Recent publications

Examining priorities and investments made through the Global Financing Facility for maternal and newborn health: a sub-analysis on quality.Kumar MB Kinney M Kiendrebeogo J Shamba D Lawn JE Waiswa P
Glob Health Action, (2025). 17:2406486

Measuring the positive potential value of birth in economic evaluation of perinatal interventions.Kumar MB Berrueta M Garcia-Elorrio E Puri MC Hinton L Oluoch D Marston CA
Front Glob Womens Health, (2025). 6:1492231

Establishing the effect of COVID-19 lockdown policy on the utilization of facility-based delivery in Kenya: a multi-method study.Kuloba MN Strupat C Aye TT Wamalwa PN Gichuki J Tsofa B De Allegri M
BMC Health Serv Res, (2025). 25:1014

Correction: Establishing the effect of COVID-19 lockdown policy on the utilization of facility-based delivery in Kenya: a multi-method study.Kuloba MN Strupat C Aye TT Wamalwa PN Gichuki J Tsofa B De Allegri M
BMC Health Serv Res, (2025). 25:1087

Validity and reliability of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview in Sub-Saharan Africa: a cross-country comparison study.Korte KJ Hook K Stroud R Ametaj A Sharma M Mountcastle H Alemayehu B Amare B Alemu AA Birhanu R Girma E Milkias B Yared M Jaguga F Mmochi J Omari F Guma E Kutessa H Kwagala C Nakuya H Naisanga M Akena D Atwoli L Kariuki S Newton CRJC Zingela Z Stein DJ Solomon T Koenen KC Gelaye B
Psychol Med, (2025). 55:e254

Investigating the dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriage in expectant women under intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Kilifi, study protocol.Kiyuka PK Muricho M Ouma N Muiruri C Nyaguara A Rono M Oyier I Hamaluba M
Open Res Eur, (2025). 5:60

Multiple insecticide resistance in Anopheles funestus from Mopeia, Central Mozambique.Kiuru C Constantino L Cole G Karisa J Wanjiku C Okoko M Candrinho B Saute F Rabinovich NR Chaccour C Maia MF
Malar J, (2025). 24:81

Evaluation of the Psychometric Properties of the Social Communication Questionnaire in Rural Kenya.Kipkemoi P Savage JE Gona J Rimba K Kombe M Mwangi P Kipkoech C Posthuma D Newton CRJC Abubakar A
J Autism Dev Disord, (2025). 55:2919-2937

Socio-medical factors associated with neurodevelopmental disorders on the Kenyan coast.Kipkemoi P Savage JE Gona J Rimba K Kombe M Mwangi P Kipkoech C Chepkemoi E Ngombo A Mkubwa B Rehema C Kariuki SM Posthuma D Donald KA Robinson E Abubakar A Newton CR
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0003806

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, (2025). 135:152526

Linking Cerebral Malaria Pathogenesis to APOE-Mediated Amyloidosis: Observations and Hypothesis.Kioko M Mwangi S Njunge JM Berkley JA Bejon P Abdi AI
Mol Neurobiol, (2025). 62:1720-1725

Unwrapping the Global Financing Facility: understanding implications for women's children's and adolescent's health through layered policy analysis.Kinney MV Kwesiga D Lawn JE Walmisley U Kumar MB Kiendrebeogo JA Wanduru P Waiswa P Shamba D Baraka J Chivangue A Msemo G Steege R George AS Countdown GFFpolicy analysis collaboration
Glob Health Action, (2025). 18:2476820

Kinetics of naturally induced binding and neutralising anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels and potencies among SARS-CoV-2 infected Kenyans with diverse grades of COVID-19 severity: an observational study.Kimotho J Sein Y Sayed S Shah R Mwai K Saleh M Wanjiku P Mwacharo J Nyagwange J Karanja H Kutima B Gitonga JN Mugo D Karanu A Moranga L Oluoch V Shah J Mutiso J Mburu A Nneka Z Betti P Usyu Mutinda W Abdi AI Bejon P Ochola-Oyier LI Warimwe GM Nduati EW Ndungu FM
Wellcome Open Res, (2025). 8:350

Low-Dose Yellow Fever Vaccine in Adults in Africa.Kimathi D Juan-Giner A Bob NS Orindi B Namulwana ML Diatta A Cheruiyot S Fall G Dia M Hamaluba MM Nyehangane D Karanja HK Gitonga JN Mugo D Omuoyo DO Hussein M Oloo E Kamau N Wafula J Bendera J Silvester N Mwavita J Joshua M Mwendwa J Agababyona C Ngetsa C Aisha N Moki F Buluku T Munene M Mwanga-Amumpaire J Lutwama J Kayiwa J Kamaara E Barrett AD Kaleebu P Bejon P Sall AA Grais RF Warimwe GM Nifty Investigators
N Engl J Med, (2025). 392:788-797

R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine drives diverse immune responses in pre-exposed adults: insights from a phase IIb controlled human malaria infection trial.Kibwana E Bundi C Kimani D Nyamako L Keter K Mutiso A Ogwang R Bellamy D Rapi K Bajer A Provstgaard-Morys S Stockdale L Munoz O Datoo MS Lawrie A Ramos-Lopez F Roberts R Hamaluba M Hill AVS Bejon P Ewer KJ Kapulu M
Front Immunol, (2025). 16:1620365

When health data go dark: the importance of the DHS Program and imagining its future.Khaki JJ Molenaar J Karki S Olal E Straneo M Mosuse MA Fouogue JT Hensen B Baguiya A Musau Nkola A Wong KLM Ba OA Kikula A Grovogui FM Semaan A Asefa A Macharia PM Chikwari CD Ouedraogo MO Christou A Okiro EA Mutua MK Amodu A Phiri M Athanase R Kitara DL Owolabi O Pembe AB Afolabi BB Benova L
BMC Med, (2025). 23:241

Infants less than 6 months of age at risk of poor growth and development: evidence gaps identified during WHO guideline development.Kerac M Ashorn P Berkley JA Borg B Castro MC Deconinck H Dent N Khalid R Kumar P McCaul M Naude CE Daniel AI Chad NJ
BMJ Glob Health, (2025). 10:

Better floors, better health: a theory of change for an improved household flooring intervention in rural communities in Kwale and Bungoma counties, Kenya.Kepha S Legge H Halliday KE Ochwal V Elson L Mwongeli J Oswald WE Kakoi B Wambua J Mwandawiro C Fillinger U Pullan R Njomo D
BMC Public Health, (2025). 25:639

Examining national health insurance fund members' preferences and trade-offs for the attributes of contracted outpatient facilities in Kenya: A discrete choice experiment.Kazungu J Barasa E Nonvignon J Quaife M
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0003557

Unique genetic signatures in HIV-1 subtype A1 and A1D recombinant envelope glycoprotein distinguish contemporary transmitted/founder viruses from historical strains in East Africa.Kato F Kapaata A Galiwango R Nakyanzi A Ndekezi C Natwijuka F Omara D Obuku AE Foley B Kaleebu P Nduati E Balinda SN
Front Microbiol, (2025). 16:1632581