Paediatric anaemia in rural Kenya and the role of travel time to emergency care services
Travel time is significantly associated with the severity of paediatric anaemia presentations at hospitals. Addressing disparities in travel times such as strategic bolstering of lower-level facilities to offer EC services, is crucial for implementing new interventions and optimizing existing hospital-linked interventions to enhance healthcare delivery.
Authors
- Peter M. Macharia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3410-1881)
- Robert W. Snow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3725-6088)
- Moses M. Musau
- Cynthia Khazenzi
- Alice Kamau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9846-5372)
- Samuel Akech (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5126-1225)
- Emelda A. Okiro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9543-8360)
- Evans Omondi
Institutions
- Strathmore University (KE)
- Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- African Population and Health Research Center (KE)
- Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fepid.2025.1578522
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Wellcome Trust