Jane Chuma

Summary

Affiliation: Kenya Medical Research Institute
Country: Kenya

Publications

  1. ncbi Viewing the Kenyan health system through an equity lens: implications for universal coverage
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P, O Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
    Int J Equity Health 10:22. 2011
  2. ncbi Catastrophic health care spending and impoverishment in Kenya
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    BMC Health Serv Res 12:413. 2012
  3. ncbi Does the distribution of health care benefits in Kenya meet the principles of universal coverage?
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
    BMC Public Health 12:20. 2012
  4. ncbi An increase in the burden of neonatal admissions to a rural district hospital in Kenya over 19 years
    Michael K Mwaniki
    Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute, PO Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
    BMC Public Health 10:591. 2010
  5. ncbi The economic costs of malaria in four Kenyan districts: do household costs differ by disease endemicity?
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P, O Box, 230, Kilifi, Kenya
    Malar J 9:149. 2010
  6. ncbi Barriers to prompt and effective malaria treatment among the poorest population in Kenya
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P, O Box, 230, Kilifi, Kenya
    Malar J 9:144. 2010
  7. ncbi Towards achieving Abuja targets: identifying and addressing barriers to access and use of insecticides treated nets among the poorest populations in Kenya
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
    BMC Public Health 10:137. 2010
  8. ncbi Reviewing the literature on access to prompt and effective malaria treatment in Kenya: implications for meeting the Abuja targets
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Programme P, O, Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
    Malar J 8:243. 2009
  9. ncbi Reducing user fees for primary health care in Kenya: Policy on paper or policy in practice?
    Jane Chuma
    KEMRI Wellcome Trust Programme, PO Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
    Int J Equity Health 8:15. 2009
  10. ncbi Estimating inequalities in ownership of insecticide treated nets: does the choice of socio-economic status measure matter?
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya
    Health Policy Plan 24:83-93. 2009

Detail Information

Publications13

  1. ncbi Viewing the Kenyan health system through an equity lens: implications for universal coverage
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P, O Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
    Int J Equity Health 10:22. 2011
    ..abstract:..
  2. ncbi Catastrophic health care spending and impoverishment in Kenya
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
    BMC Health Serv Res 12:413. 2012
    ..abstract:..
  3. ncbi Does the distribution of health care benefits in Kenya meet the principles of universal coverage?
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
    BMC Public Health 12:20. 2012
    ....
  4. ncbi An increase in the burden of neonatal admissions to a rural district hospital in Kenya over 19 years
    Michael K Mwaniki
    Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute, PO Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
    BMC Public Health 10:591. 2010
    ....
  5. ncbi The economic costs of malaria in four Kenyan districts: do household costs differ by disease endemicity?
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P, O Box, 230, Kilifi, Kenya
    Malar J 9:149. 2010
    ..This study sought to contribute towards filling this gap by comparing malaria cost burdens in four Kenyan districts of different endemicity...
  6. ncbi Barriers to prompt and effective malaria treatment among the poorest population in Kenya
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, P, O Box, 230, Kilifi, Kenya
    Malar J 9:144. 2010
    ..This paper explores access barriers to effective malaria treatment among the poorest population in four malaria endemic districts in Kenya...
  7. ncbi Towards achieving Abuja targets: identifying and addressing barriers to access and use of insecticides treated nets among the poorest populations in Kenya
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya
    BMC Public Health 10:137. 2010
    ....
  8. ncbi Reviewing the literature on access to prompt and effective malaria treatment in Kenya: implications for meeting the Abuja targets
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute Wellcome Trust Programme P, O, Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
    Malar J 8:243. 2009
    ..Since treatment-seeking patterns for malaria are similar in many settings in sub-Saharan Africa, the findings presented in this review have important lessons for other malaria endemic countries...
  9. ncbi Reducing user fees for primary health care in Kenya: Policy on paper or policy in practice?
    Jane Chuma
    KEMRI Wellcome Trust Programme, PO Box 230, Kilifi, Kenya
    Int J Equity Health 8:15. 2009
    ..abstract:..
  10. ncbi Estimating inequalities in ownership of insecticide treated nets: does the choice of socio-economic status measure matter?
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya
    Health Policy Plan 24:83-93. 2009
    ..In the meantime, careful selection of SES measure is required for every study, depending on the health policy issue of interest, the research context and, inevitably, pragmatic considerations...
  11. ncbi Treatment-seeking behaviour, cost burdens and coping strategies among rural and urban households in Coastal Kenya: an equity analysis
    Jane Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya
    Trop Med Int Health 12:673-86. 2007
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  12. ncbi Rethinking the economic costs of malaria at the household level: evidence from applying a new analytical framework in rural Kenya
    Jane M Chuma
    Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya
    Malar J 5:76. 2006
    ..In this paper, a framework indicating the complex links between malaria, poverty and vulnerability at the household level is developed and applied using data from rural Kenya...
  13. ncbi The role of community-based organizations in household ability to pay for health care in Kilifi District, Kenya
    Catherine Molyneux
    Kenya Medical Research Institute KEMRI Wellcome Trust Collaborative Research Programme, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research, Kilifi, Kenya
    Health Policy Plan 22:381-92. 2007
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