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Dr Loveday Penn-Kekana

Assistant Professor

United Kingdom

Affiliations

Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health
Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Research

Research Area
Gender
Global Health
Health care policy
Health policy
Health services
Health systems
Health workers
Maternal health
Organisational research
Perinatal health
Quality improvement
Sexual and reproductive health
Implementation science
Qualitative research
Mixed methods research

Selected Publications

Assessing quality of childbirth care provided by skilled health personnel in Exemplar countries.
Hussain-Alkhateeb, L; He, Y; Amatya, PB; Diatta, SA; Dixit, S; Gningue, M; Ikilezi, G; Lal, BK; Masiye, F; Moller, A-B; Moreira, I; Musokwa, GT K M; PENN-KEKANA, L; Sarr, M; Shrestha, N; Thomas, J-T; Vwalika, B; Yarmol-Matusiak, EA; Phillips, DE;
2026
Nature medicine
Implications Biomédicales, Financières et Sociales de la Chirurgie Obstétricale : Conseil, Consentement Eclairé et Débriefing pour les Césariennes dans deux Hôpitaux de la République démocratique du Congo
DUCLOS, D; Wade, JL; Mujinga, M; Kibungu, J; Tina-Day, L; Jean-Lambert, C; Stafford, R; Tripathi, V; Kasiama, C; PENN-KEKANA, L; Akilimali, PZ;
2026
BULLETIN DE SANTE PUBLIQUE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO
The implementation realities of a digital antenatal care improvement intervention: Insights from ethnographic work in primary health facilities in Nepal.
Karki, S; Das, S; RADOVICH, E; Shrestha, A; Shakya, R; Shrestha, A; MCCARTHY, OL; CAMPBELL, OM R; Man Karmacharya, B; PENN-KEKANA, L;
2026
PLOS digital health
Community engagement in maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response: a realist review.
Mbuo, M; Okello, I; PENN-KEKANA, L; Gilmore, B; Palestra, F; Mathai, M; Willcox, M;
2025
BMC pregnancy and childbirth
A Delphi process to build consensus on revised Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) signal functions and levels of care.
MOXON, SG; Wharton-Smith, A; Sharma, S; Aluvaala, J; Campbell, OM R; Gupta, G; Lobis, S; Warthin, C; PENN-KEKANA, L; Freedman, LP; Delphi panel on EmONC signal functions and levels ,;
2025
PloS one
Impact of digital antenatal care intervention on paper-based antenatal care recordkeeping: a before-and-after study in primary healthcare facilities in Nepal.
Das, S; RADOVICH, E; Karki, S; Calvert, C; Shakya, R; PENN-KEKANA, L; Shrestha, A; Karmacharya, BM; MCCARTHY, OL; Shrestha, A; Campbell, OM R;
2025
BMJ Open
Workload in antenatal care before and after implementation of an electronic decision support system: an observed time-motion study of healthcare providers in Nepal.
RADOVICH, E; Das, S; Karki, S; BOTTOMLEY, C; MCCARTHY, OL; Shrestha, A; PENN-KEKANA, L; Shakya, R; Karmacharya, BM; Shrestha, A; Campbell, OM R; GON, G;
2025
BMC medical informatics and decision making
A Novel Approach to Assessing the Potential of Electronic Decision Support Systems to Improve the Quality of Antenatal Care in Nepal.
Karmacharya, BM; Das, S; Shrestha, A; Shrestha, A; Karki, S; Shakya, R; RADOVICH, E; PENN-KEKANA, L; Calvert, C; Campell, OM R; MCCARTHY, OL;
2025
Global health, science and practice
Enhancing Disability Research Through Participatory Video: Reflections on a Brazilian Study.
REICHENBERGER, V; PENN-KEKANA, L; Hameed, S; SHAKESPEARE, T; KUPER, H;
2024
Qualitative health research
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