Bio

Jalemba Aluvaala is a post-doctoral researcher with an interest in perinatal-neonatal clinical and health services research. After training in Paediatrics (University of Nairobi, 2009) and Epidemiology (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 2013) he completed a DPhil in Clinical Medicine at the Nuffield Department of Medicine (2018). For his doctoral work, he developed prognostic models using routine data to predict in-hospital mortality in the neonatal unit. He leads the neonatal component of the Clinical Information Network (CIN) under Prof. Mike English at the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Nairobi. The CIN for Neonates focuses on inpatient units serving small and sick neonates. Research interests include understanding neonatal outcomes, implementation research and evidence synthesis for essential inpatient neonatal care. Aluvaala is also a member of the Ministry of Health Technical Working Group on Neonatal Health. In addition, he holds a research track post as a Research Fellow/Lecturer at the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi.

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Current Work

He leads the neonatal component of the Clinical Information Network (CIN). The CIN for Neonates focuses on inpatient units serving small and sick neonates. Research interests include understanding neonatal outcomes, implementation research and evidence synthesis for essential inpatient neonatal care.

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Recent publications

Situational analysis of antibiotic prescriptions in Kenyan neonatal units for antimicrobial stewardship: a retrospective longitudinal study.
Aluvaala, J., Tuti, T., Ogola, M., Lim, C., Cavany, S., English, M.
EClinicalMedicine, (2025). 82:103156

Identifying and quantifying initial post-discharge needs for clinical review of sick, newborns in Kenya based on a large multi-site, retrospective cohort study.
Wainaina, J., Lee, E., Irimu, G., Aluvaala, J., English, M.
Front Pediatr, (2024). 12:1374629

Assessment of neonatal referral infrastructure and clinical characteristics of referred neonates in three first referral hospitals in Nairobi County, Kenya.
Wainaina, J., Irimu, G., English, M., Mbaire, E., Waiyego, M., Manyasi, C., Kimutai, D., Emadau, C., Muturi, C., Aluvaala, J.
Wellcome Open Res, (2023). 8:126

COVID-19 pandemic effects on neonatal inpatient admissions and mortality: interrupted time series analysis of facilities implementing NEST360 in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, and Tanzania.
Malla, L., Ohuma, E. O., Shabani, J., Ngwala, S., Dosunmu, O., Wainaina, J., Aluvaala, J., Kassim, I., Cross, J. H., Salim, N., Zimba, E., Ezeaka, C., Penzias, R. E., Gathara, D., Tillya, R., Chiume, M., Odedere, O., Lufesi, N., Kawaza, K., Irimu, G., Tongo, O., Murless-Collins, S., Bohne, C., Richards-Kortum, R., Oden, M., Lawn, J. E.
BMC Pediatr, (2024). 23:657

Hypothermia amongst neonatal admissions in Kenya: a retrospective cohort study assessing prevalence, trends, associated factors, and its relationship with all-cause neonatal mortality.
Wainaina, J., Ogero, M., Mumelo, L., Wairoto, K., Mbevi, G., Tuti, T., Mwaniki, P., Irimu, G., English, M., Aluvaala, J.
Front Pediatr, (2024). 12:1272104