Recent publications

Improving child health service interventions through a Theory of Change: A scoping review.Jones B, Paterson A, English M, Nagraj S
Front Pediatr, (2023). 11:1037890

Safety and immunogenicity of a ChAdOx1 vaccine against Rift Valley fever in UK adults: an open-label, non-randomised, first-in-human phase 1 clinical trial.Jenkin D, Wright D, Folegatti PM, Platt A, Poulton I, Lawrie A, Tran N, Boyd A, Turner C, Gitonga JN, Karanja HK, Mugo D, Ewer KJ, Bowden TA, Gilbert SC, Charleston B, Kaleebu P, Hill AVS, Warimwe GM
Lancet Infect Dis, (2023). S1473-3099:00068-3

Operationalizing Appropriate Sepsis Definitions in Children Worldwide: Considerations for the Pediatric Sepsis Definition Taskforce.Carrol ED, Ranjit S, Menon K, Bennett TD, Sanchez-Pinto LN, Zimmerman JJ, Souza DC, Sorce LR, Randolph AG, Ishimine P, Flauzino de Oliveira C, Lodha R, Harmon L, Watson RS, Schlapbach LJ, Kissoon N, Argent AC
Pediatr Crit Care Med, (2023). 24:e263-e271

Examining the influence of health sector coordination on the efficiency of county health systems in Kenya.Nyawira L, Njuguna RG, Tsofa B, Musiega A, Munywoki J, Hanson K, Mulwa A, Molyneux S, Maina I, Normand C, Jemutai J, Barasa E
BMC Health Serv Res, (2023). 23:355

Phylogenomic analysis uncovers a 9-year variation of Uganda influenza type-A strains from the WHO-recommended vaccines and other Africa strains.Nabakooza G, Owuor DC, de Laurent ZR, Galiwango R, Owor N, Kayiwa JT, Jjingo D, Agoti CN, Nokes DJ, Kateete DP, Kitayimbwa JM, Frost SDW, Lutwama JJ
Sci Rep, (2023). 13:5516

Neonatal and perinatal mortality in the urban continuum: a geospatial analysis of the household survey, satellite imagery and travel time data in Tanzania.Macharia PM, Beňová L, Pinchoff J, Semaan A, Pembe AB, Christou A, Hanson C
BMJ Glob Health, (2023). 8:e011253

Development and validation of a diagnostic aid for convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective case-control study.Jones GD, Kariuki SM, Ngugi AK, Mwesige AK, Masanja H, Owusu-Agyei S, Wagner R, Cross JH, Sander JW, Newton CR, Sen A
Lancet Digit Health, (2023). 5:e185-e193

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

Inflammation: the driver of poor outcomes among children with severe acute malnutrition?.Sturgeon JP, Njunge JM, Bourke CD, Gonzales GB, Robertson RC, Bwakura-Dangarembizi M, Berkley JA, Kelly P, Prendergast AJ
Nutr Rev, (2023). 81:1636-1652

Estimates of the national burden of respiratory syncytial virus in Kenyan children aged under 5 years, 2010-2018.Nyawanda BO, Murunga N, Otieno NA, Bigogo G, Nyiro JU, Vodicka E, Bulterys M, Nokes DJ, Munywoki PK, Emukule GO
BMC Med, (2023). 21:122

Investigating rapid diagnostic testing in Kenya's health system, 2018-2020: validating non-reporting in routine data using a health facility service assessment survey.Moturi AK, Robert BN, Bahati F, Macharia PM, Okiro EA
BMC Health Serv Res, (2023). 23:306

Prevalence of IgG and IgM to SARS-CoV-2 and other human coronaviruses in The Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone and Uganda: A Longitudinal Study.Lawal BJ, Gallagher KE, Kitonsa J, Tindanbil D, Kasonia K, Drammeh A, Lowe B, Mukadi-Bamuleka D, Patterson C, Greenwood B, Samai M, Leigh B, Tetteh KKA, Ruzagira E, Watson-Jones D, Kavunga-Membo H
Int J Infect Dis, (2023). 131:183-192

Estimating the cost-effectiveness of maternal vaccination and monoclonal antibodies for respiratory syncytial virus in Kenya and South Africa.Koltai M, Moyes J, Nyawanda B, Nyiro J, Munywoki PK, Tempia S, Li X, Antillon M, Bilcke J, Flasche S, Beutels P, Nokes DJ, Cohen C, Jit M
BMC Med, (2023). 21:120

Development and validation of a diagnostic aid for convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective case-control study.Jones GD, Kariuki SM, Ngugi AK, Mwesige AK, Masanja H, Owusu-Agyei S, Wagner R, Cross JH, Sander JW, Newton CR, Sen A
Lancet Digit Health, (2023). 5:e185-e193

Recurrent spontaneous Escherichia coli meningitis in an adult: a case report.Amulele AV, Ong'ayo G, Arara AM, Machanja EW, Etyang A, Aliyan NA, Wareham DW, Berkley JA, Gordon NC
JAC Antimicrob Resist, (2023). 5:dlad029

Political economy analysis of sub-national health sector planning and budgeting: A case study of three counties in Kenya.Tsofa B, Waweru E, Munywoki J, Soe K, Rodriguez DC, Koon AD
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2023). 3:e0001401

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

Microbiota and growth among infants and children in low-income and middle-income settings.Njunge JM, Walson JL
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care, (2023). 26:245-252

Geographic accessibility and hospital competition for emergency blood transfusion services in Bungoma, Western Kenya.Mumo E, Agutu NO, Moturi AK, Cherono A, Muchiri SK, Snow RW, Alegana VA
Int J Health Geogr, (2023). 22:6

Causes of death identified in neonates enrolled through Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), December 2016 -December 2021.Mahtab S, Madhi SA, Baillie VL, Els T, Thwala BN, Onyango D, Tippet-Barr BA, Akelo V, Igunza KA, Omore R, Arifeen SE, Gurley ES, Alam M, Chowdhury AI, Rahman A, Bassat Q, Mandomando I, Ajanovic S, Sitoe A, Varo R, Sow SO, Kotloff KL, Badji H, Tapia MD, Traore CB, Ogbuanu IU, Bunn J, Luke R, Sannoh S, Swarray-Deen A, Assefa N, Scott JAG, Madrid L, Marami D, Fentaw S, Diaz MH, Martines RB, Breiman RF, Madewell ZJ, Blau DM, Whitney CG, Champs Consortium
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2023). 3:e0001612