Were Fredrick N

Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health with specialization in Newborn Medicine.

Were is a Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health with specialization in Newborn Medicine. He supports the Ministry of Health on several national committees in various areas of child health has, remained active in the Kenya Paediatric Association where after serving as National Chairman for 11 years was retained as adviser on research projects. In the international arena he has been active in the Child Health Platform including; the World Health Organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) in Immunization as well as Maternal and Newborn Health.

Academic background

Peer reviewed publications

Georgina A. V. Murphy, David Gathara, Nancy Abuya, Jacintah Mwachiro, Sam Ochola, Robert Ayisi, Mike English, on behalf of the Health Services that Deliver for Newborns Expert Group. What capacity exists to provide essential inpatient care to small and sick newborns in a high mortality urban setting? - A cross-sectional study in Nairobi City County, Kenya. PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196585
Georgina A. V. Murphy, David Gathara, Jacintah Mwachiro, Nancy Abuya, Jalemba Aluvaala, Mike English and on behalf of the Health Services that Deliver for Newborns Expert Group. Effective coverage of essential inpatient care for small and sick newborns in a high mortality urban setting: a cross-sectional study in Nairobi City County, Kenya. BMC Medicine (2018) 16:72
Carine Dochez, Rosemary J Burnett, Symplize Mbola Mbassi, Fred Were, Andrew Musyoki, Daisy, Trovoada, M Jeffrey Mphalele. Improving skills and institutional capacity to strengthen adolescent immunisation programmes and health systems in African countries through HPV vaccine introduction. Papillomavirus Research, 2017; V:66-71