Magoma Mwancha-Kwasa
Biographic Data
| ID | 7034042 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Magoma Mwancha-Kwasa |
| GIVEN NAMES | Magoma |
| FAMILY NAME | Mwancha-Kwasa |
| SIGNATURE | MWANCHA-KWASA M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Health, County Government of Kiambu, Kenya |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Assessing the Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Community Health Services
Following COVID-19 containment measures, healthcare service utilization was expected to decline, including in Kenya, across all healthcare tiers. We investigated the impact on community-level health indicators before and during the pandemic. This pre-post study examined community health utilization in 2019 (pre-pandemic) and 2020 (pandemic year) from March to December. Normality was assessed using the Shapiro-Wilk test, followed by Mann-Whitney U…
Operational Costs and Revenue Dynamics of Repurposing a Public Hospital into a Covid-19 Isolation Centre in Kenya
Isolation facilities are essential to pandemic response, yet the economic trade-offs of repurposing existing hospitals remain poorly characterised. This study quantifies both the operational costs and the revenue foregone from converting Tigoni Level 4 Hospital (TL4H) into Kiambu County's sole COVID-19 isolation centre. Our study focused on estimating recurrent and labour costs, considering only capital costs incurred during the study period. We …
Perceptions of Kenyan healthcare workers
During the coronavirus-19 pandemic (COVID-19), governments tailored various containment measures and the perspectives of health care workers (HCWs) directly affected by these policies are therefore indispensable. The purpose of this study was to investigate perceptions of both the National and Kiambu County governments' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of HCWs. We conducted a mixed-methods cross-sectional study using a semi…
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Perceptions of Kenyan healthcare workers
During the coronavirus-19 pandemic (COVID-19), governments tailored various containment measures and the perspectives of health care workers (HCWs) directly affected by these policies are therefore indispensable. The purpose of this study was to investigate perceptions of both the National and Kiambu County governments' responses to the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of HCWs. We conducted a mixed-methods cross-sectional study using a semi…
Assessing the Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Community Health Services
Following COVID-19 containment measures, healthcare service utilization was expected to decline, including in Kenya, across all healthcare tiers. We investigated the impact on community-level health indicators before and during the pandemic. This pre-post study examined community health utilization in 2019 (pre-pandemic) and 2020 (pandemic year) from March to December. Normality was assessed using the Shapiro-Wilk test, followed by Mann-Whitney U…
Operational Costs and Revenue Dynamics of Repurposing a Public Hospital into a Covid-19 Isolation Centre in Kenya
Isolation facilities are essential to pandemic response, yet the economic trade-offs of repurposing existing hospitals remain poorly characterised. This study quantifies both the operational costs and the revenue foregone from converting Tigoni Level 4 Hospital (TL4H) into Kiambu County's sole COVID-19 isolation centre. Our study focused on estimating recurrent and labour costs, considering only capital costs incurred during the study period. We …
COVID-19 epidemiological studies (2 works) · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts (2 works) · Disease (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Nursing (2 works) · Pandemic (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Activity-based costing (1 work)