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  1. Recovery and long-term health outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a prospective cohort in an urban setting, Kenya

    Article • Global Health Action, May 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  2. Perinatal depression in Rural Kenya and the associated risk and protective factors: A prospective cohort study before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • January 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  3. Recovery and long-term health outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a prospective cohort in an urban setting, Kenya

    Article • November 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  4. Evaluation of population immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants, EG.5.1, FY.4, BA.2.86, JN.1, and JN.1.4, using samples from two health demographic surveillance systems in Kenya

    Article • June 2024, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  5. The challenges of implementing antibiotic stewardship in diverse poultry value chains in Kenya

    Article • Agriculture and Human Values, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Emma J Roe, Abdhalah Ziraba

  6. SARS‐CoV‐2 seroprevalence and implications for population immunity: Evidence from two Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites in Kenya, February–December 2022

    Article • Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, September 2023, Wiley

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  7. Learning from serosurveillance for SARS-CoV-2 to inform pandemic preparedness and response

    Article • The Lancet, July 2023, Elsevier

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  8. 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

    Article • May 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  9. Impact of DREAMS interventions on experiences of violence among adolescent girls and young women: Findings from population-based cohort studies in Kenya and South Africa

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, May 2023, PLOS

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  10. Understanding the Politics of Covid-19 in Kampala, Nairobi and Mogadishu: A Political Settlements Approach

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2023, Elsevier

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  11. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and implications for population immunity: Evidence from two Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites in Kenya, February-June 2022

    Article • October 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  12. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in three Kenyan health and demographic surveillance sites, December 2020-May 2021

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, August 2022, PLOS

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  13. Awareness and uptake of the Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe HIV prevention package over time among population-based cohorts of young women in Kenya and South Africa

    Article • AIDS, June 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  14. DREAMS impact on HIV status knowledge and sexual risk among cohorts of young women in Kenya and South Africa

    Article • AIDS, June 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  15. Impact of the DREAMS Partnership on social support and general self-efficacy among adolescent girls and young women: causal analysis of population-based cohorts in Kenya and South Africa

    Article • BMJ Global Health, March 2022, BMJ

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  16. SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence in three Kenyan Health and Demographic Surveillance Sites, December 2020-May 2021

    Article • February 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  17. Attitudes towards vaccines and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19: a cross-sectional analysis—implications for public health communications in Australia

    Article • BMJ Open, January 2022, BMJ

    Keven Joyal-Desmarais, Yaiphaba Meitei, Abdhalah Ziraba

  18. Trends and risk factors for non-communicable diseases mortality in Nairobi slums (2008–2017)

    Article • Global Epidemiology, November 2021, Elsevier

    Damazo Kadengye, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  19. Invariance of the WHO violence against women instrument among Kenyan adolescent girls and young women: Bayesian psychometric modeling

    Article • PLOS One, October 2021, PLOS

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  20. Early impact of the DREAMS partnership on young women’s knowledge of their HIV status: causal analysis of population-based surveys in Kenya and South Africa

    Article • Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, September 2021, BMJ

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  21. Impact of the DREAMS interventions on educational attainment among adolescent girls and young women: Causal analysis of a prospective cohort in urban Kenya

    Article • PLOS One, August 2021, PLOS

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  22. The Conundrum of Low COVID-19 Mortality Burden in sub-Saharan Africa: Myth or Reality?

    Article • Global Health Science and Practice, July 2021, Johns Hopkins School Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Communication Programs

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  23. Reaching early adolescents with a complex intervention for HIV prevention: findings from a cohort study to evaluate DREAMS in two informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • BMC Public Health, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  24. Persistent barriers to the use of maternal, newborn and child health services in Garissa sub-county, Kenya: a qualitative study

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, May 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  25. Depressive symptoms as predictors of sexual experiences among very young adolescent girls in slum communities in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, May 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  26. Experiences of violence among adolescent girls and young women in Nairobi’s informal settlements prior to scale-up of the DREAMS Partnership: Prevalence, severity and predictors

    Article • PLOS One, April 2020, PLOS

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  27. Global burden of respiratory infections associated with seasonal influenza in children under 5 years in 2018: a systematic review and modelling study

    Article • The Lancet Global Health, April 2020, Elsevier

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  28. Awareness and uptake of layered HIV prevention programming for young women: analysis of population-based surveys in three DREAMS settings in Kenya and South Africa

    Article • BMC Public Health, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  29. “If there are no female nurses to attend to me, I will just go and deliver at home”: a qualitative study in Garissa, Kenya

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  30. Perceptions on donated human milk and human milk banking in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • Maternal and Child Nutrition, July 2019, Wiley

