Effect of strikes by health workers on mortality between 2010 and 2016 in Kilifi, Kenya: a population-based cohort analysis

• Main Authors: Gerald Ong'ayo, MBChB (Author), Michael Ooko, MSc (Author), Ruth Wang'ondu, PhD (Author), Christian Bottomley, PhD (Author), Amek Nyaguara, PhD (Author), Benjamin K Tsofa, PhD (Author), Thomas N Williams, ProfFMedSci (Author), Philip Bejon, ProfPhD (Author), J Anthony G Scott, ProfFMedSci (Author), Anthony O Etyang, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Health workers' strikes are a global occurrence. Kenya has had several strikes by health workers in recent years but their effect on mortality is unknown. We assessed the effect on mortality of six strikes by health workers that occurred from 2010 to 2016 in Kilifi, Kenya....