Benjamin Tsofa

Describing and evaluating healthcare priority setting practices at the county level in Kenya.Waithaka D, Tsofa B, Kabia E, Barasa E
Int J Health Plann Manage, (2018). :

Evaluating healthcare priority setting at the meso level: A thematic review of empirical literature.Waithaka D, Tsofa B, Barasa E
Wellcome Open Res, (2018). 3:2

The clinical epidemiology of sickle cell anemia In Africa.Macharia AW, Mochamah G, Uyoga S, Ndila CM, Nyutu G, Makale J, Tendwa M, Nyatichi E, Ojal J, Shebe M, Awuondo KO, Mturi N, Peshu N, Tsofa B, Scott JAG, Maitland K, Williams TN
Am J Hematol, (2018). 93:363-370

Trends in bednet ownership and usage, and the effect of bednets on malaria hospitalization in the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS): 2008-2015.Kamau A, Nyaga V, Bauni E, Tsofa B, Noor AM, Bejon P, Scott JAG, Hammitt LL
BMC Infect Dis, (2017). 17:720

Everyday resilience in district health systems: emerging insights from the front lines in Kenya and South Africa.Gilson L, Barasa E, Nxumalo N, Cleary S, Goudge J, Molyneux S, Tsofa B, Lehmann U
BMJ Glob Health, (2017). 2:e000224

"We are toothless and hanging, but optimistic": sub county managers' experiences of rapid devolution in coastal Kenya.Nyikuri MM, Tsofa B, Okoth P, Barasa EW, Molyneux S
Int J Equity Health, (2017). 16:113

Devolution and its effects on health workforce and commodities management - early implementation experiences in Kilifi County, Kenya.Tsofa B, Goodman C, Gilson L, Molyneux S
Int J Equity Health, (2017). 16:169

How does decentralisation affect health sector planning and financial management? a case study of early effects of devolution in Kilifi County, Kenya.Tsofa B, Molyneux S, Gilson L, Goodman C
Int J Equity Health, (2017). 16:151

Recentralization within decentralization: County hospital autonomy under devolution in Kenya.Barasa EW, Manyara AM, Molyneux S, Tsofa B
PLoS One, (2017). 12:e0182440

Research Involving Health Providers and Managers: Ethical Issues Faced by Researchers Conducting Diverse Health Policy and Systems Research in Kenya.Molyneux S, Tsofa B, Barasa E, Nyikuri MM, Waweru EW, Goodman C, Gilson L
Dev World Bioeth, (2016). 16:168-177

Maternal colonization with Streptococcus agalactiae and associated stillbirth and neonatal disease in coastal Kenya.Seale AC, Koech AC, Sheppard AE, Barsosio HC, Langat J, Anyango E, Mwakio S, Mwarumba S, Morpeth SC, Anampiu K, Vaughan A, Giess A, Mogeni P, Walusuna L, Mwangudzah H, Mwanzui D, Salim M, Kemp B, Jones C, Mturi N, Tsofa B, Mumbo E, Mulewa D, Bandika V, Soita M, Owiti M, Onzere N, Walker AS, Schrag SJ, Kennedy SH, Fegan G, Crook DW, Berkley JA
Nat Microbiol, (2016). 1:16067

"When you give birth you will not be without your mother" A mixed methods study of advice on breastfeeding for first-time mothers in rural coastal Kenya.Talbert AW, Ngari M, Tsofa B, Mramba L, Mumbo E, Berkley JA, Mwangome M
Int Breastfeed J, (2016). 11:10

Tracking implementation and (un)intended consequences: a process evaluation of an innovative peripheral health facility financing mechanism in Kenya.Waweru E, Goodman C, Kedenge S, Tsofa B, Molyneux S
Health Policy Plan, (2016). 31:137-47

Phase 1 Trials of rVSV Ebola Vaccine in Africa and Europe.Agnandji ST, Huttner A, Zinser ME, Njuguna P, Dahlke C, Fernandes JF, Yerly S, Dayer JA, Kraehling V, Kasonta R, Adegnika AA, Altfeld M, Auderset F, Bache EB, Biedenkopf N, Borregaard S, Brosnahan JS, Burrow R, Combescure C, Desmeules J, Eickmann M, Fehling SK, Finckh A, Goncalves AR, Grobusch MP, Hooper J, Jambrecina A, Kabwende AL, Kaya G, Kimani D, Lell B, Lemaitre B, Lohse AW, Massinga-Loembe M, Matthey A, Mordmuller B, Nolting A, Ogwang C, Ramharter M, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Schmiedel S, Silvera P, Stahl FR, Staines HM, Strecker T, Stubbe HC, Tsofa B, Zaki S, Fast P, Moorthy V, Kaiser L, Krishna S, Becker S, Kieny MP, Bejon P, Kremsner PG, Addo MM, Siegrist CA
N Engl J Med, (2016). 374:1647-60

Health sector operational planning and budgeting processes in Kenya-"never the twain shall meet".Tsofa B, Molyneux S, Goodman C
Int J Health Plann Manage, (2016). 31:260-76

Crises and Resilience at the Frontline-Public Health Facility Managers under Devolution in a Sub-County on the Kenyan Coast.Nyikuri M, Tsofa B, Barasa E, Okoth P, Molyneux S
PLoS One, (2015). 10:e0144768

Causes of death among persons of all ages within the Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Kenya, determined from verbal autopsies interpreted using the InterVA-4 model.Ndila C, Bauni E, Mochamah G, Nyirongo V, Makazi A, Kosgei P, Tsofa B, Nyutu G, Etyang A, Byass P, Williams TN
Glob Health Action, (2014). 7:25593

Burden of disease in adults admitted to hospital in a rural region of coastal Kenya: an analysis of data from linked clinical and demographic surveillance systems.Etyang AO, Munge K, Bunyasi EW, Matata L, Ndila C, Kapesa S, Owiti M, Khandwalla I, Brent AJ, Tsofa B, Kabibu P, Morpeth S, Bauni E, Otiende M, Ojal J, Ayieko P, Knoll MD, Smeeth L, Williams TN, Griffiths UK, Scott JA
Lancet Glob Health, (2014). 2:e216-24

Profile: The Kilifi Health and Demographic Surveillance System (KHDSS).Scott JA, Bauni E, Moisi JC, Ojal J, Gatakaa H, Nyundo C, Molyneux CS, Kombe F, Tsofa B, Marsh K, Peshu N, Williams TN
Int J Epidemiol, (2012). 41:650-7

Declining responsiveness of Plasmodium falciparum infections to artemisinin-based combination treatments on the Kenyan coast.Borrmann S, Sasi P, Mwai L, Bashraheil M, Abdallah A, Muriithi S, Fruhauf H, Schaub B, Pfeil J, Peshu J, Hanpithakpong W, Rippert A, Juma E, Tsofa B, Mosobo M, Lowe B, Osier F, Fegan G, Lindegardh N, Nzila A, Peshu N, Mackinnon M, Marsh K
PLoS One, (2011). 6:e26005