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FACULTY PUBLICATIONS IN 2021/2022

Neary J, Bulterys MA, Ogutu EA, O'Malley G, Otieno AA, Omondi VO, Wang Y, Zhai X, Katz DA, Oyiengo L, Wamalwa DC. Pediatric saliva-based HIV testing: healthcare worker and caregiver acceptability. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999). 2022 Apr 29.

Mugo C, Nduati R, Osoro E, Nyawanda BO, Mirieri H, Hunsperger E, Verani JR, Jin H, Mwaengo D, Maugo B, Machoki J, Otieno NA, Ombok C, Shabibi M, Okutoyi L, Kinuthia J, Widdowson MA, Njenga K, Inwani I, Wamalwa D  Comparable pregnancy outcomes for HIV-uninfected and HIV-infected women on antiretroviral treatment in Kenya. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2022 Apr 11.

Shu Q, Liu S, Alonzi T, LaCourse SM, Singh DK, Bao D, Wamalwa D, Jiang L, Lyon CJ, John-Stewart G, Kaushal D. Assay design for unambiguous identification and quantification of circulating pathogen-derived peptide biomarkers. Theranostics. 2022;12(6):2948.

Wang J, Mugo C, Omondi VO, Njuguna IN, Maleche-Obimbo E, Inwani I, Hughes JP, Slyker JA, John-Stewart G, Wamalwa D, Wagner AD. Home-based HIV Testing for Children: A Useful Complement for Caregivers with More Children, Who are Male, and with an HIV Negative Partner. AIDS and Behavior. 2022 Mar 19:1-1.

Mutahi J, Larsen A, Cuijpers P, Peterson SS, Unutzer J, McKay M, John-Stewart G, Jewell T, Kinuthia J, Gohar F, Lai J, Wamalwa D, Gachuno O, Kumar M Mental health problems and service gaps experienced by pregnant adolescents and young women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review. EClinicalMedicine. 2022 Feb 1;44:101289.

Okinyi HM, Wachira CM, Wilson KS, Nduati MN, Onyango AD, Mburu CW, Inwani IW, Owens TL, Bukusi DE, John-. Stewart GC, Wamalwa DC. “I Have Actually not Lost any Adolescent Since I Started Engaging Them one on one:” Training Satisfaction and Subsequent Practice among Health Providers Participating in a Standardized Patient Actor Training to Improve Adolescent Engagement in HIV Care. Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (JIAPAC). 2022 Jan;21:23259582221075133.

Lehman DA, Wamalwa DC, Mccoy CO, Matsen FA, Langat A, Chohan BH, Benki-nugent S, Custers-allen KR, Bushman FD, John-stewart GC, Overbaugh J. BASIC AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE Low-Frequency Nevirapine Resistance at Multiple Sites May Predict Treatment Failure in Infants on Nevirapine-Based Treatment.

Cassidy NA, Fish CS, Levy CN, Roychoudhury P, Reeves DB, Hughes SM, Schiffer JT, Benki-Nugent S, John-Stewart G, Wamalwa D, Jerome KR. HIV reservoir quantification using cross-subtype multiplex ddPCR. iScience. 2022 Jan 21;25(1):103615.

Benki-Nugent SF, Yunusa R, Mueni A, Laboso T, Tamasha N, Njuguna I, Gómez L, Wamalwa DC, Tapia K, Maleche-Obimbo E, Bangirana P. Lower Neurocognitive Functioning in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Children Compared With That in HIV-Unexposed Children. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2022 Apr 1;89(4):441-7.

Wilson K, Onyango A, Mugo C, Guthrie B, Slyker J, Richardson B, John-Stewart G, Inwani I, Bukusi D, Wamalwa D, Kohler P. Kenyan HIV Clinics With Youth-Friendly Services and Trained Providers Have a Higher Prevalence of Viral Suppression Among Adolescents and Young Adults: Results From an Observational Study. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 2022 Jan 1;33(1):45-53.

Ronen K, Choo EM, Wandika B, Udren JI, Osborn L, Kithao P, Hedstrom AB, Masinde M, Kumar M, Wamalwa DC, Richardson BA. Evaluation of a two-way SMS messaging strategy to reduce neonatal mortality: rationale, design and methods of the Mobile WACh NEO randomised controlled trial in Kenya. BMJ open. 2021 Dec 1;11(12):e056062.

