Health Systems and Research Ethics
"Poverty is a social issue, not a mathematical problem": examining the lessons for beneficiary identification from implementation of the UHC indigent program in Kenya.Maritim B, Mbau R, Musiega A, Musuva A, Amboko B, Tsofa B, Mazzilli C, Vilcu I, Wong E, Murira F, Nzinga J, Boxshall M, Mugo P, Muthuri RNDK, Ng'ang'a W, Ravishankar N, Barasa E
Int J Equity Health, (2026). :
(Un)intended consequences: a social sciences stocktake of a decade of Global Action Plan-inspired antimicrobial governance.Kirchhelle C, Alas Portillo MY, Davis MDM, Doron A, Dreser A, Fortané N, Haddad C, Hinchliffe S, Kariuki S, Lewycka S, Molyneux S, Moreno Lozano C, Mutua E, Okeke IN, Zhang Betancourt M, Chandler CIR
Lancet Microbe, (2026). :101315
Support for the wellbeing of frontline healthcare workers should be incorporated in health emergency preparedness planning.McNeil K, Nzekwu S, Gilson L, Hinga A, Oluoch D, Zhao Y, Molyneux S
Commun Med (Lond), (2026). 6:31
Identifying Community Pharmacists Preferences for Attributes of Public Health Interventions in Kenya: A Discrete Choice Experiment.Mumbi A, Abiiro GA, Kazungu J, Nzinga J, Barasa E
Health Policy Plan, (2026). :
Power, Interests, and Maternal Health Care: A Political Economy Analysis of Service Delivery Redesign in Kenya.Nzinga J, Olwanda E, Opondo K, Kimutai H, Cooper J, Arwah B, Tsofa B, Barasa E, Croke K
Health Policy Plan, (2025). :
Institutional design features of health insurance subsidy programmes in Africa: a narrative review.Wafula A, Barasa E, Maritim B
Int J Equity Health, (2025). :
'We cannot just keep it in our palm': A policy analysis of the integration of the case management of neglected tropical diseases into the health system of Liberia.Wickenden A, Dean L, Molyneux S, Godwin-Akpan TG, Kollie KK, Phillip M, Zaizay ZF, Rogers E, van der Grinten E, Biritwum NK, Theobald S
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004328
Methods for assessing climate vulnerability in Africa across two decades: a scoping review.Odipo E, Onyango SA, Kiti MC, Snow RW, Tsofa B, McKnight J, Macharia PM, Okiro EA
BMC Environ Sci, (2025). 2:27
Autism genetics: perspectives, discourse, and community engagement.Life BE, Thomas TR, Asher R, Bruwer Z, Buckle KL, Chepkirui D, Donald KA, Dwyer P, Halladay A, Harker S, Ivankovic F, Kamuya DM, Kuo S, Natri H, Phan JM, Robinson E, van der Merwe C
Trends Genet, (2025). :
A framework and practical approach to identify and address ethical issues arising in interventional health systems research.Mutua E, Oluoch D, Fuller S, Ngaiza G, Odinga N, Waithira C, Kagonya V, Onyango O, Nasir N, Grewal G, Imam A, Rababeh A, Maina M, Karumba K, Kelley M, English M, Molyneux S
Int J Nurs Stud, (2025). 174:105263
Beyond survival: The impact of birth complications on postpartum wellbeing for mothers, babies, and households in Kenya.Subramanian L, Oluoch D, Maina M, Mutua E, Bobanski L, Canfora M, Jepkosgei J, Jepkosgei J, Karingu P, Chesang C, Maluni J, Dannin S, Eum KD, English M, Karlage A, Makokha F, Kimutai D, Fondo K, Lubanga D, Semrau KEA, Tuller DE, Molyneux S, Marx Delaney M
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004845
Avoidable pitfalls on the path to health financing self-reliance in low-income and middle-income countries.Barasa E, Chuma J, Nonvignon J, Adeyi OO
BMJ Glob Health, (2025). 10:
Mapping key issues and useful theory to address remaining ethical, practical and political challenges in participatory research in health.Vincent R, Harris J, Loewenson R, Van der Westhuizen HM, Black G, Wong G, Molyneux S
Wellcome Open Res, (2025). 10:412
Ivermectin to reduce malaria transmission- safety and efficacy results from the BOHEMIA cluster randomized trial in Mozambique.Chaccour C, Nicolas P, Martinho S, Mundaca H, Elobolobo E, Ruiz-Castillo P, Houana A, Montaña J, Mbanze J, Casellas A, Macucha A, Mael M, Soares A, Kiuru C, Gutierrez AS, Imputiua S, Constantino L, Vegove V, Cole G, Duthaler U, Ribes M, Mutepa V, Brew J, Munguambe H, Stanulovic S, Xerinda A, Materula F, Gorski N, Wanjiku C, Furnival-Adams J, Túnez L, Sam L, Collins L, Xia K, Hammann F, Rudd M, Rist C, Jones C, Maia M, Candrinho B, Rabinovich NR, Saute F
EClinicalMedicine, (2025). 90:103632
Access to hypertension services and health-seeking experiences in rural Coastal Kenya: A qualitative study.Oyando R, Kagwanja N, Diallo BA, Hassan S, Badjie J, Lucinde R, Mumba N, Kinyanjui SM, Perel P, Etyang A, Barasa E, Nolte E, Tsofa B
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004324
Understanding the relational culture of healthcare workplaces: a framework to guide improvement interventions, derived from a realist evaluation of neonatal care in Kenya.Blacklock C, Wanyama C, Jepkosgei J, Hinton L, McKnight J, Jepkosgei J, Oluoch D, Molyneux S, Hogan B, English M, Wong G
BMC Health Serv Res, (2025). 25:1499
Examining the emergence and implementation experience of Primary Health Care Networks (PCNs) in Kenya: a qualitative process evaluation.Amboko B, Nzinga J, Musiega A, Tsofa B, Mugo P, Mbau R, Musuva A, Murira F, Wong E, Mazzilli C, Ng'ang'a W, Ravishankar N, Hussein S, Barasa E
BMC Health Serv Res, (2025). 25:1479
Affordability decision rules: useful heuristic or misleading rule?.Kwesiga B, Barasa E
Lancet Glob Health, (2025). 13:e1992-e1993
Community Experiences and Perceptions of the Broad One Health Endectocide-Based Malaria Intervention in Africa Trial of Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study in Kwale County, Kenya.Wangari W, Onyango T, Kazungu K, Nuru K, Kasiwa L, Chaccour C, Rabinovich NR, Mwangangi J, Maia M, Jones C
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2025). 114:72-84
A Pragmatic Trial of Glucocorticoids for Community-Acquired Pneumonia.Lucinde RK, Gathuri H, Mwaniki P, Orindi B, Otieno EO, Mwakio S, Mulemi L, Isaaka L, Shangala J, Saisi M, Isinde E, Oginga IN, Wachira AW, Manuthu E, Kariuki H, Asaava P, Nyikuli J, Wekesa C, Otedo A, Bosire H, Okoth SB, Ongalo W, Mukabi DM, Lusamba W, Muthui B, Adembesa I, Mithi C, Sood M, Aliyan NA, Gituma B, Matiko MG, Omondi CA, Ombajo LA, Kirui N, Ochola L, Abdi AI, Kagucia EW, English M, Hamaluba M, Ochola-Oyier I, Kamuya D, Bejon P, Barasa E, Agweyu A, Akech S, Etyang AO
N Engl J Med, (2025). :
