Recent publications

Methods for modelling composite indices of access to healthcare facilities: a systematic literature review.Musau MM, Njogu A, Maina A, Snow RW, Beňová L, Okiro EA, Linard C, Macharia PM
Popul Health Metr, (2025). :

Ivermectin to reduce malaria transmission- safety and efficacy results from the BOHEMIA cluster randomized trial in Mozambique.Chaccour C, Nicolas P, Martinho S, Mundaca H, Elobolobo E, Ruiz-Castillo P, Houana A, Montaña J, Mbanze J, Casellas A, Macucha A, Mael M, Soares A, Kiuru C, Gutierrez AS, Imputiua S, Constantino L, Vegove V, Cole G, Duthaler U, Ribes M, Mutepa V, Brew J, Munguambe H, Stanulovic S, Xerinda A, Materula F, Gorski N, Wanjiku C, Furnival-Adams J, Túnez L, Sam L, Collins L, Xia K, Hammann F, Rudd M, Rist C, Jones C, Maia M, Candrinho B, Rabinovich NR, Saute F
EClinicalMedicine, (2025). 90:103632

Conceptualising hardship areas in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.Auma CMN, Karing'u P, Harriss E, English M, Oliwa J, Okiro EA
Int J Equity Health, (2025). 24:326

Access to hypertension services and health-seeking experiences in rural Coastal Kenya: A qualitative study.Oyando R, Kagwanja N, Diallo BA, Hassan S, Badjie J, Lucinde R, Mumba N, Kinyanjui SM, Perel P, Etyang A, Barasa E, Nolte E, Tsofa B
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004324

Pf8: an open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 33,325 worldwide samples.Abdel Hamid MM, Abdelraheem MH, Acheampong DO, Adam I, Aide P, Ajibaye O, Ali M, Almagro-Garcia J, Amambua-Ngwa A, Amenga-Etego L, Aniebo I, Aninagyei E, Ansah F, Apinjoh TO, Ariani CV, Auburn S, Awandare GA, Balmer A, Bejon P, Boene S, Bwire G, Candrinho B, Chidimatembue A, Chindavongsa K, Comiche K, Conway D, Dara A, Diakite M, Djimde A, Dondorp A, Doumbia S, Drury E, Fanello CA, Ferdig M, Figueroa K, Gamboa D, Golassa L, Gonçalves S, Guindo MDA, Hamaluba M, Hanboonkunupakarn B, Howe K, Hussien M, Imwong M, Ishengoma D, Jeans J, Kabaghe A, Kamuhabwa A, Kindermans JM, Konate DS, Kwiatkowski DP, Lee C, Lee SK, Lee SJ, Ley B, Llanos-Cuentas A, Marfurt J, Matambisso G, Maude RR, Maude RJ, Mayor A, Mayxay M, Maïga-Ascofaré O, McCann RS, Miles A, Miotto O, Mohamed AO, Morang'a CM, Murie K, Ngasala BE, Nguyen TN, Nolasco O, Nosten F, Noviyanti R, O'Connor Í Oboh M, Ochola-Oyier LI, Olufunke Falade C, Olukosi A, Olumide A, Olusola FI, Onyamboko MA, Oriero EC, Oyibo WA, Pannebaker D, Pearson RD, Phiri K, van der Pluijm RW, Price RN, Quang HH, Rajkumar Devaraju V, Randrianarivelojosia M, Ranford-Cartwright L, Rayner JC, Rovira-Vallbona E, Rowlands K, Ruano-Rubio V, Sanchez JF, Saúte F, Shettima S, da Silva C, Simpson VJ, Suddaby S, Takken W, Thu AM, Toure M, Unlu E, Valdivia HO, van Vugt M, Waithira N, Wellems T, Wendler J, White N, Wuendrich Ogidan R
Wellcome Open Res, (2025). 10:325

Understanding the relational culture of healthcare workplaces: a framework to guide improvement interventions, derived from a realist evaluation of neonatal care in Kenya.Blacklock C, Wanyama C, Jepkosgei J, Hinton L, McKnight J, Jepkosgei J, Oluoch D, Molyneux S, Hogan B, English M, Wong G
BMC Health Serv Res, (2025). 25:1499

A scoping review of antimalarial drug resistance markers in Kenya (1987-2022): toward a National Surveillance Framework and Data Repository.Wamae K, Magudha J, Asiimwe E, Kimani K, Kandie R, Keitany K, Snow RW, Ochola-Oyier LI
Malar J, (2025). 24:413

