Rikita Merai
Program Manager
StrategicInfo&PubHealthPrac
Chancellor/EVC/FAS

Publications (6)

Top publication keywords:
Chlamydia InfectionsInfant, Low Birth WeightChecklistWorld Health OrganizationSyphilisMaternal-Child Health ServicesEvidence-Based PracticeMycoplasma genitaliumSexually Transmitted DiseasesGonorrheaPublic Health PracticeHospitals, MaternityInfant MortalityStillbirthHypertension

• Implementing the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist modified for preterm birth: lessons learned and experiences from Kenya and Uganda.
  BMC health services research 2022 Achola KA, Kajjo D, Santos N, Butrick E, Otare C, Mubiri P, Namazzi G, Merai R, Otieno P, Waiswa P, Walker D
• Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Acquisition Among High-Risk Heterosexuals With Nonviral Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2022 Barker EK, Malekinejad M, Merai R, Lyles CM, Sipe TA, DeLuca JB, Ridpath AD, Gift TL, Tailor A, Kahn JG
• Risk of HIV Acquisition Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Infected With Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
  Sexually transmitted diseases 2021 Malekinejad M, Barker EK, Merai R, Lyles CM, Bernstein KT, Sipe TA, DeLuca JB, Ridpath AD, Gift TL, Tailor A, Kahn JG
• Effect of a quality improvement package for intrapartum and immediate newborn care on fresh stillbirth and neonatal mortality among preterm and low-birthweight babies in Kenya and Uganda: a cluster-randomised facility-based trial.
  The Lancet. Global health 2020 Walker D, Otieno P, Butrick E, Namazzi G, Achola K, Merai R, Otare C, Mubiri P, Ghosh R, Santos N, Miller L, Sloan NL, Waiswa P, Preterm Birth Initiative Kenya and Uganda Implementation Research …
• Pregnancy outcomes in facility deliveries in Kenya and Uganda: A large cross-sectional analysis of maternity registers illuminating opportunities for mortality prevention.
  PloS one 2020 Waiswa P, Higgins BV, Mubiri P, Kirumbi L, Butrick E, Merai R, Sloan NL, Walker D, Preterm Birth Initiative Kenya & Uganda Implementation Research Collaborative
• CDC Grand Rounds: A Public Health Approach to Detect and Control Hypertension.
  MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2016 Merai R, Siegel C, Rakotz M, Basch P, Wright J, Wong B, DHSc, Thorpe P