• WCN25-1183 implementing CKD patient education in a low-resource setting: a mixed methods feasibility study in Western Kenya 

  Owino*1, Christopher; Tang, Jie; Wachira, Juddy; Koech, Mathew (2025)

  Introduction: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is a huge public health concern in sub-Saharan Africa. As a chronic condition, it often requires strong patient engagement in self-management to slow disease progression and ...
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic across Africa: Current Status of Vaccinations and Implications for the Future 

  Malande, Oliver O.; Ogunleye, Olayinka O.; Godman, Brian; Fadare, Joseph O.; Mudenda, Steward; Adeoti, Adekunle O.; Yinka-Ogunleye, Adesola F.; Ogundele, Sunday O.; Oyawole, Modupe R.; Schönfeldt, Marione; Rashed, Wafaa M.; Galal, Ahmad M.; Masuka, Nyasha; Zaranyika, Trust; Kalungia, Aubrey C. (MDPI, 2022-09)

  The introduction of effective vaccines in December 2020 marked a significant step forward in the global response to COVID-19. Given concerns with access, acceptability, and hesitancy across Africa, there is a need to ...
• Psychiatric morbidity among patients living with epilepsy at a tertiary referral hospital in Western Kenya: A cross-sectional study 

  Odhiambo, Agnes Achieng; Kinyanjui, Daniel Waiganjo.C; Momanyi, Robina Kerubo (MEDRXIV, 2026)

  Background Psychiatric comorbidities commonly have a negative impact on epilepsy outcomes. However, they are continuously ignored in routine epilepsy care, with focus directed more towards seizure control. There is paucity ...
• Management of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) in resource limited settings: The Kenyan Experience 

  Migowa, Angela; Samia, Pauline; del Rossi, Sean; Malande, Oliver Ombeva; Shah, Jasmit; Kenei, Chemutai; Ayaya, Joy; Jeruto, Daisy; Oyiengo, Laura; Lewandowski, Laura (Springer, 2022-12)

  Background: Since the onset of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, there have been growing concerns regarding multi- system inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). This study aims to describe the clinico-epidemiological ...
• The average direct health care and non-health care (overhead) costs for... The immediate treatment outcomes and cost estimate for managing clinical measles in children admitted at Mulago Hospital: A retrospective cohort study 

  Namugga, Barbara; Malande, Ombeva; Kitonsa, Jonathan; Manirakiza, Leonard; Banura, Cecily; Mupere, Ezekiel (PLOS, 2023-07)

  Over the recent years, the Ministry of Health in Uganda has reported multiple measles out- breaks in various districts despite the availability of a safe cost effective vaccine. Measles, especially among the unvaccinated ...
• Determinants of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine hesitancy in sub- Saharan Africa: A systematic review 

  Omayo, LN; Malande, OO; Musyoki, AM; Hoffman, PX; Adamu, VE (Journal of the African Society for Paediatric infectious Diseases Society, 2023-05)

  Background: Vaccine hesitancy is a major public health issue that has negatively impacted vaccine uptake in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The reasons why individuals hesitate or refuse to vaccinate are variable and factors ...
• Farmer managed natural regeneration and community development: an analysis of impact in selected countries 

  Chesire, Michael Aiyabei; Kigen, Charles; Munyao, Carol Munini; Korir, Janet; Too, Prisca Tanui (2025)

  Purpose: This paper explores the relationship between community development and Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) as a strategy for resource conservation and community empowerment. It highlights how FMNR contributes ...
• Coupling Nile Basin 2050 scenarios with the IPCC 2100 projections for climate-induced risk reduction 

  Onencan, Abby; Enserink, Bert; Walle, Bartel Van de; Chelang’a, James (Elsvier, 2016)

  Scenarios are valuable tools that could support decision making under deep uncertainty, nevertheless, their potential remains untapped. The paper explores whether participatory scenario construction in the form of stories ...
• Vitamin D Deficiency among Children Aged 2-59 Months with Severe Pneumonia attending a Ugandan Tertiary Hospital: a cross-sectional study 

  Jananga, Imelda Elizabeth; Kiboneka, Elizabeth; Ndeezi, Grace; Malande, Ombeva O.; Nantanda, Rebecca; Kibaru, Elizabeth (Research square, 2024-08)

  Vitamin D is an immune modulator that regulates the production of antimicrobial peptides cathelicidin and Beta-defensins-2 which are important in the immune response. Global estimates of the deficiency are about 50% of ...
• The effects of colonialism on indigenous conflict resolution systems among Pokot and Turkana communities 

  Wahome, Mary; Ng’ang’a, Daniel (2020)

  Colonialism impacted local cultures far beyond their infrastructure, government and geography. In addition to eroding indigenous power structures, the structural violence inflicted during colonialism left native populations ...
• Conducting graduate tracer studies for quality assurance in East African Universities: a focus on graduate students voices on quality culture 