    Taddese Zerfu, Abdhalah Ziraba

  31. Status of birth and pregnancy outcome capture in Health Demographic Surveillance Sites in 13 countries

    Article • International Journal of Public Health, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba, Joseph Akuze Waiswa, Daniel K. Azongo

  32. “I lost close friends when they realized I had TB” – The lived experiences of TB patients in Nairobi City County, Kenya

    Article • June 2019, Research Square

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  33. Who are the male sexual partners of adolescent girls and young women? Comparative analysis of population data in three settings prior to DREAMS roll-out

    Article • PLOS One, September 2018, PLOS

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  34. Evaluating the impact of the DREAMS partnership to reduce HIV incidence among adolescent girls and young women in four settings: a study protocol

    Article • BMC Public Health, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  35. Understanding HIV risks among adolescent girls and young women in informal settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Lessons for DREAMS

    Article • PLOS One, May 2018, PLOS

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  36. The role of a decision-support smartphone application in enhancing community health volunteers’ effectiveness to improve maternal and newborn outcomes in Nairobi, Kenya: quasi-experimental research protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, July 2017, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  37. An assessment of the evolution of Kenya’s solid waste management policies and their implementation in Nairobi and Mombasa: analysis of policies and practices

    Article • Environment and Urbanization, May 2017, SAGE Publications

    Tilahun Nigatu Haregu, Dr Dickson A Amugsi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  38. A review and framework for understanding the potential impact of poor solid waste management on health in developing countries

    Article • Archives of Public Health, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  39. Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health: key messages from Disease Control Priorities 3rd Edition

    Article • The Lancet, December 2016, Elsevier

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  40. Use of Private and Public Health Facilities for essential Maternal and Child Health Services in Nairobi City informal settlements: Perspectives of Women and Community Health Volunteers

    Article • African Population Studies, October 2016, Stellenbosch University

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  41. Integration of Solid Waste Management Policies in Kenya: Analysis of coherence, gaps and overlaps

    Article • African Population Studies, September 2016, Stellenbosch University

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  42. The estimated incidence of induced abortion in Kenya: a cross-sectional study

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, August 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  43. Correction: Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV-1 Coinfection in Two Informal Urban Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • PLOS One, July 2015, PLOS

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  44. Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV-1 Coinfection in Two Informal Urban Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • PLOS One, June 2015, PLOS

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  45. Unsafe abortion in Kenya: a cross-sectional study of abortion complication severity and associated factors

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, February 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  46. Effect of HIV status on fertility intention and contraceptive use among women in nine sub-Saharan African countries: evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys

    Article • Global Health Action, October 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  47. The effect of enhanced public–private partnerships on Maternal, Newborn and child Health Services and outcomes in Nairobi–Kenya: the PAMANECH quasi-experimental research protocol

    Article • BMJ Open, October 2014, BMJ

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  48. Trends in childhood mortality in Kenya: The urban advantage has seemingly been wiped out

    Article • Health & Place, September 2014, Elsevier

    Benta A. Abuya, Abdhalah Ziraba

  49. Are slum dwellers at heightened risk of HIV infection than other urban residents? Evidence from population-based HIV prevalence surveys in Kenya

    Article • Health & Place, September 2012, Elsevier

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  50. Determinants for HIV testing and counselling in Nairobi urban informal settlements

    Article • BMC Public Health, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  51. Fatal Injuries in the Slums of Nairobi and their Risk Factors: Results from a Matched Case-Control Study

    Article • Journal of Urban Health, June 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  52. The effect of participant nonresponse on HIV prevalence estimates in a population-based survey in two informal settlements in Nairobi city

    Article • Population Health Metrics, July 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  53. Sero-prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis B virus infection among health care workers in a tertiary hospital in Uganda

    Article • BMC Infectious Diseases, June 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  54. Overweight and obesity in urban Africa: A problem of the rich or the poor?

    Article • BMC Public Health, December 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  55. ‘If you start thinking positively, you won't miss sex’: narratives of sexual (in)activity among people living with HIV in Nairobi's informal settlements

    Article • Culture Health & Sexuality, November 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  56. Maternal mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi city: what do we know?

    Article • Reproductive Health, April 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  57. The state of emergency obstetric care services in Nairobi informal settlements and environs: Results from a maternity health facility survey

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, March 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba

  58. The burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: Results from a Demographic Surveillance System

    Article • Population Health Metrics, March 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba

  59. What does Access to Maternal Care Mean Among the Urban Poor? Factors Associated with Use of Appropriate Maternal Health Services in the Slum Settlements of Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • Maternal and Child Health Journal, February 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Abdhalah Ziraba