Recent publications

A mixed methods study examining the impact of primary health care financing transitions on facility functioning and service delivery in Kenya: a study protocol.Muthuri RNDK, Nzinga J, Tsofa B, Musiega A, Mugo P, Wong E, Mazzilli C, Ng'ang'a W, Hagedorn B, Turner G, Musuva A, Ravishankar N, Murira FM, Barasa E
Wellcome Open Res, (2024). 9:220

Examining the development and utilisation of Community-Based Health Information Systems (CBHIS) in Africa: A Scoping Review.Kuvuna B, Nyanchoka M, Guleid F, Ogutu M, Tsofa B, Nzinga J
Wellcome Open Res, (2024). 9:485

The impact of COVID-19 on people with epilepsy: Global results from the coronavirus and epilepsy study.Vasey MJ, Tai XY, Thorpe J, Jones GD, Ashby S, Hallab A, Ding D, Andraus M, Dugan P, Perucca P, Costello DJ, French JA, O'Brien TJ, Depondt C, Andrade DM, Sengupta R, Datta A, Delanty N, Jette N, Newton CR, Brodie MJ, Devinsky O, Cross JH, Sander JW, Hanna J, Besag FMC, Sen A
Epilepsia Open, (2024). :

Evaluation of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for the prevention of COVID-19 (COPCOV): A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.Schilling WHK, Mukaka M, Callery JJ, Llewelyn MJ, Cruz CV, Dhorda M, Ngernseng T, Waithira N, Ekkapongpisit M, Watson JA, Chandna A, Nelwan EJ, Hamers RL, Etyang A, Beg MA, Sow S, Yavo W, Allabi AC, Basnyat B, Sharma SK, Amofa-Sekyi M, Yonga P, Adler A, Yuentrakul P, Cope T, Thaipadungpanit J, Rienpradub P, Imwong M, Abdad MY, Blacksell SD, Tarning J, Goudjo FF, Dossou AD, Konaté-Touré A, Assi SB, Ouffoué K, Nasronudin N, Rachman BE, Romadhon PZ, Dewanto DD, Heryana MO, Novi T, Pasaribu AP, Mutiara M, Nasution MPR, Khairunnisa K, Dalimunthe FA, Airlangga E, Fahrezzy A, Subronto Y, Ananda NR, Rahardjani M, Rimainar A, Lucinde RK, Timbwa M, Onyango OE, Agutu C, Akech S, Hamaluba M, Kipyego J, Ngachi O, Haidara FC, Traoré OY, Diarra F, Khanal B, Dahal P, Shrestha S, Rijal S, Kabore Y, Adehossi E, Guindo O, Qamar FN, Kazi AM, Woodrow CJ, Laird S, Cheeba M, Ayles H, Cheah PY, Taylor WRJ, Batty EM, Chotivanich K, Pukrittayakamee S, Phumratanaprapin W, von Seidlein L, Dondorp A, Day NPJ, White NJ
PLoS Med, (2024). 21:e1004428

The cost of care for children hospitalized with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) associated lower respiratory infection in Kenya.Nyiro JU, Nyawanda BO, Mutunga M, Murunga N, Nokes DJ, Bigogo G, Otieno NA, Lidechi S, Mazoya B, Jit M, Cohen C, Moyes J, Pecenka C, Baral R, Onyango C, Munywoki PK, Vodicka E
BMC Public Health, (2024). 24:2410

Prevalence of onchocerciasis and epilepsy in a Tanzanian region after a prolonged community-directed treatment with ivermectin.Mushi VP, Bhwana D, Massawe IS, Makunde W, Sebukoto H, Ngasa W, Sengerema J, Mhina A, Hayuma PM, Kimambo H, Kidima W, Matuja W, Sander JW, Cross H, Sen A, Colebunders R, Newton CR, Mmbando BP
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, (2024). 18:e0012470

Public service motivation, public sector preference and employment of Kenyan medical doctor interns: a cross-sectional and prospective study.Mbuthia D, Zhao Y, Gathara D, Nicodemo C, McGivern G, Nzinga J, English M
Hum Resour Health, (2024). 22:61

Hepatic mitochondrial and peroxisomal alterations in acutely ill malnourished Malawian children: A postmortem cohort study.Ling CM, Sheferaw TF, Denno DM, Chasweka D, Kamiza SB, Ordi J, Moxon CA, Kats K, Khoswe S, Mbale E, Ziwoya F, Tembo A, Attipa C, Potani I, Kim PK, Berkley JA, Walson JL, Voskuijl WP, Bandsma RHJ
Glob Pediatr, (2024). 9:None

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa.Kipkemoi P, Mufford MS, Akena D, Alemayehu M, Atwoli L, Chibnik LB, Gelaye B, Gichuru S, Kariuki SM, Koenen KC, Kwobah E, Kyebuzibwa J, Mwema RM, Newton CRJC, Pretorius A, Stein DJ, Stevenson A, Stroud RE, 2nd Teferra S, Zingela Z, Post K, Korte KJ
Compr Psychiatry, (2024). 135:152526

