Kilifi County Hospital

Kilifi  County Hospital  situated in Kilifi town, 60 km north of Mombasa, is a referral hospital serving  a population  of 1.5 million.

Neonates: 1,200 per year,  are admitted to the Newborn Unit -18 cots and Paediatric HDU - 9 cots

Staff: 2 paediatric consultants, 6 clinical officers. There are 3-4 neonatal nurses per shift

Equipment: incubators 8, phototherapy units 9

Principal investigators:

Alison Talbert 
MBBS, MSc, MRCP                         
Martha Mwangome
BSc, MSc, PhD