Recent publications

Political economy analysis of subnational health management in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda.Rodríguez DC, Balaji LN, Chamdimba E, Kafumba J, Koon AD, Mazalale J, Mkombe D, Munywoki J, Mwase-Vuma T, Namakula J, Nambiar B, Neel AH, Nsabagasani X, Paina L, Rogers B, Tsoka M, Waweru E, Munthali A, Ssengooba F, Tsofa B
Health Policy Plan, (2023). :

Characterization of a novel Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface antigen and potential vaccine target.Niaré K, Chege T, Rosenkranz M, Mwai K, Saßmannshausen Z, Odera D, Nyamako L, Tuju J, Alfred T, Waitumbi JN, Ogutu B, Sirima SB, Awandare G, Kouriba B, Rayner JC, Osier FHA
Front Immunol, (2023). 14:1156806

Spatial heterogeneity of low-birthweight deliveries on the Kenyan coast.Musau MM, Mwakio S, Amadi D, Nyaguara A, Bejon P, Berkley JA, Snow RW, Kamau A
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, (2023). 23:270

Genomic epidemiology of human adenovirus F40 and F41 in coastal Kenya: A retrospective hospital-based surveillance study (2013-2022).Lambisia AW, Makori TO, Mutunga M, Cheruiyot R, Murunga N, Quick J, Githinji G, Nokes DJ, Houldcroft CJ, Agoti CN
Virus Evol, (2023). 9:vead023

Immunogenicity and safety of fractional doses of 17D-213 yellow fever vaccine in HIV-infected people in Kenya (YEFE): a randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority substudy of a phase 4 trial.Kimathi D, Juan-Giner A, Orindi B, Grantz KH, Bob NS, Cheruiyot S, Hamaluba M, Kamau N, Fall G, Dia M, Mosobo M, Moki F, Kiogora K, Chirro O, Thiong'o A, Mwendwa J, Guantai A, Karanja HK, Gitonga J, Mugo D, Ramko K, Faye O, Sanders EJ, Grais RF, Bejon P, Warimwe GM
Lancet Infect Dis, (2023). :

Immunogenicity and safety of fractional doses of 17D-213 yellow fever vaccine in children (YEFE): a randomised, double-blind, non-inferiority substudy of a phase 4 trial.Juan-Giner A, Namulwana ML, Kimathi D, Grantz KH, Fall G, Dia M, Bob NS, Sall AA, Nerima C, Sahani MK, Mulogo EM, Ampeire I, Hombach J, Nanjebe D, Mwanga-Amumpaire J, Cummings DAT, Bejon P, Warimwe GM, Grais RF
Lancet Infect Dis, (2023). :

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). :

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). :

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:

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). :

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). :

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