Attia EF, Moraa H, Maleche-Obimbo E, Wamalwa D, Gómez LA, Rylance S, Vundla R, Ferrand RA, Karr CJ, John-Stewart GC, Benki-Nugent SF. Most Early-Treated Children With Perinatally Acquired HIV Have Preserved Lung Function at School Age. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2022 Jan 1;89(1):69-76.

Shulock K, Beima-Sofie K, Apriyanto H, Njuguna I, Mburu C, Mugo C, Itindi J, Onyango A, Wamalwa D, John-Stewart G, O’Malley G. “It’s about making adolescents in charge of their health”: policy-makers’ perspectives on optimizing the health care transition among adolescents living with HIV in Kenya. AIDS care. 2021 Sep 6:1-8.

Wamalwa D, Njuguna I, Maleche-Obimbo E, Begnel E, Chebet DJ, Onyango JA, Cranmer LM, Huang ML, Richardson BA, Boeckh M, John-Stewart G. Cytomegalovirus Viremia and Clinical Outcomes in Kenyan Children Diagnosed With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Hospital. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 Apr 1;74(7):1237-46.

Zhang J, Atkins DL, Wagner AD, Njuguna IN, Neary J, Omondi VO, Otieno VA, Atieno WO, Odhiambo M, Wamalwa DC, John-Stewart G. Financial Incentives for Pediatric HIV Testing (FIT): Caregiver Insights on Incentive Mechanisms, Focus Populations, and Acceptability for Programmatic Scale Up. AIDS and Behavior. 2021 Sep;25(9):2661-8.

Tuti T, Aluvaala J, Malla L, Irimu G, Mbevi G, Wainaina J, Mumelo L, Wairoto K, Mochache D, Hagel C, Maina M. Evaluation of an audit and feedback intervention to reduce gentamicin prescription errors in newborn treatment (ReGENT) in neonatal inpatient care in Kenya: a controlled interrupted time series study protocol. Implementation Science. 2022 Dec;17(1):1-7.

Edemba PW, Irimu G, Musoke R. Knowledge attitudes and practice of breastmilk expression and storage among working mothers with infants under six months of age in Kenya. International Breastfeeding Journal. 2022 Dec;17(1):1-8.

Kruk ME, Lewis TP, Arsenault C, Bhutta ZA, Irimu G, Jeong J, Lassi ZS, Sawyer SM, Vaivada T, Waiswa P, Yousafzai AK. Improving health and social systems for all children in LMICs: structural innovations to deliver high-quality services. The Lancet. 2022 Apr 27.

Ogola M, Njuguna EM, Aluvaala J, English M, Irimu G. Audit identified modifiable factors in Hospital Care of Newborns in low-middle income countries: a scoping review. BMC pediatrics. 2022 Dec;22(1):1-7.

García AM, Cross JH, Fitchett EJ, Kawaza K, Okomo U, Spotswood NE, Chiume M, Ezeaka VC, Irimu G, Salim N, Molyneux EM. Infection prevention and care bundles addressing health care-associated infections in neonatal care in low-middle income countries: a scoping review. EClinicalMedicine. 2022 Feb 1;44:101259.

García AM, Cross JH, Fitchett EJ, Kawaza K, Okomo U, Spotswood N, Chiume M, Ezeaka C, Irimu G, Salim N, Molyneux EM. Infection prevention and care bundles addressing hospital-acquired infections in neonatal care in low-middle income countries: a scoping review protocol. Open Science Framework. 2021.

Irimu G, Aluvaala J, English M, Akech S, Ogero M, Isaaka L, Malla L, Tuti T, Gathara D, Oliwa J, Agweyu A. Employing learning health system principles to advance research on severe neonatal and pediatric illness in Kenya.

Tuti T, Aluvaala J, Akech S, Agweyu A, Irimu G, English M. Pulse oximetry adoption and oxygen orders at paediatric admission over 7 years in Kenya: a multihospital retrospective cohort study. BMJ open. 2021 Sep 1;11(9):e050995.

Mungai LN, Mohammed Z, Maina M, Anjumanara O. Vitamin D Review: The Low Hanging Fruit for Human Health. Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2021 Dec 2;202

Omar AA, Ahmed S, Rodrigues JC, Kayiza A, Owino L. Progressive pseudorheumatoid dysplasia misdiagnosed as juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2021 Dec;15(1):1-5.

