Recent publications

Health facility assessment of small and sick newborn care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic tool development and operationalisation with NEST360 and UNICEF.Penzias RE, Bohne C, Ngwala SK, Zimba E, Lufesi N, Rashid E, Gicheha E, Odedere O, Dosunmu O, Tillya R, Shabani J, Cross JH, Liaghati-Mobarhan S, Chiume M, Banda G, Chalira A, Wainaina J, Gathara D, Irimu G, Adudans S, James F, Tongo O, Ezeaka VC, Msemo G, Salim N, Day LT, Powell-Jackson T, Chandna J, Majamanda M, Molyneux EM, Oden M, Richards-Kortum R, Ohuma EO, Paton C, Hailegabriel T, Gupta G, Lawn JE
BMC Pediatr, (2024). 23:655

Stunting in the first year of life: Pathway analysis of a birth cohort.Mwangome M, Ngari M, Brals D, Bawhere P, Kabore P, McGrath M, Berkley JA
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2024). 4:e0002908

Prevalence and Factors Associated With Frailty Among Older Adults Living With HIV Compared to Their Uninfected Peers From the Kenyan Coast.Mwangala PN, Nasambu C, Wagner RG, Newton CR, Abubakar A
Int J Public Health, (2024). 69:1606284

General ward nurses detection and response to clinical deterioration in three hospitals at the Kenyan coast: a convergent parallel mixed methods study.Mbuthia N, Kagwanja N, Ngari M, Boga M
BMC Nurs, (2024). 23:143

Identification of tungiasis infection hotspots with a low-cost, high-throughput method for extracting Tunga penetrans (Siphonaptera) off-host stages from soil samples-An observational study.Matharu AK, Ouma P, Njoroge MM, Amugune BL, Hyuga A, Mutebi F, Krücken J, Feldmeier H, Elson L, Fillinger U
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, (2024). 18:e0011601

Citizen engagement in national health insurance in rural western Kenya.Maritim B, Koon AD, Kimaina A, Goudge J
Health Policy Plan, (2024). 39:387-399

Layered vulnerability and researchers' responsibilities: learning from research involving Kenyan adolescents living with perinatal HIV infection.Kimani M, Molyneux S, Charo A, Zakayo SM, Sanga G, Njeru R, Davies A, Kelley M, Abubakar A, Marsh V
BMC Med Ethics, (2024). 25:21

Hospital readiness for the provision of care to critically ill patients in Tanzania- an in-depth cross-sectional study.Khalid K, Schell CO, Oliwa J, English M, Onyango O, McKnight J, Mkumbo E, Awadh K, Maiba J, Baker T
BMC Health Serv Res, (2024). 24:182

Age-dependent acquisition of IgG antibodies to Shigella serotypes-a retrospective analysis of seroprevalence in Kenyan children with implications for infant vaccination.Kapulu MC, Muthumbi E, Otieno E, Rossi O, Ferruzzi P, Necchi F, Acquaviva A, Martin LB, Orindi B, Mwai K, Kibet H, Mwanzu A, Bigogo GM, Verani JR, Mbae C, Nyundo C, Agoti CN, Nakakana UN, Conti V, Bejon P, Kariuki S, Scott JAG, Micoli F, Podda A
Front Immunol, (2024). 15:1340425

Fourth Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) meeting - CHIMs in endemic countries, May 22-23, 2023.Kapulu M, Manda-Taylor L, Balasingam S, Means G, Ayiro Malungu M, Bejon P, Chi PC, Chiu C, Church EC, Correa-Oliveira R, Day N, Durbin A, Egesa M, Emerson C, Jambo K, Mathur R, Metzger W, Mumba N, Nazziwa W, Olotu A, Rodgers J, Sinyiza F, Talaat K, Kamerling I, Weller C, Baay M, Neels P
Biologicals, (2024). :101747

The Anopheles coluzzii range extends into Kenya: Detection, insecticide resistance profiles and population genetic structure in relation to conspecific populations in West and Central Africa.Kamau L, Bennett KL, Ochomo E, Herren J, Agumba S, Otieno S, Omoke D, Matoke-Muhia D, Mburu D, Mwangangi J, Ramaita E, Juma EO, Mbogo C, Barasa S, Miles A
Res Sq, (2024). :

