PLOS Glob Public Health

"It would be better for those of us who have the disease not to be ashamed": Insights from people living with chronic hepatitis B virus infection and healthcare workers providing HBV care in Kilifi, Kenya.Downs, L. O. Odhiambo, J. Zaharani, M. Chirro, O. Safari, B. Seeley, J. Matthews, P. C. Aliyan, N. Kagwanja, N.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0005279

Beyond facility-based births: Is Uganda delivering effective maternal and newborn care? An analysis of the 2022 demographic health survey and 2023 harmonized health facility assessment survey.Turigye, B. Mulogo, E. M. Ngonzi, J. Macharia, P. M. Acheng, M. Christou, A. Benova, L.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004949

Perceived accuracy and utilisation of DHIS2 data for health decision making and advocacy in Kenya: A Qualitative Study.Oware, P. M. Omondi, G. Adipo, C. Adow, M. Wanyama, C. Odallo, D. Bosire, N. Okong'o, L. Maina, M. Aluvaala, J. Ngwatu, P. Githanga, D. Kinuthia, D. Amadi, I. Rukwaro, G. Kerubo, L. Amisi, C. Govoga, A. Karimi, J. Kahtra, A. Mulwa, A. Amoth, P. Agweyu, A. Were, F.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004508

The impact of 10-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on the incidence of admissions to hospital with hypoxaemic and non-hypoxaemic pneumonia in Kenyan children.Haeusler, I. L. Kagucia, E. W. Bottomley, C. Otiende, M. Nyiro, J. Scott, J. A. G.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004888

Management capacity of primary healthcare facilities in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review.Ochieng, H. Musiega, A. Tsofa, B. Nzinga, J. Barasa, E.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004445

Addressing the challenges of estimating the target population in calculation of routine infant immunization coverage in Kenya.Karanja-Chege, C. Agweyu, A. Were, F. Boele van Hensbroek, M. Ogallo, W.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004298

Implementing community-based interventions for the management of chronic conditions in low- and middle-income countries: A scoping review of qualitative evidence.Hassan, S. Kagwanja, N. Diallo, B. Oyando, R. Perel, P. Etyang, A. Tsofa, B. Nolte, E. I. HCoR-Africa Collaborators
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004860

Economic evaluation of caregiver interventions for children with developmental disabilities: A scoping review.Kairu, A. Dzoro, E. Angwenyi, V. Newton, C. Hanlon, C. Hoekstra, R. A. Abubakar, A. Barasa, E.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0003928

Use of minimally invasive tissue sampling to determine the contribution of diarrheal diseases to under-five mortality and associated co-morbidities and co-infections in children with fatal diarrheal diseases in Africa and Bangladesh.Mutevedzi, P. C. Madewell, Z. J. Kotloff, K. L. Bassat, Q. Chirinda, P. J. Cossa, A. C. A. Xerinda, E. G. Akelo, V. Mitei, P. K. Oele, E. Omore, R. Onyango, D. Bangura, J. Luke, R. Moseray, A. Ogbuanu, I. U. Sesay, T. Assefa, N. Libe, T. T. Madrid, L. Yeshi, M. M. Scott, J. A. G. Govender, N. P. Lala, S. G. Madhi, S. A. Mahtab, S. Keita, A. M. Sanogo, D. Sow, S. O. Tapia, M. D. El Arifeen, S. Gurley, E. S. Barr, B. A. T. Whitney, C. G. Blau, D. M. Mandomando, I. Champs Consortium
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004772

Small and sick newborn care: Changes in service readiness scoring between baseline and 2023 for 65 neonatal units implementing with NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania.Penzias, R. E. Ogero, M. O. Tillya, R. Kassim, I. Dosunmu, O. Odedere, O. Mwaniki, H. Ochieng, V. O. Mochache, D. Ngwala, S. K. Zimba, E. Soko, G. T. Bohne, C. Gathara, D. Cross, J. H. Shabani, J. Paul, C. Shamba, D. Masanja, H. Salim, N. Osuagwu, C. Idowu, A. Ogueji, I. A. Tongo, O. Okunlola Ogunsola, O. Ezeaka, V. C. Rashid, E. Okello, G. Wainaina, J. Macharia, W. M. Chiume, M. Chalira, A. Dube, Q. Gicheha, E. Molyneux, E. M. Alooh, M. Cousens, S. Oden, M. Richards-Kortum, R. Lawn, J. E. Ohuma, E. O.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004367