Examining the emergence and implementation experience of Primary Health Care Networks (PCNs) in Kenya: a qualitative process evaluation.Amboko B, Nzinga J, Musiega A, Tsofa B, Mugo P, Mbau R, Musuva A, Murira F, Wong E, Mazzilli C, Ng'ang'a W, Ravishankar N, Hussein S, Barasa E
BMC Health Serv Res, (2025). 25:1479

Oesophageal cancer and its associated factors among patients attending surgical and oncology clinics at Garissa County Referral Hospital, Kenya: a case-control study.Bashir A, Ngari M, Otieno B, Y'Dhidha AMjidho M, Abdullahi O, Kariuki SM
BMJ Open, (2025). 15:e097376

Active vaccine safety surveillance: Experience from a prospective cohort event monitoring study of COVID-19 vaccines in Kenya.Odhiambo DB, Akech D, Karia B, Kimani M, Sang S, Sigilai A, Voller S, Mataza C, Mang'ong'o D, Jalang'o R, Mandale M, Etyang AO, Scott JAG, Agweyu A, Kagucia EW
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0005080

Affordability decision rules: useful heuristic or misleading rule?.Kwesiga B, Barasa E
Lancet Glob Health, (2025). 13:e1992-e1993

Global, regional, and national burden of headache disorders, 1990-2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023.GBD 2023 Headache Collaborators
Lancet Neurol, (2025). 24:1005-1015

Ascarids and One Health: Emerging Challenges in Sustainable Control.Mugo RM, Kramer-Schadt S, Krücken J, Ruhnke I, Hanefeld J, Hartmann S
Trends Parasitol, (2025). :

Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 RVF vaccine against Rift Valley fever among healthy adults in Uganda: a single-centre, single-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation, phase 1 trial.Anywaine Z, Serwanga J, Ggayi AM, Abaasa AM, Wright D, Gombe B, Ejou P, Namata T, Kigozi A, Tukamwesiga N, Basajja V, Ankunda V, Mulondo DJ, Nambaziira F, Kakande A, Kakeeto W, Nabaggala P, Jenkin D, Lawrie A, Folegatti P, Tran N, Hansen C, Elliott AM, Hill AVS, Warimwe GM, Kaleebu P
Lancet Infect Dis, (2025). :

Trust in healthcare providers, information sources, and concerns for new maternal vaccines among pregnant and lactating women in Kenya.Schue JL, Fesshaye B, Miller E, Singh P, Sauer M, Njogu R, Jalang'o R, Nyiro J, Karron RA, Limaye RJ
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004499

Predicting in-hospital mortality in children in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis of vital signs and anthropometric measurements.Smits LCA, Datema M, Voskuijl WP, Ngari MM, Kumwenda M, Calis JCJ
PLoS One, (2025). 20:e0336233

Roles of medical, nursing and clinical specialists in selected African health systems: a document review of numbers, norms, training and scope of practices.Ajayi S, Zhao Y, Ibrahim N, English M
Wellcome Open Res, (2025). 10:313

The path to equitable respiratory syncytial virus prevention for infants: challenges and opportunities for global implementation.Shaaban FL, Groenendijk RW, Baral R, Caballero MT, Crowe JE, Jr, Englund JA, Esteban I, Hirve S, Jit M, Kalergis AM, Karron RA, Lukacs N, Martinon-Torres F, Mejias A, Nair H, Nisar MI, Nyiro JU, Pecenka C, Sparrow E, Srikantiah P, Thwaites RS, Zar HJ, Bont LJ
Lancet Glob Health, (2025). 13:e2165-e2174

Challenges and opportunities with providing genetic testing and counseling for mucopolysaccharidosis type II in Kenya.Mungai LNW, Njeru C, Njoroge A, Maina M, Ilovi S, Nduati RW, Wamalwa D, Odongkara B, Miller DE
Orphanet J Rare Dis, (2025). 20:558

Serial cross-sectional school surveys identifies C469Y, P553L, R561H and A675V kelch 13 mutations associated with artemisinin resistance in Western Kenya.Osoti V, Wamae K, Musau MM, Magudha JB, Ndwiga L, Gichuki PM, Okoyo C, Rosebella K, Mahugu S, Aricha S, Kandie R, Keitany K, Kepha S, Mwandawiro C, Bejon P, Snow RW, Ochola-Oyier LI
Sci Rep, (2025). 15:38303