Emelda Okiro
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Kenyan public health researcher
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Emelda Okiro's Degrees
- Bachelors Public Health University of Nairobi
- Masters Epidemiology Kenyatta University
- PhD Public Health University of Nairobi
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Emelda Aluoch Okiro is a Kenyan public health researcher who is lead of the Population Health Unit at the Kenya Medical Research Institute–Wellcome Trust program in Kenya. She looks to understand the determinants of health transitions and to evaluate access to health information. She is a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences.
Emelda Okiro's Published Works
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- Effect of a fall in malaria transmission on morbidity and mortality in Kilifi, Kenya (2008) (470)
- Estimating the Global Clinical Burden of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in 2007 (2010) (374)
- The decline in paediatric malaria admissions on the coast of Kenya (2007) (285)
- Access to emergency hospital care provided by the public sector in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015: a geocoded inventory and spatial analysis (2018) (217)
- Age patterns of severe paediatric malaria and their relationship to Plasmodium falciparum transmission intensity (2009) (150)
- Malaria in patients with sickle cell anemia: burden, risk factors, and outcome at the outpatient clinic and during hospitalization. (2010) (150)
- Respiratory syncytial virus infection and disease in infants and young children observed from birth in Kilifi District, Kenya. (2008) (149)
- Access to lifesaving medical resources for African countries: COVID-19 testing and response, ethics, and politics (2020) (125)
- A spatial database of health facilities managed by the public health sector in sub Saharan Africa (2019) (110)
- Temperature and Malaria Trends in Highland East Africa (2011) (102)
- Changing malaria intervention coverage, transmission and hospitalization in Kenya (2010) (97)
- Estimating the Number of Paediatric Fevers Associated with Malaria Infection Presenting to Africa's Public Health Sector in 2007 (2010) (89)
- Role of mass drug administration in elimination of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a consensus modelling study (2017) (87)
- Respiratory syncytial virus epidemiology in a birth cohort from Kilifi district, Kenya: infection during the first year of life. (2004) (86)
- Malaria paediatric hospitalization between 1999 and 2008 across Kenya (2009) (86)
- Assessing the hospital surge capacity of the Kenyan health system in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020) (79)
- Molecular epidemiology of respiratory syncytial virus in Kilifi district, Kenya (2004) (78)
- Geospatial mapping of access to timely essential surgery in sub-Saharan Africa (2018) (75)
- Increasing malaria hospital admissions in Uganda between 1999 and 2009 (2011) (74)
- Spatial and temporal distribution of infectious disease epidemics, disasters and other potential public health emergencies in the World Health Organisation Africa region, 2016–2018 (2020) (69)
- Equity and adequacy of international donor assistance for global malaria control: an analysis of populations at risk and external funding commitments (2010) (68)
- Factors associated with increased risk of progression to respiratory syncytial virus-associated pneumonia in young Kenyan children (2008) (63)
- Spatio-temporal analysis of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence to understand the past and chart the future of malaria control in Kenya (2018) (60)
- Molecular analysis of respiratory syncytial virus reinfections in infants from coastal Kenya. (2006) (60)
- The effects of armed conflict on the health of women and children (2021) (59)
- The relationship between reported fever and Plasmodium falciparum infection in African children (2010) (55)
- Duration of shedding of respiratory syncytial virus in a community study of Kenyan children (2010) (50)
- Routine data for malaria morbidity estimation in Africa: challenges and prospects (2020) (46)
- Childhood Malaria Admission Rates to Four Hospitals in Malawi between 2000 and 2010 (2013) (45)
- Defining the relationship between Plasmodium falciparum parasite rate and clinical disease: statistical models for disease burden estimation (2009) (44)
- COVID-19 transmission dynamics underlying epidemic waves in Kenya (2021) (43)
- Complex interactions between malaria and malnutrition: a systematic literature review (2018) (39)
- National and sub-national variation in patterns of febrile case management in sub-Saharan Africa (2018) (39)
