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Recent publications

Countries should strengthen their health information systems.Strong, K. Abajobir, A. Aboud, F. Agweyu, A. Billah, S. M. Black, M. Brinkman, S. Cerna-Turoff, I. Dandona, R. Ekman, C. Horiuchi, S. Huicho, L. Jamaluddine, Z. Lazzerini, M. Maiga, A. Munos, M. Weigel, R.
BMJ, (2025). 389:r791

The relationship between lifetime trauma exposure and psychosis in a multi-country case-control study in Africa.Stevenson, A. Misra, S. Girma, E. Akena, D. Alemayehu, M. Ametaj, A. A. Gelaye, B. Gichuru, S. Kariuki, S. M. Koenen, K. C. Kwobah, E. K. Kyebuzibwa, J. Mwema, R. M. Newman, C. P. Newton, C. R. J. C. Ongeri, L. Pretorius, A. Sharma, M. Stein, D. J. Stroud, R. E, 2nd Teferra, S. Zingela, Z. Atwoli, L.
SSM Ment Health, (2025). 7:

Economic evaluations of community health worker programs focussed on neglected tropical diseases in low- and middle-income countries (2015-2024): A scoping literature review.Stansert Katzen, L. Miyares, M. Vaughan, K. Baskin, C. Ballard, M. Kok, M. Jimenez, A. Iberico, M. Cook, J. Bienvenue Ishimwe, A. Martin, L. Kawooya, P. Aranda, Z. Mantus, M. Bruce Kumar, M. Finnegan, K. E. Mudhune, S. Dennis, M. Palazuelos, D. Mbewe, D. Nshimayesu, M. Revill, P. O'Donovan, J.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0005551

Predicting in-hospital mortality in children in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis of vital signs and anthropometric measurements.Smits, L. C. A. Datema, M. Voskuijl, W. P. Ngari, M. M. Kumwenda, M. Calis, J. C. J.
PLoS One, (2025). 20:e0336233

A multifaceted intervention to improve diagnosis and early management of hospitalised patients with suspected acute brain infections in Brazil, India, and Malawi: an international multicentre intervention study.Singh, B. Lipunga, G. D. Thangavelu, P. Dhar, S. Ferreira Cronemberger, L. Abhilash, K. P. P. Abraham, A. M. de Brito, C. A. A. Brito Ferreira, M. L. Chandrashekar, N. Duarte, R. Fajardo Modol, A. Ghale, B. C. Kang, G. Gowda, V. K. Kuriakose, K. Lant, S. Mallewa, M. Mbale, E. Moore, S. C. Mwangalika, G. Kamath, P. B. T. Navvuga, P. Nyondo-Mipando, A. L. Phiri, T. J. Pimentel Lopes de Melo, C. Pradeep, B. S. Rawlinson, R. Sheha, I. Thomas, P. T. Newton, C. R. de Sequeira, P. C. Sejvar, J. J. Dua, T. Turtle, L. Verghese, V. P. Arraes, Lwms Desmond, N. Easton, A. Jones, J. A. Lilford, R. J. Netravathi, M. McGill, F. Michael, B. D. Mwapasa, V. Griffiths, M. J. Parry, C. M. Ravi, V. Burnside, G. Brain Infections Global Intervention Study, Group Cornick, J. Franca, R. F. O. Desai, A. S. Rupali, P. Solomon, T.
Lancet, (2025). 405:991-1003

The path to equitable respiratory syncytial virus prevention for infants: challenges and opportunities for global implementation.Shaaban, F. L. Groenendijk, R. W. Baral, R. Caballero, M. T. Crowe, J. E, Jr. Englund, J. A. Esteban, I. Hirve, S. Jit, M. Kalergis, A. M. Karron, R. A. Lukacs, N. Martinon-Torres, F. Mejias, A. Nair, H. Nisar, M. I. Nyiro, J. U. Pecenka, C. Sparrow, E. Srikantiah, P. Thwaites, R. S. Zar, H. J. Bont, L. J.
Lancet Glob Health, (2025). 13:e2165-e2174

Emotional dimensions of nurses' daily work in newborn units in Kenya: a qualitative study.Sen, D. Boga, M. Musitia, P. Oluoch, D. Adeniji, Y. Odinga, N. Waithira, C. Ngaiza, G. Fuller, S. Nzinga, J. English, M. Molyneux, S.
BMC Public Health, (2025). 25:3632

Epilepsy in low- to middle-income countries.Sen, A. Newton, C. R. Ngwende, G.
Curr Opin Neurol, (2025). 38:121-127

Infections in sickle cell disease.Scourfield, L. E. A. Nardo-Marino, A. Williams, T. N. Rees, D. C.
Haematologica, (2025). 110:546-561

