Recent publications

Awareness and experiences on core outcome set development and use amongst stakeholders from low- and middle- income countries: An online survey.Karumbi J, Gorst S, Gathara D, Young B, Williamson P
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2023). 3:e0002574

To adopt or adapt an existing neonatal core outcome set in Kenya: a study protocol.Karumbi J, Gathara D, Young B, Williamson P
Trials, (2023). 24:806

Characterising support and care assistants in formal hospital settings: a scoping review.Kagonya VA, Onyango OO, Maina M, Gathara D, English M, Imam A
Hum Resour Health, (2023). 21:90

Developing low-cost house floors to control tungiasis in Kenya - a feasibility study.Elson L, Nyawa SM, Matharu A, Fillinger U
BMC Public Health, (2023). 23:2483

Examining multiple funding flows to public healthcare providers in low- and middle-income countries - results from case studies in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Tunisia and Vietnam.Dkhimi F, Honda A, Hanson K, Mbau R, Onwujekwe O, Phuong HT, Mathauer I, Akhnif EH, Jaouadi I, Kiendrébéogo JA, Ezumah N, Kabia E, Barasa E
Health Policy Plan, (2023). 38:1139-1153

Research funding for newborn health and stillbirths, 2011-20: a systematic analysis of levels and trends.Agravat P, Loucaides EM, Kumar MB, Howells A, García AM, Sebina I, Balanza N, Fitchett EJA, Lawn JE
Lancet Glob Health, (2023). 11:e1794-e1804

[A global core outcome measurement set for snakebite clinical trials].Abouyannis M, Esmail H, Hamaluba M, Ngama M, Mwangudzah H, Mumba N, Yeri BK, Mwalukore S, Alphan HJ, Aggarwal D, Alcoba G, Cammack N, Chippaux JP, Coldiron ME, Gutiérrez JM, Habib AG, Harrison RA, Isbister GK, Lavonas EJ, Martins D, Ribeiro I, Watson JA, Williams DJ, Casewell NR, Walker SA, Lalloo DG
Med Trop Sante Int, (2023). 3:mtsi.v3i3.2023.421

The CINAMR (Clinical Information Network-Antimicrobial Resistance) Project: A pilot microbial surveillance using hospitals linked to regional laboratories in Kenya: Study Protocol.Akech S, Nyamwaya B, Gachoki J, Ogero M, Kigo J, Maina M, Mutua E, Ooko E, Bejon P, Mwarumba S, Bahati F, Mvera B, Musyimi R, Onsare R, Hutter J, Tanui E, Wesangula E, Turner P, Dunachie S, Lucey O, McKnight J
Wellcome Open Res, (2022). 7:256

Protecting small and sick newborn care in the COVID-19 pandemic: multi-stakeholder qualitative data from four African countries with NEST360.Steege R, Mwaniki H, Ogueji IA, Baraka J, Salimu S, Kumar MB, Kawaza K, Odedere O, Shamba D, Bokea H, Chiume M, Adudans S, Ezeaka C, Paul C, Banyira L, Lungu G, Salim N, Zimba E, Ngwala S, Tarus A, Bohne C, Gathara D, Lawn JE
BMC Pediatr, (2023). 23:572

Budget monitoring, accountability practices and their influence on the efficiency of county health systems in Kenya.Musiega A, Nyawira L, Tsofa B, Njuguna RG, Munywoki J, Hanson K, Mulwa A, Molyneux S, Maina I, Normand C, Jemutai J, Barasa E
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2023). 3:e0001908

Blood culture versus antibiotic use for neonatal inpatients in 61 hospitals implementing with the NEST360 Alliance in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania: a cross-sectional study.Murless-Collins S, Kawaza K, Salim N, Molyneux EM, Chiume M, Aluvaala J, Macharia WM, Ezeaka VC, Odedere O, Shamba D, Tillya R, Penzias RE, Ezenwa BN, Ohuma EO, Cross JH, Lawn JE
BMC Pediatr, (2023). 23:568

Neonatal inpatient dataset for small and sick newborn care in low- and middle-income countries: systematic development and multi-country operationalisation with NEST360.Cross JH, Bohne C, Ngwala SK, Shabani J, Wainaina J, Dosunmu O, Kassim I, Penzias RE, Tillya R, Gathara D, Zimba E, Ezeaka VC, Odedere O, Chiume M, Salim N, Kawaza K, Lufesi N, Irimu G, Tongo OO, Malla L, Paton C, Day LT, Oden M, Richards-Kortum R, Molyneux EM, Ohuma EO, Lawn JE
BMC Pediatr, (2023). 23:567

Detection of Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes by Molecular Surveillance, Kenya.Ochomo EO, Milanoi S, Abong'o B, Onyango B, Muchoki M, Omoke D, Olanga E, Njoroge L, Juma EO, Otieno JD, Matoke-Muhia D, Kamau L, Rafferty C, Gimnig JE, Shieshia M, Wacira D, Mwangangi J, Maia M, Chege C, Omar A, Rono MK, Abel L, O'Meara WP, Obala A, Mbogo C, Kariuki L
Emerg Infect Dis, (2023). 29:2498-2508

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Kenyans and South Africans with Active Convulsive Epilepsy: An Observational Study.Kariuki SM, Wagner RG, Gunny R, D'Arco F, Kombe M, Ngugi AK, White S, Odhiambo R, Cross JH, Sander JW, Newton CRJC
Epilepsia, (2023). 65:165-176

Neurocognitive and mental health outcomes in children with tungiasis: a cross-sectional study in rural Kenya and Uganda.Otieno B, Elson L, Matharu AK, Riithi N, Chongwo E, Katana K, Nasambu C, Mutebi F, Feldmeier H, Krücken J, Fillinger U, Abubakar A
Infect Dis Poverty, (2023). 12:100

Effectiveness of participatory video in lowering stigma against people with mental, neurological and substance use disorders in Kenya.Bitta MA, Baariu J, Grassi S, Kariuki SM, Lennox B, Newton Crjc
BJPsych Open, (2023). 9:e215

The influence of internship training experience on Kenyan and Ugandan doctors' career intentions and decisions: a qualitative study.Zhao Y, Mbuthia D, Ankomisyani DS, Blacklock C, Gathara D, Molyneux S, Nicodemo C, Okello TR, Rutebemberwa E, Tweheyo R, English M
Glob Health Action, (2023). 16:2272390

Development and validation of a new measurement instrument to assess internship experience of medical doctors in low-income and middle-income countries.Zhao Y, Jalloh S, Lam PK, Kwarshak YK, Mbuthia D, Misago N, Namedre M, PhÆ°Æ¡ng NTB, Qaloewa S, Summers R, Tang K, Tweheyo R, Wills B, Zhang F, Nicodemo C, Gathara D, English M
BMJ Glob Health, (2023). 8:

'We were treated like we are nobody': a mixed-methods study of medical doctors' internship experiences in Kenya and Uganda.Zhao Y, Mbuthia D, Gathara D, Nzinga J, Tweheyo R, English M
BMJ Glob Health, (2023). 8:e013398

Impact of coronavirus disease 2019-related clinic closures on HIV incidence in young adult MSM and transgender women in Kenya..Wahome E, Otieno FO, Kimani J, Boyd A, Okall D, Nzioka J, Gichuru E, van der Elst E, Mehta SD, Bailey RC, Graham SM, Sanders EJ
Aids, (2024). 38:407-413