0709 203000 - Nairobi 0709 983000 - Kilifi
0709 203000 - NRB 0709 983000 - Kilifi
0709 203000 - NRB | 0709 983000 - Kilifi

Bio


Edwine is the Executive Director for KEMRI-Wellcome Research Programme. As Executive Director Edwine is responsible for delivering the programme vision to conduct high quality, purposeful, and relevant research in human health, building sustainable research capacity and leadership. He is a Professor of Health Economics at the University of Oxford. He has a PhD in health economics (University of Cape Town), a master's degree in health economics (University of Cape Town), and a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy (University of Nairobi). Edwine’s research interests include health financing; equity and efficiency analysis in healthcare; economic evaluation of healthcare interventions; measuring health systems' performance; and health system governance. Edwine has several years of experience of practice, advisory, and conducting health economics and financing research in Kenya and in the broader Sub-Saharan African region. He provides health financing advisory to the Kenya Ministry of Health with his latest roles including appointments by the Minister of Health to the taskforce for COVID-19 vaccine deployment, the reform of the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), and Kenya Health Benefits Advisory Panel. At the regional level, his latest appointments include as a chair of the advisory board of the Africa CDC’s Health Economic Programme, and as chair of the Africa Universal Health Coverage Commission. He also provides health financing technical advisory support to several international development organizations, including the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO), focusing on the broader Sub-Saharan African region.

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Current Work


Edwine’s research interests include health financing; equity and efficiency analysis in healthcare; economic evaluation of healthcare interventions; measuring health systems' performance; and health system governance.

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Recent publications


Access to hypertension services and health-seeking experiences in rural Coastal Kenya: A qualitative study.
Oyando, R., Kagwanja, N., Diallo, B. A., Hassan, S., Badjie, J., Lucinde, R., Mumba, N., Kinyanjui, S. M., Perel, P., Etyang, A., Barasa, E., Nolte, E., Tsofa, B.
PLOS Glob Public Health, (2025). 5:e0004324

Examining the emergence and implementation experience of Primary Health Care Networks (PCNs) in Kenya: a qualitative process evaluation.
Amboko, B., Nzinga, J., Musiega, A., Tsofa, B., Mugo, P., Mbau, R., Musuva, A., Murira, F., Wong, E., Mazzilli, C., Ng'ang'a, W., Ravishankar, N., Hussein, S., Barasa, E.
BMC Health Serv Res, (2025). 25:1479

Affordability decision rules: useful heuristic or misleading rule?.
Kwesiga, B., Barasa, E.
Lancet Glob Health, (2025). 13:e1992-e1993

A Pragmatic Trial of Glucocorticoids for Community-Acquired Pneumonia.
Lucinde, R. K., Gathuri, H., Mwaniki, P., Orindi, B., Otieno, E. O., Mwakio, S., Mulemi, L., Isaaka, L., Shangala, J., Saisi, M., Isinde, E., Oginga, I. N., Wachira, A. W., Manuthu, E., Kariuki, H., Asaava, P., Nyikuli, J., Wekesa, C., Otedo, A., Bosire, H., Okoth, S. B., Ongalo, W., Mukabi, D. M., Lusamba, W., Muthui, B., Adembesa, I., Mithi, C., Sood, M., Aliyan, N. A., Gituma, B., Matiko, M. G., Omondi, C. A., Ombajo, L. A., Kirui, N., Ochola, L., Abdi, A. I., Kagucia, E. W., English, M., Hamaluba, M., Ochola-Oyier, I., Kamuya, D., Bejon, P., Barasa, E., Agweyu, A., Akech, S., Etyang, A. O.
N Engl J Med, (2025). :

Beyond evidence: How actor dynamics and power shape Knowledge Translation for Health Policy in Kenya.
Guleid, F. H., Barasa, E., Abiiro, G. A., Nzinga, J.
Health Policy Plan, (2025). :