0709 203000 - Nairobi 0709 983000 - Kilifi
0709 203000 - NRB 0709 983000 - Kilifi
0709 203000 - NRB | 0709 983000 - Kilifi

Health System & Research Ethics

Bio

Caroline Jones, a senior social scientist, joined the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kilifi from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in February 2010. With a background in medical anthropology her research over the past 15 years has focused on treatment seeking and preventive behaviors for malaria and the factors that influence provider practices in sub-Saharan Africa. More recently she has been looking at the implement ability and sustainability of public health interventions, focusing on issues relating to social relationships, organizational structure and management and leadership. Research capacity strengthening and the promotion of the appropriate use of high quality social science research in the development and implementation of public health policy are major concerns underpinning much of her work. A key role in her current position is to contribute to building Kenyan and regional expertise to develop and lead such research.

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Current Work

Her research over the past 15 years has focused on treatment seeking and preventive behaviors for malaria and the factors that influence provider practices in sub-Saharan Africa. More recently she has been looking at the implement ability and sustainability of public health interventions, focusing on issues relating to social relationships, organizational structure and management and leadership.

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Recent publications

Ivermectin to Control Malaria — A Cluster-Randomized Trial.
Chaccour, C., Maia, M., Kariuki, M., Ruiz-Castillo, P., Wanjiku, C., Kasiwa, L., Brazeal, A., Casellas, A., Ngama, M., Onyango, T., Elobolobo, E., Kazungu, K., Mael, M., Wangari, W., Nuru, K., Otuko, R., Sanz, A., Ringera, I., Matano, A., Mitora, S., Ribes, M., Brew, J., Gorski, N., Nicolas, P., Stanulovic, S., Omondi, I., Furnival-Adams, J., Túnez, L., Mbarak, J., Vegove, V., Yaa, E., Mramba, S., Kibet, Y., Nyambura, N., Rotich, C., Wanjiru, S., Vura, M., Wanjiku, F., Sam, L., Collins, L., Xia, K., Hammann, F., Saúte, F., Rudd, M., Rist, C., Jones, C., Mwangangi, J., Rabinovich, N. R.
New England Journal of Medicine, (2025). 393:362-375

Through the eyes of the participant: using photovoice to understand the experiences and effects of ivermectin MDA in the context of the BOHEMIA clinical trial in Kwale, Kenya.
Onyango, T., Nuru, K., Kazungu, K., Wangari, W., Chaccour, C., Regina Rabinovich, N., Mwangangi, J., Maia, M., Jones, C.
Malar J, (2025). 24:79

After neonatal care, what next? A qualitative study of mothers' post-discharge experiences after premature birth in Kenya.
Maluni, J., Oluoch, D., Molyneux, S., Boga, M., Jones, C., Murila, F., English, M., Ziebland, S., Hinton, L.
Int J Equity Health, (2025). 24:17

Not just surveys and indicators: narratives capture what really matters for health system strengthening.
Oluoch, D., Molyneux, S., Boga, M., Maluni, J., Murila, F., Jones, C., Ziebland, S., English, M., Hinton, L.
Lancet Glob Health, (2023). 11:e1459-e1463

Mothers' involvement in providing care for their hospitalised sick newborns in Kenya: a focused ethnographic account.
Oluoch, D., Hinton, L., English, M., Irimu, G., Onyango, T., Jones, C. O. H.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, (2023). 23:389