Abdinasir A Amin

Summary

Affiliation: Kenya Medical Research Institute
Country: Kenya

Publications

  1. ncbi The cost of uncomplicated childhood fevers to Kenyan households: implications for reaching international access targets
    Bruce A Larson
    Center for International Health and Development, Boston University, 85 East Concord Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    BMC Public Health 6:314. 2006
  2. ncbi The challenges of changing national malaria drug policy to artemisinin-based combinations in Kenya
    Abdinasir A Amin
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 6:72. 2007
  3. ncbi Reconciling national treatment policies and drug regulation in Kenya
    Abdinasir A Amin
    Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, P.O. Box 43640, Nairobi, 00100 GPO, Kenya
    Health Policy Plan 22:111-2. 2007
  4. ncbi Antimalarial drug quality in Africa
    A A Amin
    Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    J Clin Pharm Ther 32:429-40. 2007
  5. ncbi The use of artemether-lumefantrine by febrile children following national implementation of a revised drug policy in Kenya
    Caroline W Gitonga
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Nairobi, Kenya
    Trop Med Int Health 13:487-94. 2008
  6. ncbi Increasing coverage and decreasing inequity in insecticide-treated bed net use among rural Kenyan children
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    PLoS Med 4:e255. 2007
  7. ncbi The difference between effectiveness and efficacy of antimalarial drugs in Kenya
    Abdinasir A Amin
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Trop Med Int Health 9:967-74. 2004
  8. ncbi The quality of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine products in the Kenyan retail sector
    A A Amin
    Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    J Clin Pharm Ther 30:559-65. 2005
  9. ncbi Wealth, mother's education and physical access as determinants of retail sector net use in rural Kenya
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute, PO Box 43640, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 5:5. 2006
  10. ncbi Brands, costs and registration status of antimalarial drugs in the Kenyan retail sector
    Abdinasir A Amin
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, P O Box 43640, Nairobi, 00100 GPO, Kenya
    Malar J 4:36. 2005

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi The cost of uncomplicated childhood fevers to Kenyan households: implications for reaching international access targets
    Bruce A Larson
    Center for International Health and Development, Boston University, 85 East Concord Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    BMC Public Health 6:314. 2006
    ..A neglected concern is how communities will access these new medicines promptly and the costs to poor households when they are located in rural areas distant to health services...
  2. ncbi The challenges of changing national malaria drug policy to artemisinin-based combinations in Kenya
    Abdinasir A Amin
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 6:72. 2007
    ....
  3. ncbi Reconciling national treatment policies and drug regulation in Kenya
    Abdinasir A Amin
    Centre for Geographic Medicine Research-Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute/Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, P.O. Box 43640, Nairobi, 00100 GPO, Kenya
    Health Policy Plan 22:111-2. 2007
  4. ncbi Antimalarial drug quality in Africa
    A A Amin
    Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    J Clin Pharm Ther 32:429-40. 2007
    ..There are several reports of sub-standard and counterfeit antimalarial drugs circulating in the markets of developing countries; we aimed to review the literature for the African continent...
  5. ncbi The use of artemether-lumefantrine by febrile children following national implementation of a revised drug policy in Kenya
    Caroline W Gitonga
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Nairobi, Kenya
    Trop Med Int Health 13:487-94. 2008
    ..To examine access to, timing and use of artemisinin-based combination therapy among rural Kenyan febrile children before and following the introduction of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) as first-line antimalarial drug policy...
  6. ncbi Increasing coverage and decreasing inequity in insecticide-treated bed net use among rural Kenyan children
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    PLoS Med 4:e255. 2007
    ..In this study, we present repeat observations of ITN coverage among rural Kenyan homesteads exposed at different times to a range of delivery models, and assess changes in coverage across socioeconomic groups...
  7. ncbi The difference between effectiveness and efficacy of antimalarial drugs in Kenya
    Abdinasir A Amin
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Trop Med Int Health 9:967-74. 2004
    ..To demonstrate the difference between effectiveness and efficacy of antimalarial (AM) drugs in Kenya...
  8. ncbi The quality of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine products in the Kenyan retail sector
    A A Amin
    Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    J Clin Pharm Ther 30:559-65. 2005
    ....
  9. ncbi Wealth, mother's education and physical access as determinants of retail sector net use in rural Kenya
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute, PO Box 43640, 00100, Nairobi, Kenya
    Malar J 5:5. 2006
    ..The influence of homestead wealth on use of nets purchased from the retail sector is well documented, however, the competing influence of mother's education and physical access to net providers is less well understood...
  10. ncbi Brands, costs and registration status of antimalarial drugs in the Kenyan retail sector
    Abdinasir A Amin
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Centre for Geographic Medicine, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, P O Box 43640, Nairobi, 00100 GPO, Kenya
    Malar J 4:36. 2005
    ..This study aimed to assess the range, costs, sources and registration of antimalarial drugs in the Kenyan retail sector...
  11. ncbi Modelling distances travelled to government health services in Kenya
    Abdisalan M Noor
    Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories, Nairobi, Kenya
    Trop Med Int Health 11:188-96. 2006
    ..To systematically evaluate descriptive measures of spatial access to medical treatment, as part of the millennium development goals to reduce the burden of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria...
  12. ncbi Evaluating different dimensions of programme effectiveness for private medicine retailer malaria control interventions in Kenya
    Timothy O Abuya
    Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya
    PLoS ONE 5:e8937. 2010
    ..Key components of this evaluation were measurement of program performance, including coverage, PMR knowledge, practices, and utilization based on spatial analysis...
  13. ncbi The use of formal and informal curative services in the management of paediatric fevers in four districts in Kenya
    Abdinasir A Amin
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Collaborative Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    Trop Med Int Health 8:1143-52. 2003
    ..To assess the sources, costs, timing and types of treatment for fevers among children under 5 years of age in four ecologically distinct districts of Kenya...