Recent publications

Evaluation of the psychometric properties of the UBACC questionnaire in a multi-country psychiatric study in Africa.Kipkemoi P, Mufford MS, Akena D, Alemayehu M, Atwoli L, Chibnik LB, Gelaye B, Gichuru S, Kariuki SM, Koenen KC, Kwobah E, Kyebuzibwa J, Mwema RM, Newton CRJC, Pretorius A, Stein DJ, Stevenson A, Stroud RE, 2nd Teferra S, Zingela Z, Post K, Korte KJ
Compr Psychiatry, (2024). 135:152526

Mosquitocidal efficacy and pharmacokinetics of single-dose ivermectin versus three-day dose regimen for malaria vector control in comparison with albendazole and no treatment: an open-label randomized controlled trial.Kamau Y, Tuwei M, Wanjiku C, Ominde K, Ngama M, Karisa J, Babu L, Muturi M, Mwatasa M, Adetifa J, Kern C, Duthaler U, Hammann F, Rabinovich R, Chaccour C, Maia MF
Int J Infect Dis, (2024). 148:107236

Power and positionality in the practice of health system responsiveness at sub-national level: insights from the Kenyan coast.Kagwanja N, Molyneux S, Whyle E, Tsofa B, Leli H, Gilson L
Int J Equity Health, (2024). 23:177

Shisha Consumption and Presence of Cotinine in Saliva Samples among Students in Public Universities in Coastal Kenya.Halima Allahdad A, Ngari M, Mwiti Kibiti C, Udu Yusuf R, Mutua S, Budambula V
Glob Health Epidemiol Genom, (2024). 2024:5653709

Managing hypertension in rural Gambia and Kenya: Protocol for a qualitative study exploring the experiences of patients, health care workers, and decision-makers.Diallo BA, Hassan S, Kagwanja N, Oyando R, Badjie J, Mumba N, Prentice AM, Perel P, Etyang A, Nolte E, Tsofa B
NIHR Open Res, (2024). 4:5

Challenges and Approaches to Establishing Multi-Pathogen Serosurveillance: Findings from the 2023 Serosurveillance Summit.Carcelen AC, Kong AC, Takahashi S, Hegde S, Jaenisch T, Chu M, Rochford R, Kostandova N, Gurley ES, Wesolowski A, Azman AS, van der Klis FRM, den Hartog G, Drakeley C, Heaney CD, Winter AK, Salje H, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Leung DT, Njenga SM, Kagucia EW, Jambo KC, Wolter N, Charles RC, Saboy�-D�az MI, Martin DL, Moss WJ
Am J Trop Med Hyg, (2024). 111:1145-1152

Antenatal care quality and detection of risk among pregnant women: An observational study in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, and South Africa.Arsenault C, Mfeka-Nkabinde NG, Chaudhry M, Jarhyan P, Taddele T, Mugenya I, Sabwa S, Wright K, Amboko B, Baensch L, Molla Wondim G, Mthethwa L, Clarke-Deelder E, Yang WC, Kosgei RJ, Purohit P, Mzolo NC, Derseh Mebratie A, Shaw S, Nega A, Tlou B, Fink G, Moshabela M, Prabhakaran D, Mohan S, Haile Mariam D, Nzinga J, Getachew T, Kruk ME
PLoS Med, (2024). 21:e1004446

SEVUparin as a potential Adjunctive Treatment in children with severe malaria: A phase I trial safety and dose finding trial (SEVUSMAART).Maitland K, Hamaluba M, Obonyo N, Oguda E, Mogoka C, Williams TN, Chaponda M, Miti S, Kamavu LK, Jonathan Gwasupika J, Connon R, Gibb DM, Dondorp A, Day N, White N, Walker AS, George EC
Wellcome Open Res, (2023). 8:484

WHO global research priorities for antimicrobial resistance in human health.Bertagnolio S, Dobreva Z, Centner CM, Olaru ID, Don� D, Burzo S, Huttner BD, Chaillon A, Gebreselassie N, Wi T, Hasso-Agopsowicz M, Allegranzi B, Sati H, Ivanovska V, Kothari KU, Balkhy HH, Cassini A, Hamers RL, Weezenbeek KV
Lancet Microbe, (2024). 5:100902

