Publications
Isaiah P.M, Nyawanda B, Okoyo C, Oloo J.O, Steinmann P. Schistosomiasis status and health impact in preschool-aged children in hard-to-reach areas and populations of Homa Bay County, Kenya. Acta Trop. 2025;261(107511). DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107511
Isaiah P.M, Nyawanda B, Okoyo C, Steinmann P. Kato-Katz versus urine POC-CCA for the diagnosis of Schistosoma mansoni in preschool-aged children in Homa Bay County, Kenya. Parasitol Res. 2025;124(2):25. DOI: 10.1007/s00436-025-08467-3
Nyawanda B.O. Bayesian spatial-temporal modelling to assess the impact of climate variability and control interventions on the burden of malaria in Kenya. Basel: Univ. Basel, 2025. Doctoral Thesis, University of Basel, Faculty of Science DOI: 10.5451/unibas-ep96881
Thesis
Nyawanda B.O, Kariuki S, Khagayi S, Bigogo G, Danquah I, Munga S, Vounatsou P. Forecasting malaria dynamics based on causal relations between control interventions, climatic factors, and disease incidence in western Kenya. J Glob Health. 2024;14:04208. DOI: 10.7189/jogh.14.04208
Nyawanda B.O, Khagayi S, Obor D, Odhiambo S.B, Beloconi A, Otieno N.A, Bigogo G, Kariuki S, Munga S, Vounatsou P. The effects of climatic and non-climatic factors on malaria mortality at different spatial scales in western Kenya, 2008-2019. BMJ Glob Health. 2024;9(9):e014614. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014614
Nyawanda B.O, Khagayi S, Ochomo E, Bigogo G, Kariuki S, Munga S, Vounatsou P. The influence of malaria control interventions and climate variability on changes in the geographical distribution of parasite prevalence in Kenya between 2015 and 2020. Int J Health Geogr. 2024;23:22. DOI: 10.1186/s12942-024-00381-8
Beloconi A, Nyawanda B.O, Bigogo G, Khagayi S, Obor D, Danquah I, Kariuki S, Munga S, Vounatsou P. Malaria, climate variability, and interventions: modelling transmission dynamics. Sci Rep. 2023;13(1):7367. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33868-8
Nyawanda B.O, Beloconi A, Khagayi S, Bigogo G, Obor D, Otieno N.A, Lange S, Franke J, Sauerborn R, Utzinger J, Kariuki S, Munga S, Vounatsou P. The relative effect of climate variability on malaria incidence after scale-up of interventions in western Kenya: a time-series analysis of monthly incidence data from 2008 to 2019. Parasite Epidemiol Control. 2023;21:e00297. DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2023.e00297