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Personal profile
Research expertise
I am a spatial epidemiologist / geospatial analyst
I am interested in spatial health metrics for improved understanding of health disparities and inequalities at high spatial and temporal resolution in SSA and LMICs. Particularly geographic access to healthcare, population marginalisation and vulnerability indicators, coverage of interventions, disease prevalence and associated determinants. I have expertise working with a variety of datasets, but mostly household surveys, censuses, health facility data, environmental data, demographic and socioeconomic datasets.
I have trained various audiences on how to apply spatial analysis and GIS in class, research, work and implementation settings especially for public, and global health. I have a PhD in spatial epidemiology, a Master's in GIS & remote sensing, a PgDip in Health Research, and a BSc in Geomatic Engineering & GIS. I am widely published in spatial epidemiology.
Research interests
- Spatial analysis
- GIS
- Geostatistics
- Mapping
- Urban
- Population health
Education/Academic qualification
Spatial epidemiology, PhD, Mapping Trends and Determinants of Under-Five Mortality at Sub-National Levels in Kenya: 1965 - 2015, Open University Milton Keynes
Award Date: 17-Nov-2020
Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing, Msc, Spatial models for the rational allocation of routinely distributed bed nets to public health facilities in Western Kenya, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Award Date: 17-Nov-2017
Health Research Methods, PgDip, Spatial accessibility to basic public health services in South Sudan, Pwani University
Award Date: 24-Sept-2015
Geomatic Engineering and GIS, Bsc, GIS analysis and spatial modelling for optimal oil pipeline route location. A case study of proposed Isiolo Nakuru pipeline route, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Award Date: 27-Jun-2014
External positions
Visiting Scientist, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
1-Mar-2021 → …
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Projects
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Discontinu-Cities: Discontinu-Cities: Bevorderen van methodologisch en empirisch inzicht in de complexe dynamiek van zorgverlening en gebruik van moederlijke zorg in Afrikaanse steden met een case study van Conakry, Guinee
Benova, L., Benova, L., Alexandre, D., Dens, S., Nieto Sanchez, C. & Macharia, P.
1/01/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Research Project
Research output
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Comparing modelled with self-reported travel time and the used versus the nearest facility: modelling geographic accessibility to family planning outlets in Kenya
CM4FP Group, 2022, In: BMJ Global Health . 7, 5, e008366.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Defining service catchment areas in low-resource settings
Macharia, P. M., Ray, N., Giorgi, E., Okiro, E. A. & Snow, R. W., 2021, In: BMJ Global Health . 6, 7, e006381.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Geographic accessibility to public and private health facilities in Kenya in 2021: an updated geocoded inventory and spatial analysis
Moturi, A. K., Suiyanka, L., Mumo, E., Snow, R. W., Okiro, E. A. & Macharia, P. M., 2022, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 10, 1002975.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Choice of a family planning outlet in urban areas: the role of distance and quality of services in Kenya and Uganda
Winston, J., Calhoun, L. M., Guilkey, D., Macharia, P. M. & Speizer, I. S., 2023, In: Frontiers in Global Women's Health. 4, 1117849.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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Modelling geographical accessibility to urban centres in Kenya in 2019
Macharia, P. M., Mumo, E. & Okiro, E. A., 2021, In: PLoS ONE. 16, 5, e0251624.Research output: Contribution to journal › A1: Web of Science-article › peer-review
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