Trust in healthcare providers, information sources, and concerns for new maternal vaccines among pregnant and lactating women in Kenya.Schue, J. L. Fesshaye, B. Miller, E. Singh, P. Sauer, M. Njogu, R. Jalang'o, R. Nyiro, J. Karron, R. A. Limaye, R. J.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004499

Implementation strategies to improve outcomes in patients with established cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review.Sanga, L. A. Hudson, J. A. Perkins, A. D. Murphy, A. Etyang, A. Perel, P. Shah, A. S. V.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004544

Genetic diversity and natural selection of Plasmodium falciparum Pf41 vaccine candidate in clinical isolates from Senegal.Sane, R. Sambe, B. S. Diagne, A. Faye, J. Sarr, F. D. Diaw, S. O. M. Sarr, I. Diatta, A. S. Diatta, H. A. M. Sembene, P. M. Vigan-Womas, I. Toure-Balde, A. Osier, F. Niang, M.
Sci Rep, (2025). 15:16516

Chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections in young Kenyan HIV-negative cisgender men who have sex with men and transgender women: a multicentre cohort study.Sanders, E. J. Wahome, E. Otieno, F. Kimani, J. Bentzer, A. Okall, D. Nzioka, J. Gichuru, E. van der Elst, E. M. Bailey, R. C. Mehta, S. D. Graham, S. M.
BMJ Open, (2025). 15:e098916

Spatial distribution and population structure of the invasive Anopheles stephensi in Kenya from 2022 to 2024.Samake, J. N. Athinya, D. K. Milanoi, S. Ramaita, E. Muchoki, M. Omondi, S. Abong'o, B. Matoke-Muhia, D. Mbogo, C. Keitany, K. Mukabana, W. R. Oyieke, F. Shieshia, M. Mburu, M. Ogoma, S. Nyawira, E. Wekesa, C. Bartilol, B. Rono, M. Maia, M. O'Meara, W. Kahindi, S. Rafferty, C. Schultz, J. S. Gutman, J. R. Gimnig, J. E. Zohdy, S. Ochomo, E.
Sci Rep, (2025). 15:19878

Application of a new highly multiplexed amplicon sequencing tool to evaluate Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial resistance and relatedness in individual and pooled samples from Dschang, Cameroon.Sadler, J. M. Simkin, A. Tchuenkam, V. P. K. Gerdes Gyuricza, I. Fola, A. A. Wamae, K. Assefa, A. Niare, K. Thwai, K. White, S. J. Moss, W. J. Dinglasan, R. R. Nsango, S. E. Tume, C. B. Parr, J. B. Ali, I. M. Bailey, J. A. Juliano, J. J.
Front Parasitol, (2025). 3:1509261

Prevention of wasting and nutritional oedema: evidence gaps identified during WHO guideline development.Ruel, M. T. Ashorn, P. Berkley, J. A. Dewey, K. G. Golden, K. Huybregts, L. McCaul, M. Naude, C. E. Weise Prinzo, Z. Daniel, A. I.
BMJ Glob Health, (2025). 10:

Spatially varying relationships between birth registration and influencing factors in Kenya, using a suite of geographically weighted regressions.Robert, B. N. Macharia, P. M. Lessani, M. N. Chepkurui, V. Kamau, J. Snow, R. W. Li, Z. Okiro, E. A.
Spat Spatiotemporal Epidemiol, (2025). 55:100764

Designing effectiveness and impact studies for respiratory syncytial virus immunisation in low- and middle-income countries.Reyburn, R. Russell, F. M. Munywoki, P. K. Franzel, L. Huong, T. T. G. Feikin, D. Bont, L. J.
Vaccine, (2025). 61:127397

Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte-binding homologues are targets of human inhibitory antibodies and play a role in immune evasion.Reiling, L. Persson, K. E. M. McCallum, F. J. Gicheru, N. Kinyanjui, S. M. Chitnis, C. E. Fowkes, F. J. I. Marsh, K. Beeson, J. G.
Front Immunol, (2025). 16:1532451

The aetiologies, mortality, and disability of non-traumatic coma in African children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Ray, S. T. J. Fuller, C. E. Boubour, A. Tshimangani, T. Kafoteka, E. Muiruri-Liomba, A. Malenga, A. Tebulo, A. Pensulo, P. Gushu, M. B. Nielsen, M. Raees, M. Stockdale, E. Langton, J. Birbeck, G. L. Waithira, N. Bonnett, L. J. Henrion, M. Y. Fink, E. L. Postels, D. G. O'Brien, N. Page, A. L. Baron, E. Gordon, S. B. Molyneux, E. Dondorp, A. George, E. C. Maitland, K. Michael, B. D. Solomon, T. Chimalizeni, Y. Lalloo, D. G. Moxon, C. A. Taylor, T. Mallewa, M. Idro, R. Seydel, K. Griffiths, M. J.
Lancet Glob Health, (2025). 13:e1043-e1056