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Bernard Olayo

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Munoz-Valencia A, Aridi J, Barnes L, Rudd K, Bidanda B, Epuu T, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res . 2023 Sep; 23(1):963. PMID: 37679772
Background: Safe blood is essential for the care of patients with life-threatening anemia and hemorrhage. Low blood donation rates, inefficient testing procedures, and other supply chain disruptions in blood administration...
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Nantume A, Oketch B, Otiangala D, Shah S, Cauvel T, Nyumbile B, et al.
Digit Health . 2023 Jul; 9:20552076231182799. PMID: 37434726
Introduction: Low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) account for 99% of the global neonatal mortality. Limited access to advanced technology, such as bedside patient monitors contributes to disproportionately poor outcomes for...
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Smith V, Changoor A, McDonald C, Barash D, Olayo B, Adudans S, et al.
Glob Health Sci Pract . 2023 Mar; 10(6). PMID: 36951289
Medical oxygen is an essential treatment for life-threatening hypoxemic conditions and is commonly indicated for the clinical management of most leading causes of mortality in children aged younger than 5...
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Delaney M, Telke S, Zou S, Williams M, Aridi J, Rudd K, et al.
Transfusion . 2022 Sep; 62(11):2282-2290. PMID: 36173295
Background: The supply of blood in many low- and middle-income nations in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) does not meet the patient care needs. Lack and delay of blood transfusion cause harm...
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Raykar N, Makin J, Khajanchi M, Olayo B, Munoz Valencia A, Roy N, et al.
SAGE Open Med . 2021 Nov; 9:20503121211054995. PMID: 34790356
There is a critical shortage of blood available for transfusion in many low- and middle-income countries. The consequences of this scarcity are dire, resulting in uncounted morbidity and mortality from...
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Otiangala D, Agai N, Olayo B, Adudans S, Ng C, Calderon R, et al.
BMC Pulm Med . 2021 Mar; 21(1):78. PMID: 33663453
Background: Supplemental oxygen is an essential treatment for childhood pneumonia but is often unavailable in low-resource settings or unreliable due to frequent and long-lasting power outages. We present a novel...
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Otiangala D, Agai N, Olayo B, Adudans S, Ng C, Calderon R, et al.
Pediatr Pulmonol . 2020 Feb; 55(4):1043-1049. PMID: 32040889
Introduction: Pneumonia is the leading cause of death globally in children. Supplemental oxygen reduces mortality but is not available in many low-resource settings. Inadequate power supply to drive oxygen concentrators...
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Olayo B, Kirigia C, Oliwa J, Agai O, Morris M, Benckert M, et al.
Paediatr Int Child Health . 2019 Jun; 39(3):193-200. PMID: 31190634
: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a relatively low-cost technology which can improve outcome in neonatal and paediatric patients with respiratory distress. Prior work in a lower middle-income country...
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Wafula F, Dolinger A, Daniels B, Mwaura N, Bedoya G, Rogo K, et al.
Drugs Real World Outcomes . 2016 Nov; 4(1):53-63. PMID: 27888478
Background: Promoting access to medicines requires concurrent efforts to strengthen quality assurance for sustained impact. Although problems of substandard and falsified medicines have been documented in low- and middle-income countries,...
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Olayo B
World Hosp Health Serv . 2012 Aug; 48(2):24-5. PMID: 22913127
Nairobi Women's Hospital is a private for profit hospital that has been in operation since 2001. Its main target is reaching women and children with affordable high-quality services. Its initial...