Kayiza A, Stephanie W, Omar A, Wafula EM. Two Cases of Siblings with Variation in Response to Standard Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis in Kenyatta National Hospital. J Infect Dis Epidemiol. 2021;7:214.

Zhao Y, Osano B, Were F, Kiarie H, Nicodemo C, Gathara D, English M. Characterising Kenyan hospitals’ suitability for medical officer internship training: a secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional study. BMJ open. 2022 May 1;12(5):e056426.

Beydon N, Ferkol T, Harris AL, Colas M, Davis SD, Haarman E, Hogg C, Kilbride E, Kouis P, Kuehni CE, Latzin P, Marangu D, Marthin J, Nielsen KG, Robinson P, Rumman N, Rutter M, Walker W, Lucas JS.. An international survey on nasal nitric oxide measurement practices for the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia. ERJ open research. 2022 Apr 1;8(2).

Zampoli M, Gray D, Sendagire C, Marangu DM. Conducting research in Africa: Lessons from the COAST trial. Journal: Journal of the Pan African Thoracic Society. 2022:12-5.

Malande OO, Munube D, Afaayo RN, Chemweno C, Nzoka M, Kipsang J, Musyoki AM, Meyer JC, Omayo LN, Owino-Okongo L. Adverse events following immunization reporting and impact on immunization services in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: a prospective mixed-methods study. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2021;40.

Tuti T, Collins GS, English M, Aluvaala J. External validation of inpatient neonatal mortality prediction models in high-mortality settings.

Imam A, Obiesie S, Aluvaala J, Maina M, Gathara D, English M. Missed nursing care in acute care hospital settings in low-middle income countries: a systematic review protocol. Wellcome Open Research. 2021 Dec 21;6(359):359.

Mitchell EJ, Aluvaala J, Bradshaw L, Daniels JP, Kumar A, Opira J, Oliver M, Pallotti P, Qureshi Z, Swinden R, Were F. Evaluation of an enhanced training package to support clinical trials training in low and middle income countries (LMICs): experiences from the Born Too Soon Optimising Nutrition study.

Donà D, Gastaldi A, Barbieri E, Bonadies L, Aluvaala J, English M. Empirical Antimicrobial Therapy of Neonates with Necrotizing Enterocolitis: A Systematic Review. American Journal of Perinatology. 2021 Jun 14.

Rutagarama F, Muganga R, Konrad K, Teteli R, Semakula M, Musafili A, Laigong P, Mutesa L. Vitamin D Levels in Mother–Baby Pairs: A Cross-Sectional Prospective Study in a Rwandan Tertiary Hospital. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics. 2021 Jun;67(3):fmab024.

LaCourse SM, Escudero JN, Mecha J, Warr AJ, Richardson BA, Carimo N, Cranmer LM, Maleche-Obimbo E, Matemo D, Kinuthia J, Hawn TR. Cumulative Mtb infection incidence (measured primarily by TST) among infants with HIV exposure: observational follow-up of an isoniazid prophylaxis trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2022 May 24.

Warr AJ, Anterasian C, Shah JA, De Rosa SC, Nguyen FK, Maleche-Obimbo E, Cranmer LM, Matemo D, Mecha J, Kinuthia J, LaCourse SM. A CD4+ TNF+ monofunctional memory T-cell response to BCG vaccination is associated with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection in infants exposed to HIV. EBioMedicine. 2022 Jun 1;80:104023.

Wang J, Mugo C, Omondi VO, Njuguna IN, Maleche-Obimbo E, Inwani I, Hughes JP, Slyker JA, John-Stewart G, Wamalwa D, Wagner AD. Home-based HIV Testing for Children: A Useful Complement for Caregivers with More Children, Who are Male, and with an HIV Negative Partner. AIDS and Behavior. 2022 Mar 19:1-1.

Kay AW, Rabie H, Maleche-Obimbo E, Sekadde MP, Cotton MF, Mandalakas AM. HIV-Associated tuberculosis in children and adolescents: Evolving epidemiology, screening, prevention and management strategies. Pathogens. 2021 Dec 29;11(1):33.

