis of baseline and endline surveys of an ORS and zinc scale-up program i…
The results show a pro-rural improvement in coverage and a reduction in coverage inequities across wealth quintiles from baseline to endline. This gives an indication that initiatives focused on shaping healthcare market systems may be effective in reducing health coverage gaps without detracting from equity as a health policy objective
Development of a composite scoring system to rank communities at high risk of zero-dose children in Cameroon: A geospatial analysis
Background: Despite growing efforts to improve access to vaccination, millions of children, especially in developing countries, have not received a single dose of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis (DTP) vaccine. Consequently, they are often called zero-dose children (ZDC). With limited health resources, prioritising communities for rapid and mass zero-dose catch-up vaccination in missed communities to avert epidemic outbreaks is complicated by u…
Cervical cancer screening outcomes in public health facilities in three states in Nigeria
The Program has successfully increased women's access to screening and treatment of precancerous lesions. Almost all women who were eligible for pre-cancerous lesion treatment received it, often on the same day when screened using VIA. However, for women referred for a triage exam or due to suspected cancer, many did not complete their referral visits. More effort is required to ensure HPV positive women and women with suspected cancer are adequa…
A cluster-randomized trial of client and provider directed financial interventions to align incentives with appropriate case management in private medicine retailers: Results of the TestsmART trial in…
Malaria remains a major health priority in Nigeria. Among children with fever who seek care, less than a quarter gets tested for malaria, leading to inappropriate use of the recommended treatment for malaria; Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT). Here we test an innovative strategy to target ACT subsidies to clients seeking care in Nigeria’s private retail health sector who have a confirmed malaria diagnosis. We supported point-of-care mal…
Functional availability of medical oxygen for the management of hypoxaemia in Cameroon: A nationwide facility-based cross-sectional survey
Background: Medical oxygen is essential for managing hypoxaemia, which has a multifactorial origin, including acute and chronic lung diseases such as pneumonia, asthma, and severe malaria. The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) revealed substantial gaps in the availability and accessibility of safe medical oxygen, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aimed to assess the availability and sources, as well as the barri…
Implementation of the advanced HIV disease package of care using a public health approach: Lessons from Nigeria
Implementation of the AHD package of care in Nigeria has improved the diagnosis of TB and CM, and will potentially enhance the quality of care for PLHIV if sustained. Findings from this implementation were used to guide national scale-up
Medicine (11 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Public health (6 works) · Population (5 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Psychological intervention (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Geography (3 works)