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Edwine Barasa
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Exective Director @kemri_wellcome | Professor of Health Economics @UniofOxford | Changerian| @TutuFellows 2019| @bdafrica #Top40under40 Kenya 2019
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New publication from @KEMRI_Wellcome colleagues with Sudan's National Public Health Laboratory, on the genomic epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Sudan: 667 SARS-CoV-2 genomes from 2020-2022 show 37 lineages and repeated introductions, with sustained local spread of Delta and Omicron. The work underscores the importance of genomic surveillance for tracking viral evolution, introductions, and transmission dynamics
doi.org/10.1038/s41598…
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www.nature.com Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions and local transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Sudan... Scientific Reports - Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions and local transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in Sudan from 2020 to 2022 New in Lancet Global Health from KWTRP & MRC Gambia colleagues: can community health workers use home BP monitoring to detect hypertension in rural Africa?
1,279 adults, Kenya & The Gambia: sensitivity 83% & 69%, specificity 82% & 84%.
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1,279 adults, Kenya & The Gambia: sensitivity 83% & 69%, specificity 82% & 84%.
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HOT OFF THE PRESS! In this just published paper, we report findings on how Kenyans experienced EQ-5D-5L valuation interviews. Context mattered. Terrain, insecurity, faith and financial burden shaped preferences, and translation affected how certain concepts was understood. Lesson: countries need their own value sets, with qualitative insight built in. Well done to @Wambiridennis for leading, and thanks to Wellcome Trust and EuroQol for funding support
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journals.plos.org Experiences administering the EuroQol five-dimension five-level (EQ-5D-5L) for valuation of... The EuroQol five-dimension five-level (EQ-5D-5L) instrument is increasingly used to develop health-state utility value sets for computing quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) in economic evaluations.... HOT OFF THE PRESS! Examining evidence use in vaccine policymaking in Kenya: a qualitative case study led by @Wambiridennis academic.oup.com/heapol/article…
academic.oup.com Examining evidence use in vaccine policymaking in Kenya: a qualitative case study Abstract. Although evidence-informed health policymaking is widely promoted, evidence use in vaccine policymaking and the institutional and actor dynamics