Benki-Nugent SF, Yunusa R, Mueni A, Laboso T, Tamasha N, Njuguna I, Gómez L, Wamalwa DC, Tapia K, Maleche-Obimbo E, Bangirana P. Lower Neurocognitive Functioning in HIV-Exposed Uninfected Children Compared With That in HIV-Unexposed Children. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2022 Apr 1;89(4):441-7.

Attia EF, Kaufman JD, Maleche-Obimbo E. Pediatric Pneumonia: Another Problem Plagued by Inequity in Health Care. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine. 2022 Jan 15;205(2):142-4.

Kaplan SR, Escudero JN, Mecha J, Richardson BA, Maleche-Obimbo E, Matemo D, Kinuthia J, John-Stewart GC, LaCourse SM. Interferon Gamma Release Assay and Tuberculin Skin Test Performance in Pregnant Women Living With and Without HIV. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2022 Jan 1;89(1):98-107.

Dongo JP, Graham SM, Nsonga J, Wabwire-Mangen F, Maleche-Obimbo E, Mupere E, Nyinoburyo R, Nakawesi J, Sentongo G, Amuge P, Detjen A. Implementation of an effective decentralised programme for detection, treatment and prevention of tuberculosis in children. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2021 Sep;6(3):131.

Sparrow E, Adetifa I, Chaiyakunapruk N, Cherian T, Fell DB, Graham BS, Innis B, Kaslow DC, Karron RA, Nair H, Neuzil KM, Saha S, Smith PG, Srikantiah P, Were F, Zar HJ, Feikin D. WHO preferred product characteristics for monoclonal antibodies for passive immunization against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in infants–Key considerations for global use. Vaccine. 2022 Jun 9;40(26):3506-3510.

Zhao Y, Osano B, Were F, Kiarie H, Nicodemo C, Gathara D, English M. Characterising hospitals’ suitability for medical officer internship training in Kenya: analysis of the Kenya Harmonized Health Facility Assessment.

Boaz OS, Fred W, Wanjoi KE. Effect of Selenium on Weight Change of HIV 1 Positive Pre-puberty Treatment Naive Children: Tick Phenomenon. Journal of Health and Environmental Research. 2021 Jul 23;7(3):134-8.

Wagner AD, Augusto O, Njuguna IN, Gaitho D, Mburu N, Oluoch G, Carimo N, Mwaura P, Cherutich P, Oyiengo L, Gimbel S, John-Stewart GC, Nduati R, Sherr K. Systems Analysis and Improvement Approach to optimize the pediatric and adolescent HIV Cascade (SAIA-PEDS): a pilot study. Implementation Science Communications. 2022 Dec;3(1):1-2.

Macharia P, Pérez-Navarro A, Inwani I, Nduati R, Carrion C. Developing an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data-based mobile phone app to provide adolescents with sexual reproductive health information: A human-centered design approach.Research Square; 2022.

Mwenda N, Kosgei M, Kerich G, Nduati R. Tweedie Model for Predicting Factors Associated with Distance Traveled to Access Inpatient Services in Kenya. Journal of Probability and Statistics. 2022 Apr 19;2022.

Macharia P, Pérez-Navarro A, Sambai B, Inwani I, Kinuthia J, Nduati R, Carrion C. An Unstructured Supplementary Service Data–Based mHealth App Providing On-Demand Sexual Reproductive Health Information for Adolescents in Kibra, Kenya: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 2022 Apr 15;10(4):e31233.

Oseso L, Krakowiak D, Nduati R, Farquhar C, Kinuthia J, Osoti AO, Guthrie B. Past Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Predicts Incident IPV During Pregnancy and Post‐partum in Pregnant Women in Kisumu, Kenya. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics. 2022.

Nduati R, Overbaugh J, Doria-Rose N, Chohan V, Itell H, Hennessy B, Cale EM, Garrett M, Gobillot T, Doepker L, Shipley MM. A diverse collection of B cells responded to HIV infection in infant BG505.

Pavlinac PB, Singa BO, Tickell KD, Brander RL, McGrath CJ, Amondi M, Otieno J, Akinyi E, Rwigi D, Carreon JD, Tornberg-Belanger SN, Nduati R, Babigumira JB, Meshak L, Bogonko G, Kariuki S, Richardson BA, John-Stewart GC, Walson JL. Azithromycin for the prevention of rehospitalisation and death among Kenyan children being discharged from hospital: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Global Health. 2021 Nov 1;9(11):e1569-78.

