Harrison Ochieng, Anita Musiega , Benjamin Tsofa , Jacinta Nzinga , Edwine Barasa(PLOS Glob Public Health, 2025-07)
How health facilities are managed determines their performance and health service delivery. Management capacity of health facilities comprises the competency of managers at the individual level and the management support ...
Tuwei, M., Karisa, J., Wanjiku, C., Kiuru, C., Ondieki, Z., Odongo, T., Mure, F., Otieno, B., Meli, P., Okoko, M., Bartilol, B., Gona, R., Constantino, L., Cole, G., Anastácio, T., Armazia, R., Alves, C., Rui, P., Ramaita, E., Rono, M., Candrinho, B., Mwangangi, J., Mbogo, C., Charlwood, D., Saute, F., Rabinovich, R., Chaccour, C., Maia, M. F.(Malaria Journal, 2025-09)
Background: Characterizing malaria epidemiology at the local level requires understanding the diverse malaria vector species driving transmission, including both primary and secondary vectors. Effective mosquito surveillance ...
Karisa, J., Tuwei, M., Ominde, K., Bartilol, B., Ondieki, Z., Musani, H., Rono, M., Mbogo, C., Bejon, P., Mwangangi, J., Wanjiku, C., Maia, M.(PLoS One, 2025-08)
Matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionisation time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) is a powerful analytical method that has been used extensively to identify sample ions of complex mixtures, and biological samples ...
Kartavya J. Vyas, Jonathan A. Muir, Zachary J. Madewell, Priya M. Gupta, Dianna M. Blau, Shams E. Arifeen, Emily S. Gurley, Atique I. Chowdhury, Kazi M. Islam, Afruna Rahman, J. Anthony G. Scott, Nega Assefa, Lola Madrid, Yohanis A. Asefa, Yasir Y. Abdullahi, Dickens Onyango, Victor Akelo, Beth A. Tippett-Barr, George Aol, Samba O. Sow, Karen L. Kotloff, Milagritos D. Tapia, Adama M. Keita, Kiranpreet Chawla, Quique Bassat, Inacio Mandomando, Ariel Nhacolo, Charfudin Sacoor, Ikechukwu Ogbuanu, Dickens Kowuor, Babatunde Duduyemi, Andrew Moseray, James S. Squire, Shabir Madhi, Sana Mahtab, Yasmin Adam, Amy Wise, Takwanisa Machemedza, Cynthia G. Whitney(Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol, 2025-09)
Background
Studies of child mortality that employ minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) produce highly accurate cause of death data; however, selection bias may render these as non-representative of their underlying ...
de Silva, S., English, M., Newton, P.(BMJ Glob Health, 2025-09)
In order to achieve global equity in healthcare research it is important to identify countries that are less visible in this regard, to inform interventions. We performed a bibliometric analysis of the Web of Science Core ...
Diray-Arce, J., Chang, A. C., Moradipoor, S., Amodio, D., Carleton, B., Chang, W. C., Crawford, N. W., Karoly, M., Hoch, A., McEnaney, K., Kafil, T. S., Donthireddy, M., , Black, S., Wood, N., Nordenberg, D., Palma, P., Ovsyannikova, I. G., Kennedy, R. B., Poland, G. A., Ozonoff, A., Chen, R. T., Levy, O., Top, K. A.(Vaccine, 2025-07)
The International Network of Special Immunization Services (INSIS) was established to investigate the causes and risk factors of rare adverse events following immunizations (AEFIs) and develop immunization strategies for ...
Carlos Chaccour Marta Maia Mercy Kariuki, Paula Ruiz-Castillo Caroline Wanjiku , Lydia Kasiwa , Aurelia Brazeal Aina Casellas , Mwanajuma Ngama , Truphena Onyango Eldo Elobolobo Karisa Kazungu , Mary Mael , Winnie Wangari Khadija Nuru Rachel Otuko , Almudena Sanz Isaac Ringera Allan Matano , Starford Mitora , Marta Ribes Joe Brew Nika Gorski , Patricia Nicolas , Sara Stanulovic , Isaiah Omondi , Joanna Furnival-Adams , Laura Túnez , Jamal Mbarak , Vegovito Vegove , Esther Yaa , Shadrack Mramba Yegon Kibet Naomi Nyambura , Charles Rotich Scholastica Wanjiru 6 Musa Vura , Faith Wanjiku , Leslie Sam , Lisa Collins Kang Xia Felix Hammann , Francisco Saúte , Matthew Rudd , Cassidy Rist , Caroline Jones Joseph Mwangangi N Regina Rabinovich(New England Journal of Medicine, 2025-07)
Background: Malaria control and elimination is threatened by the spread of insecticide resistance and behavioral adaptation of vectors. Whether mass administration of ivermectin, a broad-spectrum antiparasitic drug that ...