Mosquitocidal efficacy and pharmacokinetics of single-dose ivermectin versus three-day dose regimen for malaria vector control in comparison with albendazole and no treatment: an open-label randomized controlled trial.Kamau Y, Tuwei M, Wanjiku C, Ominde K, Ngama M, Karisa J, Babu L, Muturi M, Mwatasa M, Adetifa J, Kern C, Duthaler U, Hammann F, Rabinovich R, Chaccour C, Maia MF
Int J Infect Dis, (2024). :107236

Power and positionality in the practice of health system responsiveness at sub-national level: insights from the Kenyan coast.Kagwanja N, Molyneux S, Whyle E, Tsofa B, Leli H, Gilson L
Int J Equity Health, (2024). 23:177

Shisha Consumption and Presence of Cotinine in Saliva Samples among Students in Public Universities in Coastal Kenya.Halima Allahdad A, Ngari M, Mwiti Kibiti C, Udu Yusuf R, Mutua S, Budambula V
Glob Health Epidemiol Genom, (2024). 2024:5653709

Managing hypertension in rural Gambia and Kenya: Protocol for a qualitative study exploring the experiences of patients, health care workers, and decision-makers.Diallo BA, Hassan S, Kagwanja N, Oyando R, Badjie J, Mumba N, Prentice AM, Perel P, Etyang A, Nolte E, Tsofa B
NIHR Open Res, (2024). 4:5

Challenges and Approaches to Establishing Multi-Pathogen Serosurveillance: Findings from the 2023 Serosurveillance Summit.Carcelen AC, Kong AC, Takahashi S, Hegde S, Jaenisch T, Chu M, Rochford R, Kostandova N, Gurley ES, Wesolowski A, Azman AS, van der Klis FRM, den Hartog G, Drakeley C, Heaney CD, Winter AK, Salje H, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Leung DT, Njenga SM, Kagucia EW, Jambo KC, Wolter N, Charles RC, Saboyá-Díaz MI, Martin DL, Moss WJ
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2024). :

Antenatal care quality and detection of risk among pregnant women: An observational study in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and South Africa.Arsenault C, Mfeka-Nkabinde NG, Chaudhry M, Jarhyan P, Taddele T, Mugenya I, Sabwa S, Wright K, Amboko B, Baensch L, Molla Wondim G, Mthethwa L, Clarke-Deelder E, Yang WC, Kosgei RJ, Purohit P, Mzolo NC, Derseh Mebratie A, Shaw S, Nega A, Tlou B, Fink G, Moshabela M, Prabhakaran D, Mohan S, Haile Mariam D, Nzinga J, Getachew T, Kruk ME
PLoS Med, (2024). 21:e1004446

SEVUparin as a potential Adjunctive Treatment in children with severe malaria: A phase I trial safety and dose finding trial (SEVUSMAART).Maitland K, Hamaluba M, Obonyo N, Oguda E, Mogoka C, Williams TN, Chaponda M, Miti S, Kamavu LK, Jonathan Gwasupika J, Connon R, Gibb DM, Dondorp A, Day N, White N, Walker AS, George EC
Wellcome Open Res, (2023). 8:484

WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health.Bertagnolio S, Dobreva Z, Centner CM, Olaru ID, Donà D, Burzo S, Huttner BD, Chaillon A, Gebreselassie N, Wi T, Hasso-Agopsowicz M, Allegranzi B, Sati H, Ivanovska V, Kothari KU, Balkhy HH, Cassini A, Hamers RL, Weezenbeek KV
Lancet Microbe, (2024). :100902

Psychosocial and mental health challenges facing perinatally HIV-infected adolescents along the Kenyan coast: a qualitative inquiry using the socioecological model.Wanjala SW, Nyongesa MK, Luchters S, Abubakar A
Front Public Health, (2024). 12:1379262

Profiling IgG and IgA antibody responses during vaccination and infection in a high-risk gonorrhoea population.Stejskal L, Thistlethwaite A, Ramirez-Bencomo F, Rashmi S, Harrison O, Feavers IM, Maiden MCJ, Jerse A, Barnes G, Chirro O, Chemweno J, Nduati E, Cehovin A, Tang C, Sanders EJ, Derrick JP
Nat Commun, (2024). 15:6712

Lactoferrin and lysozyme to promote nutritional, clinical and enteric recovery: a protocol for a factorial, blinded, placebo-controlled randomised trial among children with diarrhoea and malnutrition (the Boresha Afya trial).Tiwari R, Tickell KD, Yoshioka E, Otieno J, Shah A, Richardson BA, Keter L, Okello M, Nyabinda C, Trehan I, McGrath CJ, Means AR, Houpt ER, Liu J, Platts-Mills JA, Njunge JM, Rwigi D, Diakhate MM, Nyaoke J, Ochola E, John-Stewart G, Walson JL, Pavlinac PB, Singa BO
BMJ Open, (2024). 14:e079448