Simonich C, Shipley MM, Doepker L, Gobillot T, Garrett M, Cale EM, Hennessy B, Itell H, Chohan V, Doria-Rose N, Nduati R. A diverse collection of B cells responded to HIV infection in infant BG505. Cell Reports Medicine. 2021 Jun 15;2(6):100314.

Ickes S, Oddo V, Kim J, Kinyua J, Denno D, Myhre J, Ithondeka A, Iannotti L, Farquhar C, Singa B, Nduati R. Social Support, Maternal Agency, Postnatal Depression, and Domestic Violence Influence the Formal Employment-Exclusive Breastfeeding Relationship: Evidence From Kenya. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2021 Jun;5(Supplement_2):652-.

Ickes S, Kinyua J, Adams J, Denno D, Myhre J, Ithondeka A, Iannotti L, Farquhar C, Singa B, Walson J, Nduati R. Effect of Access to Workplace Supports for Breastfeeding Among Formally Employed Mothers in Kenya. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2021 Jun;5(Supplement_2):651-.

Mugambi S, Hussain SR, Laving A, Okiro P, Muthee B. Hemobilia secondary to choledochal cyst. Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports. 2021;75(102082):

Shah SS, Laving A, Okech-Helu VC, Kumar M. Depression and its associated factors: perceived stress, social support, substance use and related sociodemographic risk factors in medical school residents in Nairobi, Kenya. BMC psychiatry. 2021 Dec;21(1):1-5.

Esezobor CI, Alakaloko AE, Admani B, Ellidir R, Nourse P, McCulloch MI. Paediatric Nephrology in Africa. Current Pediatrics Reports. 2021 Dec;9(4):134-4

Kebaya L, Wamalwa D, Kariuki N, Admani B, Ayieko P, Nduati R. Efficacy of Mobile phone use on adherence to Nevirapine prophylaxis and retention in care among the HIV-exposed infants in prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV: a randomized controlled trial. BMC pediatrics. 2021 Dec;21(1):1-8.

ShadaePaulID, KirkbyD.Tickell, EdnahOjee, ChrisOduol, SarahMartin,BensonSinga, ScottIckes, DonnaM.Denno   Knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of Kenyan healthcare workers regarding pediatric discharge from hospital    PLOS one          PLoS ONE 16(4):e0249569;DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249569. 2021 April

Rabia Maqsood,Joshua B. Reus,Lily I. Wu,LaRinda A. Holland,Ruth Nduati,Dorothy Mbori-Ngacha,Elizabeth Maleche-Obimbo,Emily R. Begnel,Soren Gantt,Ednah Ojee,Dalton Wamalwa,Grace John-Stewart,Jennifer Slyker,Dara A. Lehman,Efrem S. Lima.Breast Milk Virome and Bacterial Microbiome Resilience in Kenyan Women Living with HIV      mSystems (American systems for microbiology)March/April 2021 Volume 6 Issue 2 e01079-20. 2021 March

Mungai LNW, Mohammed Z, Maina M, Anjumanara O. Vitamin D Review: The Low Hanging Fruit for Human Health. J Nutr Metab. 2021 Dec 2;2021:6335681.

Mungai LNW, Njeru CM, Nyamai LA, Maina M. Mucopolysaccharidosis Type II: A Kenyan Case Series. Int J Endocrinol. 2021 Dec 22;2021

Francisco K, Kumar R, Mungai L, Wamalwa D, Nduati R (2021) Determinants of Caretakers Acceptability of HIV Testing among Children Admitted at Lubango Provincial Pediatric Hospital, Angola. Int Arch Public Health Community Med 5:054. 

AO von Saint Andre-von, RK Kumar, AP Oron, QUP Nguyen, DM Mutonga et al. Family Assisted Severity of Illness Monitoring for Hospitalized Children in Low Income Settings. Ped Crit Care Medicine: 2021 - Volume 22 - Issue 2 - p e115-e224.

AO von Saint Andre-von, RK Kumar, JD Clark, BS Wilfond, QUP Nguyen et al. Family Assisted Severity of Illness Monitoring for Hospitalized Children in Low- Resource Settings - A Two-Arm Interventional Feasibility Study. Frontiers in Pediatrics: 2022;10. 

