Beatrice Wamuti

Biographic Data

ID7805261
NAMEBeatrice Wamuti
GIVEN NAMESBeatrice
FAMILY NAMEWamuti
SIGNATUREWAMUTI B
AFFILIATIONSHarvard University
ORCID0000-0003-3604-0509
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • “If they were telling us to go, we will go”

    Open AccessSein Kim, Beatrice Wamuti et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    INTRODUCTION: Few studies have explored the extent to which mother-newborn dyads have access to high-quality postnatal care (PNC) in low-income and middle-income countries. This study aims to measure effective (quality-adjusted) PNC coverage for newborns both before discharge and after discharge from the delivery facility, and for mothers before discharge, and to examine factors influencing access to high-quality PNC. METHODS: We conducted an exp…

  • Improving HIV assisted partner services outcomes by eliciting additional partners after the initial encounter

    Open AccessGeorge Otieno, Sarah Masyuko et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Most assisted partner services (APS) programs elicit partners at the time of HIV diagnosis when index clients may be reluctant to name all partners. Little is known about the benefits of ongoing partner elicitation after the initial visit. We utilized data collected in an APS implementation study across 31 facilities in western Kenya from August 2019 to June 2022. HIV testing service providers offered APS to consenting female index clients and as…

  • “I feel good because I have saved their lives”

    Open AccessBrienna Naughton, Mercy Owuor et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Introduction Assisted partner services (APS), or notification for sexual partners of people diagnosed with HIV, is an efficient, effective, and high yield strategy to identify people living with HIV and is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO). However, there remains a need to further understand the acceptability of APS qualitatively from a client lens, particularly when APS is integrated into the national health system. We investiga…

  • Integration of assisted partner services within Kenya’s national HIV testing services program

    Open AccessBeatrice Wamuti, Mercy Owour et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Assisted partner service (aPS) augments HIV case-finding among sex partners to individuals newly diagnosed with HIV. In 2016, aPS was incorporated into the national HIV testing services (HTS) program in Kenya. We evaluated the extent of, barriers to, and facilitators of aPS integration into HTS. We conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews (IDIs) with 32 stakeholders selected using purposive sampling at national, county, facility, and communi…

  • HIV assisted partner services (aPS) to support integrated HIV and hypertension screening in Kenya

    Open AccessBeatrice Wamuti, Betsy Sambai et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    HIV aPS holds promise for integrated HIV and hypertension screening among at-risk clients and their families. Twenty-nine percent of the male relatives had hypertension, higher than the national prevalence (24%), while one-third had pre-hypertension. We observed relatively high participant retention, reductions in blood pressure, and increase in antihypertensive medication uptake among those with confirmed hypertension. Future research expanding …