Accumulating evidence on the long-term immunogenicity of fractional dosing for yellow fever vaccines.Juan-Giner A, Warimwe G
Lancet Infect Dis, (2024). S1473-3099:00008-2

First referral hospitals in low- and middle-income countries: the need for a renewed focus.Jeffries Mazhar R, Willows TM, Bhattarai S, Tinn CS, Misago N, English M
Health Policy Plan, (2024). 39:224-232

Time to full enteral feeds in hospitalised preterm and very low birth weight infants in Nigeria and Kenya.Imam ZO, Nabwera HM, Tongo OO, Andang'o PEA, Abdulkadir I, Ezeaka CV, Ezenwa BN, Fajolu IB, Mwangome MK, Umoru DD, Akindolire AE, Otieno W, Olwala M, Nalwa GM, Talbert AW, Abubakar I, Embleton ND, Allen SJ
PLoS One, (2024). 19:e0277847

Identifying delays in healthcare seeking and provision: The Three Delays-in-Healthcare and mortality among infants and children aged 1-59 months.Garcia Gomez E, Igunza KA, Madewell ZJ, Akelo V, Onyango D, El Arifeen S, Gurley ES, Hossain MZ, Chowdhury MAI, Islam KM, Assefa N, Scott JAG, Madrid L, Tilahun Y, Orlien S, Kotloff KL, Tapia MD, Keita AM, Mehta A, Magaço A, Torres-Fernandez D, Nhacolo A, Bassat Q, Mandomando I, Ogbuanu I, Cain CJ, Luke R, Kamara SIB, Legesse H, Madhi S, Dangor Z, Mahtab S, Wise A, Adam Y, Whitney CG, Mutevedzi PC, Blau DM, Breiman RF, Tippett Barr BA, Rees CA
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2024). 4:e0002494

Factors predicting mortality in hospitalised HIV-negative children with lower-chest-wall indrawing pneumonia and implications for management.Gallagher KE, Awori JO, Knoll MD, Rhodes J, Higdon MM, Hammitt LL, Prosperi C, Baggett HC, Brooks WA, Fancourt N, Feikin DR, Howie SRC, Kotloff KL, Tapia MD, Levine OS, Madhi SA, Murdoch DR, O'Brien KL, Thea DM, Baillie VL, Ebruke BE, Kamau A, Moore DP, Mwananyanda L, Olutunde EO, Seidenberg P, Sow SO, Thamthitiwat S, Scott JAG
PLoS One, (2024). 19:e0297159

Breaking the silence on first referral hospitals and universal health coverage.English M, Rispel L, Ssengooba F, Edwards N
Lancet Glob Health, (2024). 12:e366-e367

Safety and efficacy of malaria vaccine candidate R21/Matrix-M in African children: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, phase 3 trial.Datoo MS, Dicko A, Tinto H, Ouédraogo JB, Hamaluba M, Olotu A, Beaumont E, Ramos Lopez F, Natama HM, Weston S, Chemba M, Compaore YD, Issiaka D, Salou D, Some AM, Omenda S, Lawrie A, Bejon P, Rao H, Chandramohan D, Roberts R, Bharati S, Stockdale L, Gairola S, Greenwood BM, Ewer KJ, Bradley J, Kulkarni PS, Shaligram U, Hill AVS
Lancet, (2024). 403:533-544

The role of medical support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the NHS in the UK: A qualitative service evaluation at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.Chakma S, Wang H, English M, Namedre M, Hill E, Nagraj S
Clin Med (Lond), (2024). 24:100006

Fourth Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) meeting, CHIM regulatory issues, May 24, 2023.Cavaleri M, Kaslow D, Boateng E, Chen WH, Chiu C, Choy RKM, Correa-Oliveira R, Durbin A, Egesa M, Gibani M, Kapulu M, Katindi M, Olotu A, Pongsuwan P, Simuyandi M, Speder B, Talaat KR, Weller C, Wills B, Baay M, Balasingam S, Olesen OF, Neels P
Biologicals, (2024). :101745