FACULTY PUBLICATIONS IN 2020/2021

Gwako GN, Were F, Obimbo MM, Kinuthia J, Gachuno OW, Gichangi PB. Association between utilization and quality of antenatal care with stillbirths in four tertiary hospitals in a low-income urban setting. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2020 Jul 10. doi: 10.1111/aogs.13956.

Inwani I, Chhun N, Agot K, Cleland CM, Rao SO, Nduati R, Kinuthia J, Kurth AE. Preferred HIV Testing Modalities Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Kenya. J Adolesc Health. 2020 Aug 10:S1054-139X(20)30404-3. 

Wagner AD, Wilson KS, Babigumira JB, Mugo C, Mutiti PM, Neary J, Wamalwa DC, Bukusi D, John-Stewart GC, Kohler PK, Slyker JA. Can Adolescents and Young Adults in Kenya Afford Free HIV Testing Services? J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2020 Jul-Aug;31(4):483-492

Njuguna IN, Wagner AD, Neary J, Omondi VO, Otieno VA, Orimba A, Mugo C, Babigumira JB, Levin C, Richardson BA, Maleche-Obimbo E, Wamalwa DC, John-Stewart G, Slyker J. Financial incentives to increase pediatric hiv testing: a randomized trial. AIDS. 2020 Oct 8. 

Karman E, Wilson KS, Mugo C, Slyker JA, Guthrie BL, Bukusi D, Inwani I, John-Stewart GC, Wamalwa D, Kohler PK. Training Exposure and Self-Rated Competence among HIV Care Providers Working with Adolescents in Kenya. J Int Assoc Provid AIDS Care. 2020 Jan-Dec

Slyker JA, Guthrie B, Pankau M, Tapia K, Wamalwa D, Benki-Nugent S, Ngugi E, Huang ML, Njuguna I, Langat A, John-Stewart G, Lehman D. Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus viremia are associated with HIV DNA levels in the reservoir of Kenyan infants on antiretroviral therapy. J Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 

Culhane J, Sharma M, Wilson K, Roberts DA, Mugo C, Wamalwa D, Inwani I, Barnabas RV, Kohler PK. Modeling the health impact and cost threshold of long-acting ART for adolescents and young adults in Kenya. EClinicalMedicine. 2020 Jul

Akech S, Chepkirui M, Ogero M, Agweyu A, Irimu G, English M, Snow RW. The Clinical Profile of Severe Pediatric Malaria in an Area Targeted for Routine RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccination in Western Kenya. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 11;71(2):372-380.

Ogero M, Akech S, Malla L, Agweyu A, Irimu G, English M; Clinical Information Network Author Group. Examining which clinicians provide admission hospital care in a high mortality setting and their adherence to guidelines: an observational study in 13 hospitals. Arch Dis Child. 2020 Jul;105(7):648-654.

Mugo C, Njuguna I, Nduati M, Omondi V, Otieno V, Nyapara F, Mabele E, Moraa H, Sherr K, Inwani I, Maleche-Obimbo E, Wamalwa D, John-Stewart G, Slyker J, Wagner AD. From research to international scale-up: stakeholder engagement essential in successful design, evaluation and implementation of paediatric HIV testing intervention. Health Policy Plan. 2020 Sep

Oliwa JN, Odero SA, Nzinga J, van Hensbroek MB, Jones C, English M, Van't Hoog A. Perspectives and practices of health workers around diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis in hospitals in a resource-poor setting - modern diagnostics meet age-old challenges. BMC Health Serv Res. 2020 Aug 1;20(1):708. 

Aluvaala J, English M. Implementing change for facility-based peripartum care in low-income and middle-income countries. Lancet Glob Health. 2020 Aug;8(8):e980-e981

Seminario AL, Kemoli A, Benki-Nugent S, Chebet D, Gomez L, Wamalwa D, John-Stewart G, Slyker JA. Caregivers' report of HIV-associated oral manifestations among HIV-unexposed, exposed, and infected Kenyan children. Int J Paediatr Dent. 2020 Dec 25.

