Recent publications

Evaluating blood culture collection practice in children hospitalized with acute illness at a tertiary hospital in Malawi.Mukhula VT, Harawa PP, Phiri C, Khoswe S, Mbale E, Tigoi C, Walson JL, Berkley JA, Bandsma R, Iroh Tam PY, Voskuijl W
J Trop Pediatr, (2023). 70:fmad043

Association of maternal prenatal copper concentration with gestational duration and preterm birth: a multicountry meta-analysis.Monangi NK, Xu H, Fan YM, Khanam R, Khan W, Deb S, Pervin J, Price JT, Kaur L, Al Mahmud A, Thanh LQ, Care A, Landero JA, Combs GF, Belling E, Chappell J, Chen J, Kong F, Lacher C, Ahmed S, Chowdhury NH, Rahman S, Kabir F, Nisar I, Hotwani A, Mehmood U, Nizar A, Khalid J, Dhingra U, Dutta A, Ali SM, Aftab F, Juma MH, Rahman M, Ahmed T, Islam MM, Vwalika B, Musonda P, Ashorn U, Maleta K, Hallman M, Goodfellow L, Gupta JK, Alfirevic A, Murphy SK, Rand L, Ryckman KK, Murray JC, Bahl R, Litch JA, Baruch-Gravett C, Sopory S, Chandra Mouli Natchu U, Kumar PV, Kumari N, Thiruvengadam R, Singh AK, Kumar P, Alfirevic Z, Baqui AH, Bhatnagar S, Hirst JE, Hoyo C, Jehan F, Jelliffe-Pawlowski L, Rahman A, Roth DE, Sazawal S, Stringer JSA, Ashorn P, Zhang G, Muglia LJ
Am J Clin Nutr, (2023). 119:221-231

Exploring the urban gradient in population health: insights from satellite-derived urbanicity classes across multiple countries and years in sub-Saharan Africa.Macharia PM, Pinchoff J, Taylor C, Beňová L
BMJ Glob Health, (2023). 8:e013471

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine HIV care and antiretroviral treatment outcomes in Kenya: A nationally representative analysis.Kimanga DO, Makory VNB, Hassan AS, Ngari F, Ndisha MM, Muthoka KJ, Odero L, Omoro GO, Aoko A, Ng'ang'a L
PLoS One, (2023). 18:e0291479

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

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