Michuki Maina

Biographic Data

ID9001898
NAMEMichuki Maina
GIVEN NAMESMichuki
FAMILY NAMEMaina
SIGNATUREMAINA M
AFFILIATIONSKenya Medical Research Institute
ORCID0000-0001-6874-8929
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Levels of care for maternal and neonatal healthcare

    Open AccessShaina Mackin, Louise Tina Day et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2026

    Background: To meet the 2030 aims of the Global Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health and Sustainable Development Goals, annual rates of maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirth must decrease. The organisation of maternal and newborn health (MNH) services influences access to and quality of care. We designed this scoping review to understand how levels of MNH care are organised in different country contexts. Methods: We co…

  • Beyond survival

    Open AccessLaura Subramanian, Dorothy Oluoch et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Evidence is lacking on how birth complications affect postpartum wellbeing in low-resource settings, and how to support post-complication recovery in these settings. To address this gap, we conducted a mixed methods study at three county referral hospitals in Kenya to explore the impact of birth complications on mothers’ and families’ postpartum experiences and wellbeing. We used a convergent parallel study design, including a quantitative cross-…

  • Perceived accuracy and utilisation of DHIS2 data for health decision making and advocacy in Kenya

    Open AccessPhoene Mesa Oware, Gregory Omondi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Reliable health information systems (HIS) are critical for effective decision-making in the delivery of Primary Health Care and Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (PHC/RMNCAH+N) services. In Kenya, the District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) platform serves as the primary HIS for tracking health indicators. This qualitative study explored perceptions of DHIS2 data accuracy and use for decision-making am…

  • Applying a multi-layered, mixed methods approach to evaluate technology and workforce interventions in Kenyan neonatal units

    Open AccessMichuki Maina, Sassy Molyneux et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2025

    Understanding how to best implement healthcare innovations in resource-poor settings requires complex interventions and evaluations, often straining existing healthcare systems. We aimed to address this challenge in our Kenyan neonatal intervention research by deeply integrating stakeholder engagement, applying layered methodologies, and leveraging our research team's diverse expertise. This paper reports on the design and implementation of a res…

  • Scoping review of interventions to improve continuity of postdischarge care for newborns in LMICs

    Open AccessGulraj Grewal, Sebastian Fuller et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2024

    INTRODUCTION: Neonatal mortality remains significant in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) with in-hospital mortality rates similar to those following discharge from healthcare facilities. Care continuity interventions have been suggested as a way of reducing postdischarge mortality by better linking care between facilities and communities. This scoping review aims to map and describe interventions used in LMICs to improve care contin…

  • Improving facility-based care

    Open AccessMike English, Jacinta Nzinga et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    Attention has turned to improving the quality and safety of healthcare within health facilities to reduce avoidable mortality and morbidity. Interventions should be tested in health system environments that can support their adoption if successful. To be successful, interventions often require changes in multiple behaviours making their consequences unpredictable. Here, we focus on this challenge of change at the mesolevel or microlevel. Drawing …

  • Improving in-patient neonatal data quality as a pre-requisite for monitoring and improving quality of care at scale

    Open AccessTimothy Tuti, Jalemba Aluvaala et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    The objectives of this study were to (1)explore the quality of clinical data generated from hospitals providing in-patient neonatal care participating in a clinical information network (CIN) and whether data improved over time, and if data are adequate, (2)characterise accuracy of prescribing for basic treatments provided to neonatal in-patients over time. This was a retrospective cohort study involving neonates ≤28 days admitted between January …

  • Using treatment guidelines to improve antibiotic use

    Open AccessMichuki Maina, Jacob Mcknight et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    Clinical practice guidelines have the potential to improve quality of care through improving decision making and antibiotic prescription. These guidelines are particularly important in areas with limited laboratory and specialist capacity.\n\nFor some of the common conditions managed in the hospitals, guidelines are not available or are outdated.\n\nTo reduce irrational antibiotic use and contain the threat of antimicrobial resistance, the proces…

  • Evaluating hospital performance in antibiotic stewardship to guide action at national and local levels in a lower-middle income setting

    Open AccessJacob Mcknight, Michuki Maina et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2019

    BACKGROUND: Inappropriate use of antibiotics can lead to the development of resistant pathogens. Ensuring proper use of these important drugs in all healthcare facilities is essential. Unfortunately, however, very little is known about how antibiotics are used in LMIC clinical settings, nor to what degree antibiotic stewardship programmes are in place and effective. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to record all Antibiotic Stewardship policies and structures …