Slyker JA, Guthrie B, Pankau M, Tapia K, Wamalwa D, Benki-Nugent S, Ngugi E, Huang ML, Njuguna I, Langat A, John-Stewart G, Lehman D. Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus viremia are associated with HIV DNA levels in the reservoir of Kenyan infants on antiretroviral therapy. J Infect Dis. 2020 Oct 16

Mugo C, Wang J, Begnel ER, Njuguna IN, Maleche-Obimbo E, Inwani I, Slyker JA, John-Stewart G, Wamalwa DC, Wagner AD. Home- and Clinic-Based Pediatric HIV Index Case Testing in Kenya: Uptake, HIV Prevalence, Linkage to Care, and Missed Opportunities. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2020 Dec 15

Mugo C, Njuguna I, Nduati M, Omondi V, Otieno V, Nyapara F, Mabele E, Moraa H, Sherr K, Inwani I, Maleche-Obimbo E, Wamalwa D, John-Stewart G, Slyker J, Wagner AD. From research to international scale-up: stakeholder engagement essential in successful design, evaluation and implementation of paediatric HIV testing intervention. Health Policy Plan. 2020 Nov 20;35(9):1180-1187

Njuguna IN, Beima-Sofie K, Mburu CW, Mugo C, Neary J, Itindi J, Onyango A, Richardson BA, Rubin Means A, Sharma M, Weiner BJ, Wagner AD, Oyiengo L, Wamalwa D, John-Stewart G. Adolescent transition to adult care for HIV-infected adolescents in Kenya (ATTACH): study protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation cluster randomised trial. BMJ Open. 2020 Dec 2

English M, Nzinga J, Irimu G, Gathara D, Aluvaala J, McKnight J, Wong G, Molyneux S. Programme theory and linked intervention strategy for large-scale change to improve hospital care in a low and middle-income country - A Study Pre-Protocol. Wellcome Open Res. 2020 Dec 18;5:265

English M, Ogola M, Aluvaala J, Gicheha E, Irimu G, McKnight J, Vincent CA. First do no harm: practitioners' ability to 'diagnose' system weaknesses and improve safety is a critical initial step in improving care quality. Arch Dis Child. 2020 Dec 23:archdischild-2020-320630.

Gwako GN, Obimbo MM, Gichangi PB, Kinuthia J, Gachuno OW, Were F. Association between obstetric and medical risk factors and stillbirths in a low-income urban setting.Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2020 Dec 11

English M, Strachan B, Esamai F, Ngwiri T, Warfa O, Mburugu P, Nalwa G, Gitaka J, Ngugi J, Zhao Y, Ouma P, Were F. The paediatrician workforce and its role in addressing neonatal, child and adolescent healthcare in Kenya. Arch Dis Child. 2020 Oct;105(10):927-931. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2019-318434. Epub 2020 Jun 18.

Kariuki EW, Kuria MW, Were FN, Ndetei DM. Effectiveness of a brief psychoeducational intervention on postnatal depression in the slums, Nairobi: a longitudinal study. Arch Womens Ment Health. 2020 Nov 16

Mitchell EJ, Qureshi ZP, Were F, Daniels J, Gwako G, Osoti A, Opira J, Bradshaw L, Oliver M, Pallotti P, Ojha S. Feasibility of using an Early Warning Score for preterm or low birthweight infants in a low-resource setting: results of a mixed-methods study at a national referral hospital in Kenya. BMJ Open. 2020 Oct 28;10(10):e039061

Aluvaala J, Collins G, Maina B, Mutinda C, Waiyego M, Berkley JA, English M. Prediction modelling of inpatient neonatal mortality in high-mortality settings. Arch Dis Child. 2020 Oct 22

Oliwa JN, Nzinga J, Masini E, van Hensbroek MB, Jones C, English M, Van't Hoog A. Improving case detection of tuberculosis in hospitalised Kenyan children-employing the behaviour change wheel to aid intervention design and implementation.Implement Sci. 2020 Nov 25;15(1)

Omar AA, Nyaga G, Mungai LNW. Pseudotumor cerebri in patient on leuprolide acetate for central precocious puberty. Int J Pediatr Endocrinol. 2020 Dec 3;2020

Njuguna IN, Wagner AD, Neary J, Omondi VO, Otieno VA, Orimba A, Mugo C, Babigumira JB, Levin C, Richardson BA, Maleche-Obimbo E, Wamalwa DC, John-Stewart G, Slyker J. Financial incentives to increase pediatric HIV testing: a randomized trial. AIDS. 2021 Jan 1;35(1):125-130.

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