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1-20 of 38 ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.25241.1
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Outborn Neonates in Nairobi’s Public Hospitals: Mortality Burden and Associated Risk Factors in a Retrospective Cohort Study
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Hassib Narchi; Olufunke Bolaji; Alexander G Stevenson
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
PUBLISHED 13 Apr 2026
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18401.2
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A pragmatic randomized controlled trial of standard care versus corticosteroids plus standard care for treatment of pneumonia in adults admitted to Kenyan hospitals (SONIA)
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Stephen J Aston; Matthias Briel and Christof Schönenberger; Naveed Saleem
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 28 May 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17420.2
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Examining the impact of implementing routine rotavirus vaccination on the number of paediatric admissions due to diarrhoea and dehydration in Kenyan hospitals: A study using interrupted time series analysis.
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Mavuto Mukaka; Dan Hungerford; Khitam Muhsen; Tayebeh Latifi; Flavia Kaduni Bawa
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 08 Jan 2025
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20111.2
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SEVUparin as a potential Adjunctive Treatment in children with severe malaria: A phase I trial safety and dose finding trial (SEVUSMAART)
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Mei Li; Bruno Mmbando; Joerg J. Moehrle
  • Funder
  • Wellcome
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 12 Aug 2024
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.21403.1
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A Phase I trial of Non-invasive Ventilation and seizure prophylaxis with levetiracetam In Children with Cerebral Malaria Trial (NOVICE-M Trial)
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Alexuse Saidi; Collins Ouma and Dr. Bernard Guyah
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
PUBLISHED 20 May 2024
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20200.2
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Mortality among non-severely under nourished children with pneumonia globally: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Rouzha Pancheva; Felix Bongomin; Olivier Marcy
  • Funders
  • European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
  • Wellcome
  • UK Joint Global Health Trials scheme: Medical Research Council, Department for International Development Wellcome Trust
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 14 Mar 2024
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16885.2
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Gastroenteritis Rehydration Of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (GASTROSAM): A Phase II Randomised Controlled trial: Trial Protocol
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers C. Louise Thwaites; Roberta Petrucci
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Medical Research Council
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 16 Jan 2024
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.19795.1
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Safety and immunogenicity of varied doses of R21/Matrix-M™ vaccine at three years follow-up: A phase 1b age de-escalation, dose-escalation trial in adults, children, and infants in Kilifi-Kenya
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers George Ayodo; Irene S Soares
  • Funders
  • Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
  • Wellcome
PUBLISHED 12 Oct 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15200.3
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Patterns of neurobehavioral functioning in school-aged survivors of neonatal jaundice and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy in Kilifi, Kenya: A cross-sectional study
[version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 1 approved with reservations, 5 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Bolajoko O. Olusanya; Deirdre Murray; Tina M. Slusher; Brigitte Vollmer; Raj Prakash; Alan Horn and Shakti Pillay; Lakshmi Nagarajan
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • African Academy of Sciences
  • New Partnership for Africa's Development
  • Department for International Development, UK Government
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 08 Aug 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17148.2
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Using self-supervised feature learning to improve the use of pulse oximeter signals to predict paediatric hospitalization
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Ciira wa Maina; Shaun Davidson
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • DELTAS Africa Initiative
  • Initiative to Develop African Research Leaders (IDeAL)
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 01 Feb 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16771.2
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Development of a legume-enriched feed for treatment of severe acute malnutrition
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Sumathi Swaminathan; Paluku Bahwere and Peter Akomo
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Rosetrees Trust
  • National Institute for Health Research
  • Yuhan
  • Medical Research Council
  • Imperial College London
  • AstraZeneca
  • Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 27 Jan 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16968.2
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Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of azithromycin in severe malaria bacterial co-infection in African children (TABS-PKPD): a protocol for a Phase II randomised controlled trial
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Stephen J. Rogerson; Nworgu Confidence ogechi
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • National Institute for Health Research
  • Medical Research Council
  • Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
  • Department of Health and Social Care
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 10 Jan 2023
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16704.2
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Maintaining laboratory quality assurance and safety in a pandemic: Experiences from the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme laboratory’s COVID-19 response
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Talkmore Maruta; Angela Amayo
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship
  • European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP)
  • International Drug Purchasing Facility
  • Broad One Health Endectocide-based Malaria Intervention in Africa (BOHEMIA)
  • African Academy of Sciences DELTAS Africa Initiative
  • Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 16 Mar 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17682.1
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TRUE-1: Trial of Repurposed Unithiol for snakebite Envenoming phase 1 (safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in healthy Kenyan adults)
[version 1; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Eric J. Lavonas; Matthew Lewin; Matthew Coldiron
  • Funders
  • Cures Within Reach
  • Wellcome
  • Research England
PUBLISHED 14 Mar 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16063.2
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An optimization of four SARS-CoV-2 qRT-PCR assays in a Kenyan laboratory to support the national COVID-19 rapid response teams
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Davis Nwakanma; Esther Omuseni and John Waitumbi
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • DELTAS Africa Initiative
  • PATH
  • National Institute for Health Research
  • Department for International Development, UK Government
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 04 Mar 2022
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.17123.2
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Children’s Oxygen Administration Strategies And Nutrition Trial (COAST-Nutrition): a protocol for a phase II randomised controlled trial
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Carina King; Jamie Rylance
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership
  • Department for International Development
  • Medical Research Council
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 18 Oct 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16323.2
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Mortality during and following hospital admission among school-aged children: a cohort study
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Bruno Masquelier; Duncan Hau; Matthew Wiens
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • World Health Organization
  • TDR
  • Department for International Development, UK Government
  • Medical Research Council
  • Gates Foundation
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 04 Jan 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15563.2
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Plasma calprotectin as a biomarker of mortality at antiretroviral treatment initiation in advanced HIV – pilot study
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Rachel A. Silverman; Rupak Shivakoti
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • African Academy of Sciences
  • New Partnership for Africa's Development
  • Department for International Development, UK Government
  • Medical Research Council
  • PENTA Foundation
  • Gates Foundation
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 27 Nov 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15847.2
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Characterising demographics, knowledge, practices and clinical care among patients attending sickle cell disease clinics in Eastern Uganda
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Simon Dyson; Baba Inusa
  • Funder
  • Wellcome Trust
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 07 Jul 2020
https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15217.4
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Rectal gonorrhoea and chlamydia among men who have sex with men in coastal Kenya
[version 4; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Michael W. Ross; Nicola Low
  • Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
  • African Academy of Sciences
  • New Partnership for Africa's Development
  • Department for International Development, UK Government
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Sub-Saharan African Network for TB/HIV Research Excellence
  • Robert W. Anderson Endowed Professorship
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 04 Jun 2020
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