Recent publications

Induction of an early IFN-γ cellular response and high plasma levels of SDF-1α are inversely associated with COVID-19 severity and residence in rural areas in Kenyan patients.Wanjiku P, Orindi B, Kimotho J, Sayed S, Shah R, Saleh M, Mwacharo J, Maronga C, Olouch V, Karanu A, Shah J, Nneka Z, Ochola-Oyier LI, Abdi AI, Dunachie S, Bejon P, Nduati EW, Ndungu FM
PLoS One, (2025). 20:e0316967

Major Causes of Perinatal and Paediatric Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: Adjustment for Selection Bias in the CHAMPS Network.Vyas KJ, Muir JA, Madewell ZJ, Gupta PM, Blau DM, Arifeen SE, Gurley ES, Chowdhury AI, Islam KM, Rahman A, Scott JAG, Assefa N, Madrid L, Asefa YA, Abdullahi YY, Onyango D, Akelo V, Tippett-Barr BA, Aol G, Sow SO, Kotloff KL, Tapia MD, Keita AM, Chawla K, Bassat Q, Mandomando I, Nhacolo A, Sacoor C, Ogbuanu I, Kowuor D, Duduyemi B, Moseray A, Squire JS, Madhi S, Mahtab S, Adam Y, Wise A, Machemedza T, Whitney CG
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, (2025). :

Antimicrobial Usage Among Acutely Ill Hospitalized Children Aged 2‒23 Months in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.Tigoi C, Bourdon C, Ngari M, Musyimi R, Timbwa M, Mwaringa S, Ngao N, Maronga C, Mburu M, Ndirangu A, Arif F, Kazi Z, Ejaz MS, Saleem AF, Singa BO, Mupere E, Shahid Asmsb Khan AF, Chisti MJ, Ahmed T, Lancioni C, Diallo A, Voskuijl W, Bandsma RH, Tickell KD, Sukhtanar P, Walson JL, Stoesser N, Berkley JA
Open Forum Infect Dis, (2025). 12:ofaf487

The reality of neonatal nursing work in Kenya and implications for quality and safety: Direct observation of tasks and time utilisation.Onyango O, Kagonya VA, Maina M, Karumba K, Imam A, Fuller SS, Gathara D, English M
Int J Nurs Stud, (2025). 172:105204

Nurses experiences with an intervention enhancing skill-mix in Kenyan neonatal units with severe workforce deficits: A qualitative study.Odinga N, Waithira C, Maluni J, Ngaiza G, Kagonya V, Onyango O, Imam A, Gathara D, Maina M, Karumba K, Were F, Fuller S, English M, Mutua E, Molyneux S, Jones C, Oluoch D
Int J Nurs Stud, (2025). 171:105202

Malaria Chemotherapeutics What Next for Africa.Ochola L, Gitaka J, Kanoi B, Kimani CN, Akala HM, Alfred MO, Ochola-Oyier LI, Ogutu B
Advanced Therapeutics, (2025). 8:2400453

Newborn Technology Use in Low-Resource Settings: The Role of Health Professionals' Communication in Implementation.Ngaiza GK, Oluoch D, Molyneux S, Jones C, English M, Pope C
Health Policy Plan, (2025). :

Communication among health professionals using newborn technology for care: an exploratory scoping review.Ngaiza GK, Oluoch D, Molyneux C, Pope C, Jones C
BMJ Open Qual, (2025). 14:

Accounting for clustering for self-reported outcomes in the design and analysis of population-based surveys: A case study of estimation of prevalence of epilepsy in Nairobi, Kenya.Mwanga DM, Kipchirchir IC, Muhua GO, Newton CR, Kadengye DT
Front Res Metr Anal, (2025). 10:1583476

A Delphi process to build consensus on revised Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) signal functions and levels of care.Moxon SG, Wharton-Smith A, Sharma S, Aluvaala J, Campbell OMR, Gupta G, Lobis S, Warthin C, Penn-Kekana L, Freedman LP
PLoS One, (2025). 20:e0331684

Examining the prevalence, inequalities, and determinants of depression and anxiety in Kenya: A concentration index approach.Mokaya PO, Ágoston I, Galgalo DA, Maloba GO, Kazungu J, Gabriella HF
Acta Psychol (Amst), (2025). 260:105563

Modelling the relative contribution of infection, routine vaccination and supplementary immunisation activities to measles seroconversion in Kenyan Children.Mburu C, Ojal J, Selim R, Ombati R, Akech D, Karia B, Tuju J, Sigilai A, Smits G, van Gageldonk P, van der Klis F, Kagucia E, Scott A, Adetifa I, Flasche S
PLoS Comput Biol, (2025). 21:e1013531

Diagnostic Performance of Unattended Automated Office Blood Pressure Measurement for Hypertension Screening Among People With and Without HIV.Lucinde RK, Willkens M, Issarow B, Fadhil S, Cichowitz C, Ayieko P, Kisigo G, Venkatraman S, Grosskurth H, Krieger AC, Devereux RB, Lee MH, Kapiga S, Peck RN, Etyang AO
J Am Heart Assoc, (2025). :e043957

Genomic and clinical epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in coastal Kenya: insights into variant circulation, reinfection, and multiple lineage importations during a post-pandemic wave.Lambisia AW, Katama EN, Moraa E, Mwita JM, Gallagher K, Mutunga M, Nyale E, Omungala J, Mwanga M, Murunga N, Nyiro J, Nyagwange J, Sande C, Bejon P, Githinji G, Dellicour S, Phan MVT, Cotten M, Ochola-Oyier LI, Holmes EC, Agoti CN
BMC Glob Public Health, (2025). 3:80

Safety and immunogenicity of the invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS)-GMMA vaccine: a first-in-human, randomised, dose escalation trial.Hanumunthadu B, Demissie T, Greenland M, Skidmore P, Tanha K, Crocker-Buque T, Owino N, Sciré AS, Crispino C, De Simone D, Benincasa M, Aruta MG, Rossi O, Colucci AM, Berlanda Scorza F, Arora AK, Liu X, Clutterbuck EA, Godfrey L, Canals R, Ramasamy MN
EBioMedicine, (2025). 119:105903

Assessing the impact of tungiasis on children's quality of life in Kenya.Elson L, Otieno B, Matharu AK, Riithi N, Chongwo EJ, Mutebi F, Feldmeier H, Krücken J, Fillinger U, Abubakar A
PLoS Negl Trop Dis, (2025). 19:e0012606

Low-research settings: is there a need for specific attention from funders?.de Silva S, English M, Newton P
BMJ Glob Health, (2025). 10:

Cardiac output measurement in Malawian children ages 2 months-12 years hospitalised with severe anaemia (COM-TRACT).Chintolo E, Connon R, George EC, Chagaluka G, M'Baya B, Walker AS, Kennedy N, Maitland K
Int Health, (2025). :

Pneumococcal carriage prevalence, serotype distribution, and vaccine coverage in Ethiopia 12 years after pneumococcal vaccine introduction.Bizuayehu HY, Kebede Y, Deressa M, Solomon E, Marami D, Karani A, Gardiner E, Dessie Y, Scott JAG, Gallagher KE
Vaccine, (2025). 64:127762

Cryptosporidium parvum virus 1 genome sequences from pediatric diarrhea cases in coastal Kenya.Agoti CN, Njeru R, Mwanga M, Mutunga M, Shah SP, Chu TY, Nokes DJ, Cotten M, Phan MVT
Microbiol Resour Announc, (2025). :e0034925