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Personal profile
Research expertise
Paediatrician and health systems and implementation science researcher with over 15 years of experience in several clinical and health services studies, which have contributed to building evidenced-based guidelines and policies in Kenya and globally. Conducted high-level policy engagement sessions with stakeholders from multiple high and lower income countries, led teams from diverse cultural settings, and overseen budgets worth several million USD. Current research spans the adoption, use and abandonment of novel technologies and innovations (including digital health technologies and diagnostics) and their intersection with service delivery in hospitals in low resource settings, with a focus on vulnerable populations and a life course approach.
Expertise spans child and adolescent health, health systems research, implementation science, epidemiology, mixed methods, knowledge translation, digital health technologies, and medical education
Education/Academic qualification
Epidemiology, Master of Science in Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
PhD, Doctor of Medicine, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Medicine, Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery, University of Nairobi
Medicine, Master of Medicine (Paediatrics and Child Health), University of Nairobi
External positions
Visiting Senior Scientist, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
Visiting Research Fellow in Health Systems , University of Oxford
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Research output
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From evidence to action: taking stock of the Lancet Global Health Commission on medical oxygen security after a year
Rahman, A. E., Kitutu, F. E., Greenslade, L., Arifeen, S., Aqeel, M., Brito, L. F. D. M., Campbell, H., Toure, F. D., Falade, A. G., Garcia, P. J., Kissoon, N., Laxminarayan, R., Lipnik, M. S., Mvalo, T., Oliwa, J., Workneh, R. S., Ssengooba, F., Peterson, S. S., Graham, H. R. & King, C., Jun-2026, In: Lancet Global Health. 14, 6, 3 p., 103929.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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The Use of Nasal CPAP and Outcomes in Neonates with Respiratory Distress in Secondary care Hospitals in Kenya
Magondu, J., Maugo, B., Oliwa, J. & Maina, M., 27-May-2026, In: Pediatric Pulmonology. 61, p. 89-90 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract in journal
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A case of gastrointestinal tuberculosis in a 3-month-old infant with profound immunodeficiency
Karanja-Chege, C., Mwakisha, D., Okoth, W., Mbuthia, J., Ngwatu, P., Kamwetu, J. & Oliwa, J., 2025, In: Journal of Human Immunity. 1, ASID2025, eASID2025abstract.15.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract in journal
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Conceptualising hardship areas in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review
Auma, C. M. N., Karing'u, P., Harriss, E., English, M., Oliwa, J. & Okiro, E. A., 21-Nov-2025, In: International Journal for Equity in Health. 24, 1, 14 p., 326.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review
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Framework to guide the use of mathematical modelling in evidence-based policy decision-making
Oliwa, J., Guleid, F., Owek, C., Maluni, J., Jepkosgei, J., Nzinga, J., Were, V., Sim, S., Walekhwa, A., Clapham, H., Dabak, S., Sarin, K., Hadley, L., Undurraga, E., Hagedorn, B. & Hutubessy, R., 5-Apr-2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 4, 11 p., e093645.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review
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