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Blessing Mberu

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Articles 47
Citations 1403
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General Medicine
Public Health
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Ivy Chumo
Caroline Kabaria
Helen Elsey
Sheillah Simiyu
Yazoume Ye
Ruilin Ren
Fred Arnold
Catherine Goodman
Kanyiva Muindi
Kara Hanson
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J Urban Health
BMJ Open
Front Public Health
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BMJ Glob Health
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Recent Articles
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Gender equality and quality of life must be central to the design and delivery of sanitation
Marphatia A, Simiyu S, Flint OKane M, Alexander K, Nascimento de Castro A, Azcona G, et al.
BMJ Glob Health . 2025 Jan; 10(1). PMID: 39848639
No abstract available.
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Spatial-Temporal Patterns in the Enteric Pathogen Contamination of Soil in the Public Environments of Low- and Middle-Income Neighborhoods in Nairobi, Kenya
Gutema F, Okoth B, Agira J, Amondi C, Busienei P, Simiyu S, et al.
Int J Environ Res Public Health . 2024 Oct; 21(10. PMID: 39457324
Public spaces in countries with limited societal development can be contaminated with feces containing pathogenic microbes from animals and people. Data on contamination levels, spatial distribution, and the diversity of...
3.
Progress in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in Cities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Are Wide Inequities Holding Back Cities?
Faye C, Mberu B, Boerma T
J Urban Health . 2024 Oct; 101(Suppl 1):1-4. PMID: 39441335
No abstract available.
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Landscape analysis of the Kenyan policy on the treatment and prevention of diarrheal disease among under-5 children
Mberu B, Simiyu S, Gutema F, Sewell D, Busienei P, Tumwebaze I, et al.
BMJ Open . 2024 Aug; 14(8):e081906. PMID: 39160109
Objective: Diarrhoea remains a leading cause of morbidity and death among under-5 children in Kenya, despite multipronged policy and programme initiatives to increase access to treatment. This study interrogates the...
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Health inequalities at the intersection of multiple social determinants among under five children residing Nairobi urban slums: An application of multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA)
Kibuchi E, Chumo I, Kabaria C, Elsey H, Phillips-Howard P, de Siqueira-Filha N, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2024 Feb; 4(2):e0002931. PMID: 38422055
In this analysis we examine through an intersectionality lens how key social determinants of health (SDOH) are associated with health conditions among under-five children (<5y) residing in Nairobi slums, Kenya....
6.
Voices and challenges of marginalized and vulnerable groups in urban informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya: building on a spectrum of community-based participatory research approaches
Karuga R, Kabaria C, Chumo I, Okoth L, Njoroge I, Otiso L, et al.
Front Public Health . 2023 Dec; 11:1175326. PMID: 38074741
Urbanization is rapidly increasing across Africa, including in Nairobi, Kenya. Many people, recent migrants and long-term residents, live within dense and dynamic urban informal settlements. These contexts are fluid and...
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Protocol for the PATHOME study: a cohort study on urban societal development and the ecology of enteric disease transmission among infants, domestic animals and the environment
Baker K, Simiyu S, Busienei P, Gutema F, Okoth B, Agira J, et al.
BMJ Open . 2023 Nov; 13(11):e076067. PMID: 38000826
Introduction: Global morbidity from enteric infections and diarrhoea remains high in children in low-income and middle-income countries, despite significant investment over recent decades in health systems and water and sanitation...
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Social inclusion of persons with disability in employment: what would it take to socially support employed persons with disability in the labor market?
Chumo I, Kabaria C, Mberu B
Front Rehabil Sci . 2023 Jul; 4:1125129. PMID: 37456796
Introduction: One of the major challenges that persons with disabilities (PWDs) are facing globally is unemployment. The challenge is attributed to systems that are not built with inclusivity in mind...
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Housing and health outcomes: evidence on child morbidities from six Sub-Saharan African countries
Muindi K, Iddi S, Gitau H, Mberu B
BMC Pediatr . 2023 May; 23(1):219. PMID: 37147616
Background: The connection between healthy housing status and health is well established. The quality of housing plays a significant role in infectious and non-communicable as well as vector-borne diseases. The...
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Complementarity of formal and informal actors and their networks in support of vulnerable populations in informal settlements: Governance diaries approach
Chumo I, Kabaria C, Shankland A, Igonya E, Mberu B
Front Public Health . 2023 Feb; 10:1043602. PMID: 36777785
Introduction: Beyond several interests and speculations on the relationship between formal and informal actors and their networks in support of vulnerable populations, most studies do not conclusively establish whether the...