Recent publications

First referral hospitals in low- and middle-income countries: the need for a renewed focus.Jeffries Mazhar R, Willows TM, Bhattarai S, Tinn CS, Misago N, English M
Health Policy Plan, (2024). 39:224-232

Time to full enteral feeds in hospitalised preterm and very low birth weight infants in Nigeria and Kenya.Imam ZO, Nabwera HM, Tongo OO, Andang'o PEA, Abdulkadir I, Ezeaka CV, Ezenwa BN, Fajolu IB, Mwangome MK, Umoru DD, Akindolire AE, Otieno W, Olwala M, Nalwa GM, Talbert AW, Abubakar I, Embleton ND, Allen SJ
PLoS One, (2024). 19:e0277847

Identifying delays in healthcare seeking and provision: The Three Delays-in-Healthcare and mortality among infants and children aged 1-59 months.Garcia Gomez E, Igunza KA, Madewell ZJ, Akelo V, Onyango D, El Arifeen S, Gurley ES, Hossain MZ, Chowdhury MAI, Islam KM, Assefa N, Scott JAG, Madrid L, Tilahun Y, Orlien S, Kotloff KL, Tapia MD, Keita AM, Mehta A, Magaço A, Torres-Fernandez D, Nhacolo A, Bassat Q, Mandomando I, Ogbuanu I, Cain CJ, Luke R, Kamara SIB, Legesse H, Madhi S, Dangor Z, Mahtab S, Wise A, Adam Y, Whitney CG, Mutevedzi PC, Blau DM, Breiman RF, Tippett Barr BA, Rees CA
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2024). 4:e0002494

Factors predicting mortality in hospitalised HIV-negative children with lower-chest-wall indrawing pneumonia and implications for management.Gallagher KE, Awori JO, Knoll MD, Rhodes J, Higdon MM, Hammitt LL, Prosperi C, Baggett HC, Brooks WA, Fancourt N, Feikin DR, Howie SRC, Kotloff KL, Tapia MD, Levine OS, Madhi SA, Murdoch DR, O'Brien KL, Thea DM, Baillie VL, Ebruke BE, Kamau A, Moore DP, Mwananyanda L, Olutunde EO, Seidenberg P, Sow SO, Thamthitiwat S, Scott JAG
PLoS One, (2024). 19:e0297159

Breaking the silence on first referral hospitals and universal health coverage.English M, Rispel L, Ssengooba F, Edwards N
Lancet Glob Health, (2024). 12:e366-e367

Safety and efficacy of malaria vaccine candidate R21/Matrix-M in African children: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, phase 3 trial.Datoo MS, Dicko A, Tinto H, Ouédraogo JB, Hamaluba M, Olotu A, Beaumont E, Ramos Lopez F, Natama HM, Weston S, Chemba M, Compaore YD, Issiaka D, Salou D, Some AM, Omenda S, Lawrie A, Bejon P, Rao H, Chandramohan D, Roberts R, Bharati S, Stockdale L, Gairola S, Greenwood BM, Ewer KJ, Bradley J, Kulkarni PS, Shaligram U, Hill AVS
Lancet, (2024). 403:533-544

The role of medical support workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in the NHS in the UK: A qualitative service evaluation at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.Chakma S, Wang H, English M, Namedre M, Hill E, Nagraj S
Clin Med (Lond), (2024). 24:100006

Fourth Controlled Human Infection Model (CHIM) meeting, CHIM regulatory issues, May 24, 2023.Cavaleri M, Kaslow D, Boateng E, Chen WH, Chiu C, Choy RKM, Correa-Oliveira R, Durbin A, Egesa M, Gibani M, Kapulu M, Katindi M, Olotu A, Pongsuwan P, Simuyandi M, Speder B, Talaat KR, Weller C, Wills B, Baay M, Balasingam S, Olesen OF, Neels P
Biologicals, (2024). 85:101745

Trajectories of resting energy expenditure and performance of predictive equations in children hospitalized with an acute illness and malnutrition: a longitudinal study.Afroze F, Khoshnevisan F, Harawa PP, Islam Z, Bourdon C, Khoswe S, Islam M, Sarker SA, Islam F, Sayeem Bin Shahid ASM, Joosten K, Hulst JM, Eneya C, Walson JL, Berkley JA, Potani I, Voskuijl W, Ahmed T, Chisti MJ, Bandsma RHJ
Sci Rep, (2024). 14:3613

Low frequency of Plasmodium falciparum hrp2/3 deletions from symptomatic infections at a primary healthcare facility in Kilifi, Kenya.Okanda D, Ndwiga L, Osoti V, Achieng N, Wambua J, Ngetsa C, Lubell-Doughtie P, Shankar A, Bejon P, Ochola-Oyier LI
Front Epidemiol, (2023). 3:1083114

