Faith Mwangi-Powell

Biographic Data

ID2162608
NAMEFaith Mwangi-Powell
GIVEN NAMESFaith
FAMILY NAMEMwangi-Powell
SIGNATUREMWANGI-POWELL F
AFFILIATIONSAfrican Palliative Care Association
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
H-INDEX1

  • Alleviating the access abyss in palliative care and pain relief—an imperative of universal health coverage

    Open AccessFelicia M Knaul, Paul E Farmer et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2018

  • Female genital mutilation and the Sustainable Development Goals

    Richard A Powell, Faith Mwangi-Powell et al.ARTICLEHealth Care For Women International2017

    Comprised of all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons (World Health Organization [WHO

  • Female Genital Mutilation in Kenya

    Open AccessEleanor Brown, Faith Mwangi-Powell et al.ARTICLEReproductive Health Matters2016Cited by: 2References: 14

    The Girl Summit held in 2014 aimed to mobilise greater effort to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) within a generation, building on a global movement which viewed the practice as a severe form of violence against women and girls and a violation of their rights. The UN, among others, endorse "comprehensive" strategies to end FGM, including legalistic measures, social protection and social communications. FGM is a sensitive issue and difficult to…

  • The HIV basic care package

    Suzanne Penfold, Victoria Simms et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2014

    An evidence-based basic care package (BCP) of seven interventions (Family testing, Cotrimoxazole, Condoms, Multivitamins, Access to safe water treatment, Isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT), and Insecticide-treated bednet) has been advocated to prevent infections among people with HIV in low-income settings. We examined the availability and receipt of the BCP in HIV outpatient clinics in Kenya and Uganda. A survey of 120 PEPFAR-funded facilities d…

  • The presence of CD4 counts for the management of HIV patients in East Africa

    R Harding, Victoria Simms et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2014

    New WHO guidance stipulates six-monthly CD4 testing and treatment initiation at CD4 less than 350. This study aimed to determine the presence of CD4 results in patient records across five care facilities in Kenya, and to identify factors associated with the presence of CD4 count. This is a cross-sectional study of consecutive outpatients. Participants completed self-reported outcomes of demographics, and both physical and mental health dimensions…

  • Multi-centred mixed-methods Pepfar HIV care & support public health evaluation

    Open AccessR Harding, Victoria Simms et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2010

    This novel mixed methods protocol will permit transparent presentation of subsequent dataset results publication, and offers a substantive model of protocol design to measure and integrate key activities and outcomes that underpin a public health approach to disease management in a low-income setting