Socio-medical factors associated with neurodevelopmental disorders on the Kenyan coast.Kipkemoi, P. Savage, J. E. Gona, J. Rimba, K. Kombe, M. Mwangi, P. Kipkoech, C. Chepkemoi, E. Ngombo, A. Mkubwa, B. Rehema, C. Kariuki, S. M. Posthuma, D. Donald, K. A. Robinson, E. Abubakar, A. Newton, C. R.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0003806

Costs and cost-effectiveness of community health worker programs focussed on HIV, TB and malaria infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries (2015-2024): A scoping literature review.O'Donovan, J. Baskin, C. Stansert Katzen, L. Ballard, M. Kok, M. Jimenez, A. Iberico, M. Cook, J. Bienvenue Ishimwe, A. Martin, L. Kawooya, P. Aranda, Z. Mantus, M. Bruce Kumar, M. Finnegan, K. E. Mudhune, S. Dennis, M. Palazuelos, D. Mbewe, D. Nshimayesu, M. Vaughan, K.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004596

Implementation strategies to improve outcomes in patients with established cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.Sanga, L. A. Hudson, J. A. Perkins, A. D. Murphy, A. Etyang, A. Perel, P. Shah, A. S. V.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004544

Examining national health insurance fund members' preferences and trade-offs for the attributes of contracted outpatient facilities in Kenya: A discrete choice experiment.Kazungu, J. Barasa, E. Nonvignon, J. Quaife, M.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0003557

Trends in malaria prevalence among school-age children in Mainland Tanzania, 2015-2023: A multilevel survey analysis.Chacky, F. Hicks, J. T. Remiji, M. J. Rumisha, S. F. Walker, P. G. T. Chaki, P. Aaron, S. Nhiga, S. L. Reaves, E. Serbantez, N. Molteni, F. Ngasala, B. Kc, A. Mmbando, B. P. Snow, R. W. Van Geertruyden, J. P.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004386

Acceptability of fixed-dose combination treatments for hypertension in Kenya: A qualitative study using the Theoretical Framework of Acceptability.Mbuthia, D. Willis, R. Gichagua, M. Nzinga, J. Mugo, P. Murphy, A.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0003012

Mortality and loss to follow-up among Tuberculosis patients on treatment in Meru County, Kenya: a retrospective cohort study.Ngari, M. M. Mberia, J. K. Kanana, E. Sanga, D. Ngari, M. K. Nyagah, D. N. Abdullahi, O. A.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0003896

Re-thinking "non-response" to wasting treatment: Exploratory analysis from 14 studies.Cazes, C. Stobaugh, H. Bahwere, P. Binns, P. Black, R. E. Boyd, E. Briend, A. Isanaka, S. Kangas, S. T. Khara, T. Lelijveld, N. Mwangome, M. Myatt, M. Odei Obeng-Amoako, G. Trehan, I. James, P. T.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0003741

Repeatability of RRate measurements in children during triage in two Ugandan hospitals.Asdo, A. Mawji, A. Omara, I. Aye Ishebukara, I. A. Komugisha, C. Novakowski, S. K. Pillay, Y. Wiens, M. O. Akech, S. Oyella, F. Tagoola, A. Kissoon, N. Ansermino, J. M. Dunsmuir, D.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0003097

Understanding health system responsiveness to public feedback at the sub-national level: Insights from Kilifi County, Kenya.Kagwanja, N. Gilson, L. Tsofa, B. Olivier, J. Leli, H. Molyneux, S.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2024). 4:e0002814