Elizabeth Maleche‐Obimbo

Biographic Data

ID7047503
NAMEElizabeth Maleche‐Obimbo
GIVEN NAMESElizabeth
FAMILY NAMEMaleche‐Obimbo
SIGNATUREOBIMBO E M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Nairobi
ORCID0000-0001-7871-3367
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Indoor and outdoor fine particulate matter and carbon monoxide concentrations in homes of infants in Nairobi, Kenya

    Open AccessVincent K Kipter, Faridah Hussein Were et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Early life exposure to air pollution is associated with adverse health outcomes in children however few studies have investigated children’s air pollution exposures in urban settings in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We measured fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) and carbon monoxide (CO) in homes of infants in Nairobi, Kenya and conducted exploratory analysis of exposure factors. Questionnaires captured household characteristics and self-reported air p…

  • Effect of diet video-drama and telephone messages on improving parental knowledge and diet diversity of malnourished children in Kenya

    Open AccessBeatrice C Mutai, Fred Were et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) accounts for 1 million deaths globally each year. Ready-to-use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), recommended for treatment, is often replaced with low-nutrient home foods. We sought to determine the effect of enhanced caregiver counselling, using a dramatized video with contextualized demonstrations of local high-nutrient food (video-drama) and telephone messages on high-nutrient foods (SMS), on children’s dietary diversity…

  • Educational attainment and self-reported environmental exposures of pregnant women living in Nairobi, Kenya

    Open AccessChristopher Zuidema, Priscillah Wanini Edemba et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Environmental exposures experienced by pregnant women living in cities of low- and middle-income countries are poorly described. We collected information on housing characteristics, household and ambient air pollution, and work-related exposures through questionnaires in a cohort of 400 pregnant women in Nairobi, Kenya and examined exposures in relation to educational attainment, a proxy for socioeconomic status. Participants were median 26 years…

  • Magnitude and factors associated with post-tuberculosis lung disease in low- and middle-income countries

    Open AccessElizabeth Maleche‐Obimbo, Mercy Atieno Odhiambo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Background Emerging evidence suggests that after completion of treatment for tuberculosis (TB) a significant proportion of patients experience sequelae. However, there is limited synthesized evidence on this from low-income countries, from Sub-Saharan Africa, and in HIV infected individuals. We seek to provide an updated comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis on the magnitude and factors associated with post-TB lung disease (PTLD) in l…

  • Home-based HIV Testing for Children

    Open AccessJiayu Wang, Cyrus Mugo et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2022

  • Newly diagnosed HIV positive children

    Jillian Neary, Irene Njuguna et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2020

    Newly diagnosed HIV positive children may be unique index cases to identify undiagnosed parents. Data was used from the Pediatric Urgent Start of HAART (NCT02063880) trial, which enrolled hospitalized, ART-naïve, HIV positive children ages 0–12 years in Kenya. Exact McNemar’s tests were used to compare proportions of mothers and fathers tested for HIV, linked to care, and on ART at baseline and 6 months. This analysis included 87 newly diagnosed …

  • From research to international scale-up

    Open AccessCyrus Mugo, Irene Njuguna et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2020References: 24

    Stakeholder engagement between researchers, policymakers and practitioners is critical for the successful translation of research into policy and practice. The Counseling and Testing for Children at Home (CATCH) study evaluated a paediatric index case testing model, targeting the children of HIV-infected adults in care in Kenya. Researchers collaborated with stakeholders in the planning, execution and evaluation, and dissemination phases of CATCH…

  • Birth size and early pneumonia predict linear growth among HIV‐exposed uninfected infants

    Open AccessE Deichsel, Patricia B Pavlinac et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2019

    Stunting remains a global health priority, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. Identifying determinants of linear growth in HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) infants can inform interventions to prevent stunting in this vulnerable population. HIV-infected mothers and their uninfected infants were followed monthly from pregnancy to 12-month post-partum in Nairobi, Kenya. Mixed-effects models estimated the change in length-for-age z-score (LAZ) from birt…

  • Adapting a stigma scale for assessment of tuberculosis-related stigma among English/Swahili-speaking patients in an African setting

    Open AccessDiana Marangu, Hannah Mwaniki et al.ARTICLEStigma and Health2016

    The adapted 8-item SSCI appears to be a useful tool that may be administered by health workers in English or Swahili to quantify TB stigma among TB patients in Kenya

  • Prevalence, perceptions, and correlates of pediatric HIV disclosure in an HIV treatment program in Kenya

    Grace John‐Stewart, Grace C John-Stewart et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2013

    Disclosure to HIV-infected children regarding their diagnosis is important as expanding numbers of HIV-infected children attain adolescence and may become sexually active. In order to define correlates of pediatric disclosure and facilitate development of models for disclosure, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of primary caregivers of HIV-1 infected children aged 6-16 years attending a pediatric HIV treatment program in Nairobi, Kenya. We co…