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Biography
Jalemba Aluvaala is a post-doctoral researcher with an interest in perinatal-neonatal clinical and health services research. After training in Paediatrics (University of Nairobi, 2009) and Epidemiology (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2013) he completed a DPhil in Clinical Medicine at the Nuffield Department of Medicine (2018). For his doctoral work, he developed prognostic models using routine data to predict in-hospital mortality in the neonatal unit. He leads the neonatal component of the Clinical Information Network (CIN) under Prof. Mike English at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Nairobi. The CIN for Neonates focuses on inpatient units serving small and sick neonates. Research interests include understanding neonatal outcomes, implementation research and evidence synthesis for essential inpatient neonatal care. Aluvaala is also a member of the Ministry of Health Technical Working Group on Neonatal Health. In addition, he holds a research track post as a Research Fellow/Lecturer at the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi.
Current Work
He leads the neonatal component of the Clinical Information Network (CIN). The CIN for Neonates focuses on inpatient units serving small and sick neonates. Research interests include understanding neonatal outcomes, implementation research and evidence synthesis for essential inpatient neonatal care.Collaborations
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Publications
Hypothermia amongst neonatal admissions in Kenya: a retrospective cohort study assessing prevalence, trends, associated factors, and its relationship with all-cause neonatal mortality.
Wainaina, J., Ogero, M., Mumelo, L., Wairoto, K., Mbevi, G., Tuti, T., Mwaniki, P., Irimu, G., English, M., Aluvaala, J.
Front Pediatr, (2024). 12:1272104
Blood culture versus antibiotic use for neonatal inpatients in 61 hospitals implementing with the NEST360 Alliance in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania: a cross-sectional study.
Murless-Collins, S., Kawaza, K., Salim, N., Molyneux, E. M., Chiume, M., Aluvaala, J., Macharia, W. M., Ezeaka, V. C., Odedere, O., Shamba, D., Tillya, R., Penzias, R. E., Ezenwa, B. N., Ohuma, E. O., Cross, J. H., Lawn, J. E.
BMC Pediatr, (2023). 23:568
Quality of inpatient paediatric and newborn care in district hospitals - Authors' reply.
English, M., Aluvaala, J., Maina, M., Duke, T., Irimu, G.
Lancet Glob Health, (2023). 11:e1514-e1515
Quality of inpatient paediatric and newborn care in district hospitals: WHO indicators, measurement, and improvement.
English, M., Aluvaala, J., Maina, M., Duke, T., Irimu, G.
Lancet Glob Health, (2023). S2214-109X:00190-0
Improving in-patient neonatal data quality as a pre-requisite for monitoring and improving quality of care at scale: A multisite retrospective cohort study in Kenya.
Tuti, T., Aluvaala, J., Chelangat, D., Mbevi, G., Wainaina, J., Mumelo, L., Wairoto, K., Mochache, D., Irimu, G., Maina, M., English, M.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2022). 2:e0000673
Development of a small and sick newborn clinical audit tool and its implementation guide using a human-centred design approach newborn clinical audit process and design.
Ogola, M., Wainaina, J., Muinga, N., Kimani, W., Muriithi, M., Aluvaala, J., English, M., Irimu, G.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2023). 3:e0001577
Improving in-patient neonatal data quality as a pre-requisite for monitoring and improving quality of care at scale: A multisite retrospective cohort study in Kenya.
Tuti, T., Aluvaala, J., Chelangat, D., Mbevi, G., Wainaina, J., Mumelo, L., Wairoto, K., Mochache, D., Irimu, G., Maina, M., Clinical Information Network Group., English, M.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2022). 2:e0000673
Missed nursing care in acute care hospital settings in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review.
Imam, A., Obiesie, S., Gathara, D., Aluvaala, J., Maina, M., English, M.
Hum Resour Health, (2023). 21:19
Recalibrating prognostic models to improve predictions of in-hospital child mortality in resource-limited settings.
Ogero, M., Ndiritu, J., Sarguta, R., Tuti, T., Aluvaala, J., Akech, S.
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, (2023). 37:313-321
Evaluating the effects of supplementing ward nurses on quality of newborn care in Kenyan neonatal units: protocol for a prospective workforce intervention study.
Imam, A., Gathara, D., Aluvaala, J., Maina, M., English, M.
BMC Health Serv Res, (2022). 22:1230