Psychosocial and mental health challenges facing perinatally HIV-infected adolescents along the Kenyan coast: a qualitative inquiry using the socioecological model.Wanjala SW, Nyongesa MK, Luchters S, Abubakar A
Front Public Health, (2024). 12:1379262

Profiling IgG and IgA antibody responses during vaccination and infection in a high-risk gonorrhoea population.Stejskal L, Thistlethwaite A, Ramirez-Bencomo F, Rashmi S, Harrison O, Feavers IM, Maiden MCJ, Jerse A, Barnes G, Chirro O, Chemweno J, Nduati E, Cehovin A, Tang C, Sanders EJ, Derrick JP
Nat Commun, (2024). 15:6712

Lactoferrin and lysozyme to promote nutritional, clinical and enteric recovery: a protocol for a factorial, blinded, placebo-controlled randomised trial among children with diarrhoea and malnutrition (the Boresha Afya trial).Tiwari R, Tickell KD, Yoshioka E, Otieno J, Shah A, Richardson BA, Keter L, Okello M, Nyabinda C, Trehan I, McGrath CJ, Means AR, Houpt ER, Liu J, Platts-Mills JA, Njunge JM, Rwigi D, Diakhate MM, Nyaoke J, Ochola E, John-Stewart G, Walson JL, Pavlinac PB, Singa BO
BMJ Open, (2024). 14:e079448

A retrospective analysis of P. falciparum drug resistance markers detects an early (2016/17) high prevalence of the k13 C469Y mutation in asymptomatic infections in Northern Uganda.Ogwang R, Osoti V, Wamae K, Ndwiga L, Muteru K, Ningwa A, Tuju J, Kinyanjui S, Osier F, Marsh K, Bejon P, Idro R, Ochola-Oyier LI
Antimicrob Agents Chemother, (2024). 68:e0157623

Determining the optimal diagnostic and risk stratification approaches for people with hypertension in two rural populations in Kenya and The Gambia: a study protocol for IHCoR-Africa Work Package 2.Perkins AD, Awori JO, Jobe M, Lucinde RK, Siemonsma M, Oyando R, Leon DA, Herrett E, Prentice AM, Shah AS, Perel P, Etyang A
NIHR Open Res, (2023). 3:68

Examining liminality in professional practice, relational identities, and career prospects in resource-constrained health systems: Findings from an empirical study of medical and nurse interns in Kenya.Zhao Y, Nzekwu S, Boga M, Mbuthia D, Nzinga J, English M, Molyneux S, McGivern G
Soc Sci Med, (2024). 357:117226

Centring youth mental health discourse on low-income and middle-income countries.Rose-Clarke K, Bitta M, Evans-Lacko S, Jokinen T, Jordans M, Nyongesa MK, Nadkarni A, Patalay P, Pradhan I, Rahman A, Taylor Salisbury T, Salum G, Vera San Juan N, Servili C, Skeen S, S�nmez CC, Verdeli H, Kumar M
Lancet Psychiatry, (2024). 11:671-672

Re-evaluating the impact and cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine introduction in 112 low-income and middle-income countries in children younger than 5 years: a modelling study.Chen C, Ang G, Akksilp K, Koh J, Scott JAG, Clark A, Jit M
Lancet Glob Health, (2024). 12:e1485-e1497

The mRNA content of plasma extracellular vesicles provides a window into molecular processes in the brain during cerebral malaria.Kioko M, Mwangi S, Pance A, Ochola-Oyier LI, Kariuki S, Newton C, Bejon P, Rayner JC, Abdi AI
Sci Adv, (2024). 10:eadl2256

Phylogeography and reassortment patterns of human influenza A viruses in sub-Saharan Africa.Owuor DC, de Laurent ZR, Oketch JW, Murunga N, Otieno JR, Nabakooza G, Chaves SS, Nokes DJ, Agoti CN
Sci Rep, (2024). 14:18987

Factors Influencing the Institutionalization of Health Technology Assessment: A Scoping Literature Review.Mbau R, Vassall A, Gilson L, Barasa E
Health Syst Reform, (2023). 9:2360315