- A vulnerability index for COVID-19: spatial analysis at the subnational level in Kenya (2020) (39)
- Evaluation of a measles vaccine campaign by oral-fluid surveys in a rural Kenyan district: interpretation of antibody prevalence data using mixture models (2008) (36)
- Open letter to international funders of science and development in Africa (2021) (35)
- The clinical burden of malaria in Nairobi: a historical review and contemporary audit (2011) (30)
- Variations in Mortality in Children Admitted with Pneumonia to Kenyan Hospitals (2012) (30)
- Hospital Mortality – a neglected but rich source of information supporting the transition to higher quality health systems in low and middle income countries (2018) (30)
- The Incidence and Clinical Burden of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease Identified through Hospital Outpatient Presentations in Kenyan Children (2012) (29)
- Comparison of strain‐specific antibody responses during primary and secondary infections with respiratory syncytial virus (2007) (26)
- Spatial access inequities and childhood immunisation uptake in Kenya (2020) (25)
- The potential to expand antiretroviral therapy by improving health facility efficiency: evidence from Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia (2016) (25)
- Consensus modelling evidence to support the design of mass drug administration programmes: A report by the Malaria Modelling Consortium (MMC) for the Malaria Policy Advisory Committee (MPAC), World Health Organization, 16–18 September 2015, Geneva, Switzerland, Background document for Session 1 (2015) (22)
- Revealing the extent of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya based on serological and PCR-test data (2020) (21)
- A vulnerability index for COVID-19: spatial analysis to inform equitable response in Kenya (2020) (19)
- Methods of Measuring Spatial Accessibility to Health Care in Uganda (2021) (18)
- Coverage of routine reporting on malaria parasitological testing in Kenya, 2015–2016 (2017) (18)
- Identifying Infections with Respiratory Syncytial Virus by Using Specific Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assays with Oral-Fluid Samples (2008) (16)
- Uptake of WHO Recommendations for First-Line Antiretroviral Therapy in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia (2015) (16)
- Determinants of subnational disparities in antenatal care utilisation: a spatial analysis of demographic and health survey data in Kenya (2020) (15)
- Defining service catchment areas in low-resource settings (2021) (15)
- Mapping physical access to health care for older adults in sub-Saharan Africa and implications for the COVID-19 response: a cross-sectional analysis (2020) (14)
- The winding road to health: A systematic scoping review on the effect of geographical accessibility to health care on infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries. (2021) (14)
- Sub national variation and inequalities in under-five mortality in Kenya since 1965 (2019) (14)
- Malaria prevalence metrics in low- and middle-income countries: an assessment of precision in nationally-representative surveys (2017) (10)
- A systematic review of changing malaria disease burden in sub-Saharan Africa since 2000: comparing model predictions and empirical observations (2020) (10)
- Transmission dynamics of respiratory syncytial virus within the household and in the community (2007) (10)
- The indirect impact of COVID-19 pandemic on inpatient admissions in 204 Kenyan hospitals: An interrupted time series analysis (2021) (9)
- The Impact of a Community Awareness Strategy on Caregiver Treatment Seeking Behaviour and Use of Artemether-Lumefantrine for Febrile Children in Rural Kenya (2015) (8)
- Quantifying the indirect impact of COVID-19 pandemic on utilisation of outpatient and immunisation services in Kenya: a longitudinal study using interrupted time series analysis (2022) (8)
- Assessing vaccine cold chain storage quality: a cross-sectional study of health facilities in three African countries (2013) (8)
- Mapping physical access to healthcare for older adults in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis with implications for the COVID-19 response (2020) (8)
- Modelling geographical accessibility to urban centres in Kenya in 2019 (2021) (7)
- Geographic accessibility to public and private health facilities in Kenya in 2021: An updated geocoded inventory and spatial analysis (2022) (4)
- Estimates of subnational health trends in Kenya (2019) (4)
- Trends and Determinants of Antiretroviral Therapy Patient Monitoring Practices in Kenya and Uganda (2015) (4)
- A rapid and reproducible picture of open access health facility data in Africa to support the COVID-19 response. (2020) (3)