Mugo M, Musyoki A, Makumi A, Mutai I, Kering K, Muturi P, Kebenei C, Weber K, Pietsch M, Pilz T, Drechsel O, Hoffmann T, Wieler L, Mbae C, Flieger A, Kariuki S.(BMC Infectious Diseases, 2025-07)
Background: Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) typically cause self-limiting enterocolitis, but can lead to life-threatening invasive diseases, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, multidrug-resistant (MDR) NTS strains ...
Tatenda Chiuya, Eric M. Fèvre, Joel Lutomiah, James Mutisya, Francis Mulwa, Betty Chelangat, Simon Muhoro, Richard Olubowa, Sandra Junglen & Christian Borgemeister(Scientific reports, 2025-07)
Invasive alien plant (IAP) litter can alter the organic and inorganic content of mosquito breeding sites, influencing their life history traits. In Baringo County, Kenya, there is massive encroachment of Prosopis juliflora ...
Kerac, M., Ashorn, P., Berkley, J. A., Borg, B., Castro, M. C., Deconinck, H., Dent, N., Khalid, R., Kumar, P., McCaul, M., Naude, C. E., Daniel, A. I., Chad, N. J.(BMJ Glob Health, 2025-08)
Thompson, D. S., Kumar, P., Alsadeeq, A., Khalid, R., Deconinck, H., Berkley, J. A., Bandsma, R. H. J., Dent, N., Trehan, I., Kerac, M., Naude, C. E., Daniel, A. I.(BMJ Glob Health, 2025-08)
Perpetual Wanjiku, Benedict Orindi,John Kimotho,Shahin Sayed,Reena Shah,Mansoor Saleh,Jedidah Mwacharo,Christopher Maronga,Viviane Olouch,Ann Karanu,Jasmit Shah,Zaitun Nneka,Lynette Isabella Ochola-Oyier,Abdirahman I. Abdi,Susanna Dunachie,Philip Bejon,Eunice W. Nduati,Francis M. Ndungu(PLoS One, 2025-09)
Introduction
COVID-19 was less severe in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) compared with Europe and North America. It is unclear whether these differences could be explained immunologically. Here we determined levels of ex vivo ...
Dogfounianalo Somda, Joel L. Bargul, Sabina Wangui Wachira, John M. Wesonga (2025)(Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnolog y, 2025-09)
Background
Prostate cancer ranks among the most lethal malignancies affecting men globally. Conventional therapeutic approaches for this disease encounter limitations due to adverse side effects and the emergence of drug ...
Hassan, S., Kagwanja, N., Diallo, B., Oyando, R., Perel, P., Etyang, A., Tsofa, B., Nolte, E.(PLOS Glob Public Health, 2025-07)
The rising prevalence of chronic diseases in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) poses significant challenges to already overburdened health systems. Community-based interventions are recognised as effective strategies ...
Kagonya, V. A., Odinga, N., Onyango, O., Waithira, C., Imam, A., Mutua, E., Oluoch, D., Maina, M., Karumba, K., Amadi, I., Fuller, S. S., Gathara, D., English, M(International Journal of Nursing Studies, 2025-08)
Background
Nurses working in intermediate care neonatal units in Kenya often experience workload that is six times greater than global recommendations, and this presents quality and safety concerns. Fiscal constraints ...
Alfred C Too(Stratford Peer Reviewed Journal & Book Publishing, 2025-07)
Performance appraisal is defined as the systematic evaluation of an employee's work performance over a predetermined period. Managers use this process to assess employees' contributions during the previous year, functioning ...
Nancy A. Otieno Bryan Nyawan Michael Otieno Jorim Ayugi Shirley Lidechi Simon Kariuki Samuel Omondi Min Levine Kelsey M. Sumner Gove Brend Sandra Chaves Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner Gideon O. Emukule(Lancet, 2025-08)
Background: Influenza vaccination is recommended during pregnancy. Maternal HIV and malaria infection may affect immune response to vaccination.
Methods: Immune responses to influenza vaccination and vertical antibody ...
Maxwell G Machani, Anoop Sunkara , Shehu S Awandu , Maurice Ombok , Amos Ouko , Lucy Abel , Lindsey B Turnbull , Isabella Rodriguez , Joseph Kim , Joseph C Clemens , George Ayodo , Eric O Ochomo , Chandy C John , Neil F Lobo(Sciety labs, 2025-09)
Background
Malaria transmission, characterized by spatial and temporal heterogeneity and complex vector behaviours, persists in Kenya’s highlands despite widespread use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs). The role ...
Fanuel Meckson Bickton Josan Sutherland Patrick Ken Kalonde Alice Namanja Alison Lupton-Smith Tao Li Gift Treighcy Banda-Mtaula Brian W Allwood Gm Monsur Habib Rik Gosselink Jamlick Karumbi Susan Hanekom Harriet Shannon Jamie Rylance Joyce L. Browne Enock Chisati Martin Heine(Journal of Cardiopulmo nary Rehabilitatio n and Prevention, 2025-09)
Purpose To perform a systematic review of globally oriented pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) studies and describe low- and middle-income country (LMIC) participation including its enablers and barriers. Review Methods Systematic ...