It was hell in the community’

We found that the impacts of strikes by health care workers in 2017 extended beyond negative health and economic effects and exacerbated fundamental inequities in the health system. While this study was conducted in one County, our findings suggest several potential avenues for strengthening maternal and child health care in Kenya that were highlighted by nationwide strikes in 2017

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• Strikes of physicians and other health care workers in sub-Saharan African countries

  Open Access•Alexandre Lourenço Jaime Manguele, Mohsin Sidat et al.•Frontiers in Public Health•2024

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• Public–Private engagement and health systems resilience in times of health worker strikes

  Open Access•Bettina Buabeng-Baidoo, Johan Olivier•Health Policy and Planning•2024

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• What is a resilient health system? Lessons from Ebola

  Open Access•Margaret E Kruk, Michael Myers et al.•The Lancet•2015

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• Trust in the health care professional and health outcome

  Open Access•Johanna Birkhäuer, Jens Gaab et al.•PLoS ONE•2017

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• The Brazilian health system at crossroads

  Open Access•Adriano Massuda, Thomas Hone et al.•BMJ Global Health•2018

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• Improving maternal, newborn and child health outcomes through a community-based women’s health education program

  Open Access•Lauren Y Maldonado, Jeffrey N Bone et al.•BMJ Global Health•2020

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• Health system resilience

  Open Access•Walid Ammar, Ola Kdouh et al.•Journal of Global Health•2016

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• Trust and teamwork matter’

  Open Access•Arima Mishra•Global Public Health•2014

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• We are called the et cetera”

  Open Access•Evelyn Kabia, Rahab Mbau et al.•International Journal for Equity…•2019

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• Socio-economic inequality and inequity in use of health care services in Kenya

  Open Access•Stefania Ilinca, Laura Di Giorgio et al.•International Journal for Equity…•2019

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• Prolonged health worker strikes in Kenya- perspectives and experiences of frontline health managers and local communities in Kilifi County

  Open Access•Dennis Waithaka, Nancy Kagwanja et al.•International Journal for Equity…•2020

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• Nurses’ perceptions of universal health coverage and its implications for the Kenyan health sector

  Open Access•Adam D Koon, Lahra Smith et al.•Critical Public Health•2016

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• Initiation and continuity of maternal healthcare

  Open Access•Mardieh Dennis, Lenka Beňová et al.•Health Policy and Planning•2019

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• Shocks, stress and everyday health system resilience

  Open Access•Nancy Kagwanja, Dennis Waithaka et al.•Health Policy and Planning•2020

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• Trust and the development of health care as a social institution

  Open Access•Lucy Gilson•Social Science & Medicine•2003

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• Exploring Meaning and Types of Trust in Maternity Care in Peri-Urban Kenya

  Open Access•Pooja Sripad, Sachiko Ozawa et al.•Qualitative Health Research•2018

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• Trends in maternal mortality, 1990-2008

  Open Access•World Health Organization, Unicef et al.•Population and Development Review•2011

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• Trust in the health system

  Samantha B Meyer, Samantha Meyer et al.•Health Sociology Review•2008

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