Publications

Published Research Material
pdf Disruptions of neurological services, its causes and mitigation strategies during COVID-19: a global review

García-Azorín D, Seeher KM, Newton CR et al

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00415-021-10588-5
pdf A bibliometric analysis of COVID-19 research in Africa

Guleid FH, Oyando R, Kabia E et al

https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/5/e005690
pdf Seroprevalence of Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 among Health Care Workers in Kenya

Etyang AO, Lucinde R, Karanja H et. al

https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab346/6248493
pdf Addressing power asymmetries in global health: Imperatives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

Abimbola S, Asthana S, Montenegro C, et al

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003604
pdf Examining unit costs for COVID-19 case management in Kenya.

Barasa E, Kairu A, Ng’ang’a W, et al

https://gh.bmj.com/content/6/4/e004159.info
pdf Answer to Paredes et al. commenting on “COVID-19 vaccines under the International Health Regulations – We must use the WHO International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis”

Agoti CN, Mutunga M, Lambisia AW, et al

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33639296/
pdf Pooled testing conserves SARS-CoV-2 laboratory resources and improves test turn-around time: experience on the Kenyan Coast [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]

Agoti CN, Mutunga M, Lambisia AW, et al

https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-186
pdf Policy and research frame of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: reflections on urban informality

Nyadera IN, Onditi F, Obimbo MM, Muchina SK.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33585051/
pdf The importance of supplementary immunisation activities to prevent measles outbreaks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya

Mburu CN, Ojal J, Chebet R, et al

https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-021-01906-9
pdf Evaluating risk to people with epilepsy during the COVID-19 pandemic: Preliminary findings from the COV-E study

Thorpe J, Ashby S, Hallab A, et al

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7698680/
pdf Key criteria for the ethical acceptability of COVID-19 human challenge studies: Report of a WHO Working Group

Jamrozik E, Littler K, Bull S, et al

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264410X20313955
pdf COVID-19 vaccines under the International Health Regulations – We must use the WHO International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis

Petersen E, Lucey D, Blumberg L, Kramer LD, et al

https://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(21)00050-3/fulltext
pdf Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Kenyan blood donors

Uyoga S, Adetifa IMO, Karanja HK, et al

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6524/79
pdf Paediatric care in the time of COVID-19 in countries with under-resourced healthcare systems

Duke T, English M, Carai S, et al

https://adc.bmj.com/content/105/7/616.long
pdf [Preprint] Examining Unit Costs for COVID-19 Case Management in Kenya

Barasa EW et al

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.08.20209684v1

pdf [Preprint] Tracking the introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in coastal Kenya

Githinji G et al,

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.05.20206730v1
pdf Pooled testing conserves SARS-CoV-2 laboratory resources and improves test turn-around time: experience on the Kenyan Coast [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]

Agoti CN et al

https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-186
pdf What role can health policy and systems research play in supporting responses to COVID-19 that strengthen socially just health systems?

Gilson L et al

https://academic.oup.com/heapol/advance-article/doi/10.1093/heapol/czaa112/5918196
pdf The impact of COVID-19 control measures on social contacts and transmission in Kenyan informal settlements

Quaife M et al

https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-020-01779-4
pdf Sub-Saharan Africa preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A perspective of early career African scientists

Umviligihozo G, et al

https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-163
pdf Surveillance of endemic human coronaviruses (HCoV-NL63, OC43 and 229E) associated with childhood pneumonia in Kilifi, Kenya.

Otieno GP et al

https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-150
pdf The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic: how have immunology societies contributed?

Faith osier et al

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-020-00428-4
pdf Infection prevention and control during the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and opportunities for Kenyan public hospitals [version 1; peer review: 1 approved]

Maina M et al

https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-211
pdf Using contact data to model the impact of contact tracing and physical distancing to control the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Kenya [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]

Wagner M, Kombe IK, Kiti MC et al

https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-212
pdf [PrePrint] Revealing the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya based on serological and PCR-test data

Ojal J et al

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.02.20186817v1
pdf Revealing the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya based on serological and PCR-test data

Ojal J et al

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.09.02.20186817v1
pdf [Preprint] The importance of supplementary immunisation activities to prevent measles outbreaks during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya

Mburu CN et al

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.25.20181198v1
pdf COVID-19: an opportunity to improve infection prevention and control in LMICs

Maina M et al

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30352-1/fulltext
pdf [Preprint] Mapping physical access to healthcare for older adults in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis with implications for the COVID-19 response

Geldsetzer P et al

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.17.20152389v3
pdf [Pre-print] Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Kenyan blood donors

Uyoga S et al

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.27.20162693v1
pdf Assessing the hospital surge capacity of the Kenyan health system in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic

Barasa EW et al

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0236308
pdf A vulnerability index for COVID-19: spatial analysis at the subnational level in Kenya

Macharia PM et al

https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/8/e003014.long
pdf Systems and implementation science should be part of the COVID-19 response in low resource settings

English M et al

https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-020-01696-6
pdf An optimisation of four SARS-CoV-2 qRT-PCR assays in a Kenyan laboratory to support the national COVID-19 rapid response teams [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]

Said K et al

https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-162
pdf A rapid and reproducible picture of open access health facility data in Africa to support the COVID-19 response [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]

South A et al

https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-157
pdf The need for COVID-19 research in low- and middle-income countries

Gupta N, et al

https://ghrp.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41256-020-00159-y
pdf Is the effect of COVID‐19 on children underestimated in low‐ and middle‐ income countries?

Simba J et al

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/apa.15419
pdf Racism, the public health crisis we can no longer ignore

Devakumar D et al

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31371-4/fulltext
pdf Keeping people with epilepsy safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

French JA et al

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7455365/
pdf [Preprint] The impact of COVID-19 control measures on social contacts and transmission in Kenyan informal settlements

Quaife M et al

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.06.20122689v1
pdf Transmission and evolutionary dynamics of human coronavirus OC43 strains in coastal Kenya investigated by partial spike sequence analysis

Abidha CA et al

https://academic.oup.com/ve/article/6/1/veaa031/5850432
pdf [Preprint] A vulnerability index for COVID-19: spatial analysis to inform equitable response in Kenya

Macharia PM, et al

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.27.20113803v1
pdf Ethics of controlled human infection to address COVID-19

Shah SK et al,

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6493/832?rss=1
pdf [Preprint] Parasites and their protection against COVID-19- Ecology or Immunology?

Ssebambulidde K et al

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.11.20098053v1
pdf An appeal for practical social justice in the COVID-19 global response in low-income and middle-income countries

Kelley M et al

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(20)30249-7/fulltext
pdf [Preprint] The impact of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on health systems and household resources in Africa and South Asia

Davies NG et al

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.06.20092734v1
pdf Protecting children in low-income and middle-income countries from COVID-19

Ahmed S et al

https://gh.bmj.com/content/5/5/e002844.long
pdf Access to lifesaving medical resources for African countries: COVID-19 testing and response, ethics, and politics

Kavanagh MM et al

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31093-X/fulltext
pdf [Preprint] Forecasting the scale of the COVID-19 epidemic in Kenya

Brand SPC et al

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.09.20059865v2
pdf [Preprint] Assessing the Hospital Surge Capacity of the Kenyan Health System in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Barasa EW et al

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.08.20057984v1