Recent publications

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

Examining multiple funding flows to public healthcare providers in low- and middle-income settings (LMICs) - 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 HE, Jaouadi I, Kiendrébéogo J, Ezumah N, Kabia E, Barasa E
Health Policy Plan, (2023). 38:1139-1153

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, Phương 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:

Impact of COVID-19-related clinic closures on HIV incidence in a multicentre study of 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

Ethical issues of involving people with intellectual disabilities in genomic research: a scoping review protocol.Chepkirui D, Kipkemoi P, Bitta M, Harris E, Musesengwa R, Kamuya D
Wellcome Open Res, (2023). 8:340

Advancing the frontiers of geographic accessibility to healthcare services.Macharia PM, Banke-Thomas A, Beňová L
Commun Med (Lond), (2023). 3:158

Analysis of the Breast Cancer Journey in Namibia.Boucheron P, Zietsman A, Pontac J, Hansen R, Anderson BO, Togawa K, Macharia PM, Foerster M, Schüz J, Dos-Santos-Silva I, McCormack V
JAMA Netw Open, (2023). 6:e2341402