Recent publications

Biology of Anemia: A Public Health Perspective.Brittenham GM, Moir-Meyer G, Abuga KM, Datta Mitra A, Cerami C, Green R, Pasricha SR, Atkinson SH
J Nutr, (2023). S0022-3166:72542-X

Examining the absorption of post-internship medical officers into the public sector at county-level in devolved Kenya: a qualitative case study.Zhao Y, Mbuthia D, Munywoki J, Gathara D, Nicodemo C, Nzinga J, English M
BMC Health Serv Res, (2023). 23:875

Correction: Examining the absorption of post-internship medical officers into the public sector at county-level in devolved Kenya: a qualitative case study.Zhao Y, Mbuthia D, Munywoki J, Gathara D, Nicodemo C, Nzinga J, English M
BMC Health Serv Res, (2023). 23:952

Health system resilience: a critical review and reconceptualisation.Witter S, Thomas S, Topp SM, Barasa E, Chopra M, Cobos D, Blanchet K, Teddy G, Atun R, Ager A
Lancet Glob Health, (2023). 11:e1454-e1458

Political Prioritisation for Performance-Based Financing at the County Level in Kenya: 2015 to 2018.Waithaka D, Gilson L, Barasa E, Tsofa B, Orgill M
Int J Health Policy Manag, (2023). 12:6909

Plasma proteomic signatures of enteric permeability among hospitalized and community children in Kenya and Pakistan.Tickell KD, Denno DM, Saleem A, Kazi Z, Singa BO, Achieng C, Mutinda C, Richardson BA, �sbj�rnsd�ttir KH, Hawes SE, Berkley JA, Walson JL
iScience, (2023). 26:107294

Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccine allocation in resource poor settings: Towards an Artificial Intelligence-enabled and Geospatial-assisted decision support framework.Shayegh S, Andreu-Perez J, Akoth C, Bosch-Capblanch X, Dasgupta S, Falchetta G, Gregson S, Hammad AT, Herringer M, Kapkea F, Labella A, Lisciotto L, Mart�nez L, Macharia PM, Morales-Ruiz P, Murage N, Offeddu V, South A, Torbica A, Trentini F, Melegaro A
PLoS One, (2023). 18:e0275037

Patterns of antibiotic use, pathogens, and prediction of mortality in hospitalized neonates and young infants with sepsis: A global neonatal sepsis observational cohort study (NeoOBS).Russell NJ, St�hr W, Plakkal N, Cook A, Berkley JA, Adhisivam B, Agarwal R, Ahmed NU, Balasegaram M, Ballot D, Bekker A, Berezin EN, Bilardi D, Boonkasidecha S, Carvalheiro CG, Chami N, Chaurasia S, Chiurchiu S, Colas VRF, Cousens S, Cressey TR, de Assis ACD, Dien TM, Ding Y, Dung NT, Dong H, Dramowski A, Ds M, Dudeja A, Feng J, Glupczynski Y, Goel S, Goossens H, Hao DTH, Khan MI, Huertas TM, Islam MS, Jarovsky D, Khavessian N, Khorana M, Kontou A, Kostyanev T, Laoyookhon P, Lochindarat S, Larsson M, Luca M, Malhotra-Kumar S, Mondal N, Mundhra N, Musoke P, Mussi-Pinhata MM, Nanavati R, Nakwa F, Nangia S, Nankunda J, Nardone A, Nyaoke B, Obiero CW, Owor M, Ping W, Preedisripipat K, Qazi S, Qi L, Ramdin T, Riddell A, Romani L, Roysuwan P, Saggers R, Roilides E, Saha SK, Sarafidis K, Tusubira V, Thomas R, Velaphi S, Vilken T, Wang X, Wang Y, Yang Y, Zunjie L, Ellis S, Bielicki JA, Walker AS, Heath PT, Sharland M
PLoS Med, (2023). 20:e1004179

Challenges in the Implementation of the NeoOBS Study, a Global Pragmatic Observational Cohort Study, to Investigate the Aetiology and Management of Neonatal Sepsis in the Hospital Setting.Riddell A, Cook A, Khavessian N, Ellis S, Bilardi D, Correia E, Kostyanev T, Nardone A, Russell N, Vilken T, Stohr W, Adhisivam B, Moraes IRA, Ahmed NU, Bekker A, Berezin EN, Boonkasidecha S, Carvalheiro CG, Chauhan P, Chiurchi� S, Chorafa E, Dramowski A, Ds M, Feng J, Jia S, Kong Y, Kyohere M, Kontou A, Lochindarat S, De Luca M, Mphaphuli A, Mussi-Pinhata MM, Murunga S, Nakwa FL, Nangia S, Nassolo E, Hoang NTB, Obiero CW, Olson L, Ping W, Plakkal N, Prasad P, Preedisripipat K, Rahman SW, Seef T, Sukrakanchana PO, Thomas R, Yu Z, Zhang Q, Walker AS, Bielicki J, Heath PT, Sharland M, Munera-Huertas T
Antibiotics (Basel), (2023). 12:

Sporozoite immunization: Innovative Translational Science to Support the Fight against malaria.Richie TL, Church LWP, Murshedkar T, Billingsley PF, James ER, Chen MC, Abebe Y, Natasha Kc Chakravarty S, Dolberg D, Healy SA, Diawara H, Sissoko MS, Sagara I, Cook DM, Epstein JE, Mordm�ller B, Kapulu M, Kreidenweiss A, Franke-Fayard B, Agnandji ST, L�pez Mikue MA, McCall MBB, Steinhardt L, Oneko M, Olotu A, Vaughan AM, Kublin JG, Murphy SC, Jongo S, Tanner M, Sirima SB, Laurens MB, Daubenberger C, Silva JC, Lyke KE, Janse CJ, Roestenberg M, Sauerwein RW, Abdulla S, Dicko A, Kappe SHI, Sim BKL, Duffy PE, Kremsner PG, Hoffman SL
Expert Rev Vaccines, (2023). 22:964-1007

Provider adherence to clinical care recommendations for infants and children who died in seven low- and middle-income countries in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network.Rees CA, Igunza KA, Madewell ZJ, Akelo V, Onyango D, El Arifeen S, Gurley ES, Hossain MZ, Rahman A, Alam M, Scott JAG, Assefa N, Madrid L, Belachew A, Leulseged H, Kotloff KL, Sow SO, Tapia MD, Keita AM, Sidibe D, Sitoe A, Varo R, Ajanovic S, Bassat Q, Mandomando I, Tippett Barr BA, Ogbuanu I, Cain CJ, Bassey IA, Luke R, Gassama K, Madhi S, Dangor Z, Mahtab S, Velaphi S, du Toit J, Mutevedzi PC, Blau DM, Breiman RF, Whitney CG
EClinicalMedicine, (2023). 63:102198

What research evidence can support the decolonisation of global health? Making space for deeper scholarship in global health journals.Ramani S, Whyle EB, Kagwanja N
Lancet Glob Health, (2023). 11:e1464-e1468

A protocol for a proof-of-concept randomized control trial testing increased protein quantity and quality in ready-to-use therapeutic food in improving linear growth among 6-23-month-old children with severe wasting in Malawi.Potani I, Daniel AI, Briend A, Courtney-Martin G, Berkley JA, Voskuijl W, Vresk L, Bourdon C, Kathumba S, Mbale E, Bandsma RHJ
PLoS One, (2023). 18:e0287680

Non-O ABO blood group genotypes differ in their associations with Plasmodium falciparum rosetting and severe malaria.Opi DH, Ndila CM, Uyoga S, Macharia AW, Fennell C, Ochola LB, Nyutu G, Siddondo BR, Ojal J, Shebe M, Awuondo KO, Mturi N, Peshu N, Tsofa B, Band G, Maitland K, Kwiatkowski DP, Rockett KA, Williams TN, Rowe JA
PLoS Genet, (2023). 19:e1010910

Not just surveys and indicators: narratives capture what really matters for health system strengthening.Oluoch D, Molyneux S, Boga M, Maluni J, Murila F, Jones C, Ziebland S, English M, Hinton L
Lancet Glob Health, (2023). 11:e1459-e1463

"We are their eyes and ears here on the ground, yet they do not appreciate us"-Factors influencing the performance of Kenyan community health volunteers working in urban informal settlements.Ogutu MO, Kamui E, Abuya T, Muraya K
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2023). 3:e0001815

Pediatric prognostic models predicting inhospital child mortality in resource-limited settings: An external validation study.Ogero M, Ndiritu J, Sarguta R, Tuti T, Akech S
Health Sci Rep, (2023). 6:e1433

Ex vivo and In vitro antiplasmodial activities of approved drugs predicted to have antimalarial activities using chemogenomics and drug repositioning approach.Ochora DO, Mogire RM, Masai RJ, Yeda RA, Mwakio EW, Amwoma JG, Wakoli DM, Yenesew A, Akala HM
Heliyon, (2023). 9:e18863

The hidden emotional labour behind ensuring the social value of research: Experiences of frontline health policy and systems researchers based in Kenya during COVID-19.Nzinga J, Oliwa J, Oluoch D, Jepkosgei J, Mbuthia D, Boga M, Musitia P, Ogola M, Muinga N, Muraya K, Hinga A, Kamuya D, Kelley M, Molyneux S
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2023). 3:e0002116

Pre-vaccination monocyte-to-lymphocyte ratio as a biomarker for the efficacy of malaria candidate vaccines: A subgroup analysis of pooled clinical trial data.Nyandele JP, Kibondo UA, Issa F, Van Geertruyden JP, Warimwe G, Jongo S, Abdulla S, Olotu A
PLoS One, (2023). 18:e0291244