- Subnational estimates of factors associated with under-five mortality in Kenya: a spatio-temporal analysis, 1993–2014 (2021) (3)
- Retraction. A frequentist approach to estimating the force of infection and the recovery rate for a respiratory disease among infants in coastal Kenya. (2011) (3)
- Estimating the Plasmodium falciparum morbidity and mortality burden 2005 and 2009 in Somalia: Combining models of population distribution, time-space changes in malaria infection risk and the epidemiology of malaria disease burden (2010) (3)
- Revealing the extent of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya based on serological and PCR-test data (2021) (3)
- Defining medicine and commodity needs for the management of uncomplicated and severe malaria in Kenya’s formal sector using novel space-time geostatistical methods (2008) (2)
- Spatio-temporal analysis of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence to understand the past and chart the future of malaria control in Kenya (2018) (2)
- The impact of child health interventions and risk factors on child survival in Kenya, 1993–2014: a Bayesian spatio-temporal analysis with counterfactual scenarios (2021) (2)
- outcome at the outpatient clinic and during hospitalization Malaria in patients with sickle cell anemia: burden, risk factors, and (2013) (1)
- Geospatial mapping of timely access to inpatient neonatal care and its relationship to neonatal mortality in Kenya (2022) (1)
- What affects patient outcomes? A retrospective cross-country analysis of facility performance in sub-Saharan Africa (2013) (1)
- Modelling geographic access and school catchment areas across public primary schools to support subnational planning in Kenya (2022) (1)
- Model citizen - Authors’ reply (2017) (1)
- A reproducible picture of open access health facility data in Africa and R tools to support improvement (2021) (1)
- The effect of facility-based antiretroviral therapy programs on outpatient services in Kenya and Uganda (2017) (1)
- Reporting of diagnostic and laboratory tests by general hospitals as an indication of access to diagnostic laboratory services in Kenya (2022) (1)
- The production and costs of health service across four African countries: Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia (2013) (0)
- National and sub-national variation in patterns of febrile case management in sub-Saharan Africa (2018) (0)
- Age-distribution of RSV associated LRTI OPD presentations to KDH stratified by severity category in the Study Population. (2013) (0)
- Investigating rapid diagnostic testing in Kenya’s health system, 2018–2020: validating non-reporting in routine data using a health facility service assessment survey (2023) (0)
- Predictors of receiving baseline measurements: mixed effects logistic regression results for patients initiating in 2011–12. (2015) (0)
- THE CHANGING PATTERNS OF MALARIA ADMISSIONS SINCE 1999 AT 18 HOSPITALS ACROSS KENYA (2009) (0)
- MALARIA IN NAIROBI (2010) (0)
- Anaemia among Kenyan children: a call for improved monitoring and intervention in school-aged children (2020) (0)
- Percent of patients receiving baseline measurements by initiation year, 2007–2012. (2015) (0)
- Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection and Disease in Infants and Young Children Observed from Birth in Kilifi District, Kenya (2007) (0)
- Percent of established patients meeting weight monitoring guidelines, 2009–2012. (2015) (0)
- Revealing the extent of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya based on serological and PCR-test data. (2021) (0)
- Experience of Kenyan researchers and policy-makers with knowledge translation during COVID-19: a qualitative interview study (2022) (0)
- 10Ministry of Health, Government of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya (2020) (0)
- Malaria prevalence metrics in low- and middle-income countries: an assessment of precision in nationally-representative surveys (2017) (0)
- Progress towards achieving child survival goals in Kenya after devolution: Geospatial analysis with scenario-based projections, 2015–2025 (2022) (0)
- Childhood mortality during conflicts in Africa (2018) (0)
- Approaches to defining health facility catchment areas in sub-Saharan Africa (2022) (0)
- Revealing the extent of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya based on serological and PCR-test data. (2021) (0)
- Data on hospital, ICU beds, and ventilators in Kenya. (2020) (0)
- Sub-national variation of under five mortality and its determinants in Kenya since 1965 (2019) (0)
- Predictors of meeting CD4 and weight monitoring guidelines: mixed effects logistic regression results for established patients in care at the time of the survey. (2015) (0)
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