Mortality among non-severely under nourished children with pneumonia globally: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.Nalwanga D, Bakker C, Kiggwe A, Negash AA, Ocan M, Briend A, Maitland K, Musiiime V, Karamagi C
Wellcome Open Res, (2023). 8:551

Burden of child mortality from malaria in high endemic areas: Results from the CHAMPS network using minimally invasive tissue sampling.Ogbuanu IU, Otieno K, Varo R, Sow SO, Ojulong J, Duduyemi B, Kowuor D, Cain CJ, Rogena EA, Onyango D, Akelo V, Tippett Barr BA, terKuile F, Kotloff KL, Tapia MD, Keita AM, Juma J, Assefa N, Assegid N, Acham Y, Madrid L, Scott JAG, Arifeen SE, Gurley ES, Mahtab S, Dangor Z, Wadula J, Dutoit J, Madhi SA, Mandomando I, Torres-Fernandez D, Kincardett M, Mabunda R, Mutevedzi P, Madewell ZJ, Blau DM, Whitney CG, Samuels AM, Bassat Q
J Infect, (2024). S0163-4453:00025-2

Trends of non-vaccination, under-vaccination and missed opportunities for vaccination (2003-2014) amongst children 0-23 months in Kenya.Odero CO, Othero D, Were VO, Ouma C
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2024). 4:e0002906

Implementing adaptive e-learning for newborn care in Tanzania: an observational study of provider engagement and knowledge gains.Meaney PA, Hokororo A, Ndosi H, Dahlen A, Jacob T, Mwanga JR, Kalabamu FS, Joyce CL, Mediratta R, Rozenfeld B, Berg M, Smith ZH, Chami N, Mkopi N, Mwanga C, Diocles E, Agweyu A
BMJ Open, (2024). 14:e077834

Post-mortem investigation of deaths due to pneumonia in children aged 1-59 months in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia from 2016 to 2022: an observational study.Mahtab S, Blau DM, Madewell ZJ, Ogbuanu I, Ojulong J, Lako S, Legesse H, Bangura JS, Bassat Q, Mandomando I, Xerinda E, Fernandes F, Varo R, Sow SO, Kotloff KL, Tapia MD, Keita AM, Sidibe D, Onyango D, Akelo V, Gethi D, Verani JR, Revathi G, Scott JAG, Assefa N, Madrid L, Bizuayehu H, Tirfe TT, El Arifeen S, Gurley ES, Islam KM, Alam M, Zahid Hossain M, Dangor Z, Baillie VL, Hale M, Mutevedzi P, Breiman RF, Whitney CG, Madhi SA
Lancet Child Adolesc Health, (2024). 8:201-213

Distinct transcriptomic signatures define febrile malaria depending on initial infective states, asymptomatic or uninfected.Kimenyi KM, Akinyi MY, Mwikali K, Gilmore T, Mwangi S, Omer E, Gichuki B, Wambua J, Njunge J, Obiero G, Bejon P, Langhorne J, Abdi A, Ochola-Oyier LI
BMC Infect Dis, (2024). 24:140

Long-term effects on depressive symptoms among Ugandan mothers - Findings from a follow-up of a cluster-randomized education trial in a rural low-resource setting.Kakwangire P, Atukunda P, Ngari M, Westerberg AC, Iversen PO, Muhoozi G
J Affect Disord, (2024). 351:598-606

Dantu Blood Group Erythrocytes Form Large Plasmodium falciparum Rosettes Less Commonly.Carlier MSA, Nyamu W, Makale J, Williams TN, Rowe JA, Kariuki SN
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2024). 110:436-443

Child deaths caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia: a secondary analysis of Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) data.Verani JR, Blau DM, Gurley ES, Akelo V, Assefa N, Baillie V, Bassat Q, Berhane M, Bunn J, Cossa ACA, El Arifeen S, Gunturu R, Hale M, Igunza A, Keita AM, Kenneh S, Kotloff KL, Kowuor D, Mabunda R, Madewell ZJ, Madhi S, Madrid L, Mahtab S, Miguel J, Murila FV, Ogbuanu IU, Ojulong J, Onyango D, Oundo JO, Scott JAG, Sow S, Tapia M, Traore CB, Velaphi S, Whitney CG, Mandomando I, Breiman RF
Lancet Microbe, (2024). 5:e131-e141

Sugar and blood: the nutritional priorities of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti.Tenywa FC, Musa JJ, Musiba RM, Swai JK, Mpelepele AB, Okumu FO, Maia MF
Parasit Vectors, (2024). 17:26