2022 Ongoing:Safety and efficacy of sildenafil citrate to reduce fresh stillbirth, early neonatal death, and/or bag and mask resuscitation in term pregnancies in a low-resource setting: multicountry, two arm parallel double blind placembo control randomised feasibility trial, Collaboration between Egerton University and Alabama University at Birmingham.Awaiting Ethical approval
2021 on going: WHO ACTION III trial a multicountry,multicentre two arm parallel double blind placembo control randomised trial of antenatal corticosteroids for women at risk of imminent birth and late preterm period in hospitals in low resourse countries to improve newborn outcome
(Study Site Paediatrician)
2016 on going:The Simulation-based medical education on Wheels project
A partnership between; The Embassy of Israel, Nakuru County Government, Egerton University, Technion ,Center for Global Engagement(Technion), Israel Institute of Technology and Mashav
(Core team member)
2018 ongoing Clinical information Network –neonatal (CIN-N)
the KEMRI / Wellcome Trust Research Programme has been working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in health facilities to help develop approaches to optimize use of routine hospital data to improve quality of care for inpatient children and newborns and help create better inpatient data so that it can be used in monitoring quality of care and informing quality improvement initiatives. This project is currently active in 14 public hospitals collectively referred to as the Clinical Information Network (CIN).(Site paediatrician)
2019-2020 WHO ACTION 1 and 11 trial:A multicountry,multicentre two arm parallel double blind placembo control randomised trial of antenatal corticosteroids for women at risk of imminent birth and late preterm period in hospitals in low resourse countries to improve newborn outcome
(Study Site Paediatrician)
2016-2019: Improving Neonatal Mortality in Nakuru, Kenya through Healthcare Education and Capacity Building.International collaborration of Egerton University Kenya,Friendsof Naivasha Kenya,University of Nebraska medical school USA,Utah University.Rotary International global grant #GG1862566 of 45,000
Main area of focus: Capacity building among health care workers in order to improve Newborn outcome
(Core team member)
2014-2016:Early postnatal care for mothers and neonates in nakuru central district
Grant awarded: GSK Trust in Africa 100,000 USD
