Recent publications

The winding road to health: A systematic scoping review on the effect of geographical accessibility to health care on infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries.Hierink F, Okiro EA, Flahault A, Ray N
PLoS One, (2021). 16:e0244921

Prevalence and mortality of epilepsies with convulsive and non-convulsive seizures in Kilifi, Kenya.Kariuki SM, Ngugi AK, Kombe MZ, Kazungu M, Chengo E, Odhiambo R, Nyaguara A, Neville BG, Newton CR
Seizure, (2021). 89:51-55

Global burden of acute lower respiratory infection associated with human parainfluenza virus in children younger than 5 years for 2018: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Wang X, Li Y, Deloria-Knoll M, Madhi SA, Cohen C, Arguelles VL, Basnet S, Bassat Q, Brooks WA, Echavarria M, Fasce RA, Gentile A, Goswami D, Homaira N, Howie SRC, Kotloff KL, Khuri-Bulos N, Krishnan A, Lucero MG, Lupisan S, Mathisen M, McLean KA, Mira-Iglesias A, Moraleda C, Okamoto M, Oshitani H, O'Brien KL, Owor BE, Rasmussen ZA, Rath BA, Salimi V, Sawatwong P, Scott JAG, Simoes EAF, Sotomayor V, Thea DM, Treurnicht FK, Yoshida LM, Zar HJ, Campbell H, Nair H, Respiratory Virus Global Epidemiology Network
Lancet Glob Health, (2021). 9:e1077-e1087

Revitalizing child health: lessons from the past.Strong KL, Requejo J, Agweyu A, Billah SM, Boschi-Pinto C, Horiuchi S, Jamaluddine Z, Lazzerini M, Maiga A, McKerrow N, Munos M, Schellenberg J, Weigel R
Glob Health Action, (2021). 14:1947565

Government regulation of private health insurance.Motaze NV, Chi PC, Ongolo-Zogo P, Ndongo JS, Wiysonge CS
Cochrane Database Syst Rev, (2021). 2:CD011512

Examining the level and inequality in health insurance coverage in 36 sub-Saharan African countries.Barasa E, Kazungu J, Nguhiu P, Ravishankar N
BMJ Glob Health, (2021). 6:e004712

The Essential Role of Data and Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMBs) in Ensuring the Ethics of Global Vaccine Trials to Address Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19O).Eckstein L, Rid A, Kamuya D, Shah SK
Clin Infect Dis, (2021). 73:2126-2130

Health system responsiveness: a systematic evidence mapping review of the global literature.Khan G, Kagwanja N, Whyle E, Gilson L, Molyneux S, Schaay N, Tsofa B, Barasa E, Olivier J
Int J Equity Health, (2021). 20:112

Improving statistical power in severe malaria genetic association studies by augmenting phenotypic precision.Watson JA, Ndila CM, Uyoga S, Macharia A, Nyutu G, Mohammed S, Ngetsa C, Mturi N, Peshu N, Tsofa B, Rockett K, Leopold S, Kingston H, George EC, Maitland K, Day NP, Dondorp AM, Bejon P, Williams TN, Holmes CC, White NJ
Elife, (2021). 10:69698

Introduction to the Site-specific Etiologic Results From the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health (PERCH) Study.Deloria Knoll M, Prosperi C, Baggett HC, Brooks WA, Feikin DR, Hammitt LL, Howie SRC, Kotloff KL, Madhi SA, Murdoch DR, Scott JAG, Thea DM, O'Brien KL
Pediatr Infect Dis J, (2021). 40:S1-S6

Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies From a National Serosurveillance of Kenyan Blood Donors, January-March 2021.Uyoga S, Adetifa IMO, Otiende M, Yegon C, Agweyu A, Warimwe GM, Scott JAG
JAMA, (2021). 326:1436-1438

Predicting the risk of mortality during hospitalization in sick severely malnourished children using daily evaluation of key clinical warning signs.Wen B, Brals D, Bourdon C, Erdman L, Ngari M, Chimwezi E, Potani I, Thitiri J, Mwalekwa L, Berkley JA, Bandsma RHJ, Voskuijl W
BMC Med, (2021). 19:222

Examining health facility financing in Kenya in the context of devolution.Kairu A, Orangi S, Mbuthia B, Ondera J, Ravishankar N, Barasa E
BMC Health Serv Res, (2021). 21:1086

COVID-19 in Africa: preexisting immunity and HIV.Snyman J, Sanders EJ, Ndung'u T
AIDS, (2021). 35:2391-2393

Impact of free maternity policies in Kenya: an interrupted time-series analysis.Orangi S, Kairu A, Malla L, Ondera J, Mbuthia B, Ravishankar N, Barasa E
BMJ Glob Health, (2021). 6:e003649

Employing learning health system principles to advance research on severe neonatal and paediatric illness in Kenya.English M, Irimu G, Akech S, Aluvaala J, Ogero M, Isaaka L, Malla L, Tuti T, Gathara D, Oliwa J, Agweyu A
BMJ Glob Health, (2021). 6:e005300

"I wish to remain HIV negative": Pre-exposure prophylaxis adherence and persistence in transgender women and men who have sex with men in coastal Kenya.Kimani M, van der Elst EM, Chirro O, Wahome E, Ibrahim F, Mukuria N, de Wit TFR, Graham SM, Operario D, Sanders EJ
PLoS One, (2021). 16:e0244226

The importance of supplementary immunisation activities to prevent measles outbreaks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya.Mburu CN, Ojal J, Chebet R, Akech D, Karia B, Tuju J, Sigilai A, Abbas K, Jit M, Funk S, Smits G, van Gageldonk PGM, van der Klis FRM, Tabu C, Nokes DJ, Lshtm Cmmid Covid- Working Group, Scott J, Flasche S, Adetifa I
BMC Med, (2021). 19:35

The Use of Intersectional Analysis in Assessing Women's Leadership Progress in the Health Workforce in LMICs: A Review.Zeinali Z, Muraya K, Molyneux S, Morgan R
Int J Health Policy Manag, (2021). 11:1262-1273

Vulnerability, Agency, and the Research Encounter: Family Members' Experiences and Perceptions of Participating in an Observational Clinical Study in Kenya.Zakayo SM, Kimani MN, Sanga G, Njeru R, Charo A, Berkley JA, Walson JL, Kelley M, Marsh V, Molyneux S
J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics, (2021). 16:238-254