  Badiru, Egesah Omar; Wahome, Mary (IISTE, 2016)

  The purpose of this paper is to propose a guide for graduate trace studies (GTS) to be adopted by universities and other higher education institutions (HEIs) in East Africa. Their essential role notwithstanding, graduate ...
• Malaria and dengue fever in febrile children entering healthcare facilities in Mwanza, Tanzania 

  Neema M. Kayange; Oliver Ombeva Malande; Philip Koliopoulos; Stephan Gehring; Britta Groendahl; Bahati Wajanga; Bahati Msaki; Baraka Revocatus; Stephen E. Mshana (PLOS, 2024-11)

  Plasmodium spp. infections and cases of malaria are a long-standing public health problem for children living in middle- and low-income countries. Dengue virus causes an emerging under-recognized disease burden. A cross ...
• Modification of automobile shock absorbers thickness and weight parameters for adaptation on poorly maintained roads via mathematical modelling 

  Owino, Benard Ouma; Kweyu, Cleophas M.; Rotich, Titus Chebion (Science Publishing company, 2026-02)

  Uneven oscillatory forces applied to an object cause vibration, which can lead to noise, discomfort, and mechanical wear. The optimization of shock absorber thickness and weight is critical for enhancing vehicle performance ...
• Perceptions of caregivers and healthcare providers regarding vaccinations for children with immune mediated inflammatory disorders (IMIDs) in Nairobi, 

  Oliver Ombeva Malande; Christine Chege; Angela Migowa; Barnabas Kigen; Mutunga Nzoka; Lawrence Owino-Okongo; Julia Jerono Songok (The Journal of the African Society for Paediatric infectious Diseases Society (JAfSPID), 2024-11)

  Background: Children with immune mediated inflammatory disorders (IMIDs) are at an increased risk of various types of vaccine preventable diseases. Appropriate immunization practices are therefore key for survival, and ...
• Zero-dose or under immunized: Where should the emphasis lie? 

  Oliver Ombeva Malande; Johanna C. Meyer; Victor Eneojo Adamu; Deogratias Munube; Richard Muhindo; Barnabas Kigen; Julia Jerono Songok; Kamulegeya John; Keneth Mugume; Lawrence Owino-Okongo; Brian Godman (Journal of the African Society for Paediatric infectious Diseases Society, 2024-12)

  Vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) pose significant morbidity and mortality globally. Two years after the endorsement of Immunization Agenda 2030 (IA2030), the number of children not fully vaccinated increased from 19 ...
• Perception of teachers towards the social studies curriculum in public primary schools in Kakamega Municipality, Kakamega County, Kenya 

  Rotich, Joan Chelangat; Yungungu, Alice M. (2015)

  The Social Studies Curriculum helps learners to make informed and reasoned decisions for the public good as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society in an independent world. The purpose of this study was to ...
• The voices of elders on the past indigenous foodways and futures in Kenya 

  Kwapong, Nana Afranaa; Kipkoech, Brian; Korir, Lilian; Hannaford, Matthew J.; Mathewson, Abbie; Kokwon, Costa; Too, Prisca Tanui; Chelanga, James; Chesire, Michael (SSRN, 2026)

  Indigenous crops have historically supported resilient food systems in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet their potential remains underutilised and neglected within African food systems. Drawing on oral historical accounts from 79 ...
• Techno-economic analysis of local manufacturing of perovskite photovoltaic modules for electricity generation in Ethiopia 

  Meheretu, Getnet; Worku, Ababay Ketema; Yihunie, Moges T.; Koech, Richard K; Wubetu, Getasew A (Elsvier, 2025-10)

  Perovskite solar cells can be potential contenders for future photovoltaic technologies due to their high efficiency, affordability, and simple manufacturing process. This study focuses on the techno-economic analysis of ...
• Editorial: Advancements in HPV research: integrating diagnostics, vaccination, and women’s health 

  Nkwinika, Varsetile Varster; Ismail, Zeenat; Onywera, Harris; Adamu, Abdu Abdullahi; Malande, Oliver Ombeva (Frontiers in Health Services, 2026-01)

  Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection leading to cervical cancer remains one of the most urgent public health challenges worldwide. In 2022 alone, there were an estimated 662,301 new cervical cancer cases and 348,874 ...
• The crisis of governance: politics and ethnic conflict in Kenya 

  Ndege, Peter O.; Chelanga, James; Singo, Stephen M, (Moi University. Center for Refugee Studies and Moi University Press, 2009)

  The most pronounced characteristics of Kenya's governance since independence in 1963 are ethnicity, ethnic conflict and the politics of patronage and clientelism. Today, Kenya is more ethnically divided than it has ever ...

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