Wangari Ng’ang’a

Datos Biográficos

ID7826211
NOMBREWangari Ng’ang’a
NOMBRESWangari
APELLIDONg’ang’a
FIRMANG’ANG’A W
AFILIACIONESKenya School of Government
ORCID0000-0003-1440-0921
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Poverty is a social issue, not a mathematical problem”

    Open AccessBeryl Maritim, Rahab Mbau et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2026

    Background Kenya rolled out a UHC indigent program aimed to expand financial protection and health service access for poor households through subsidized health insurance under the national insurer, National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). As Kenya transitions to a new social health insurance framework under the Social Health Authority (SHA), understanding the implementation experience of the UHC indigent program is critical for informing the roll o…

  • Epidemiological impact and cost-effectiveness analysis of Covid-19 vaccination in Kenya

    Open AccessStacey Orangi, John Ojal et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    BACKGROUND: A few studies have assessed the epidemiological impact and the cost-effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in settings where most of the population had been exposed to SARS-CoV-2 infection. METHODS: We conducted a cost-effectiveness analysis of COVID-19 vaccine in Kenya from a societal perspective over a 1.5-year time frame. An age-structured transmission model assumed at least 80% of the population to have prior natural immunity when an …

  • Sars-CoV-2 seroprevalence in three Kenyan health and demographic surveillance sites, December 2020-May 2021

    Open AccessAnthony Etyang, Ifedayo Adetifa et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Background Most of the studies that have informed the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya have relied on samples that are not representative of the general population. We conducted population-based serosurveys at three Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSSs) to determine the cumulative incidence of infection with SARS-CoV-2. Methods We selected random age-stratified population-based samples at HDSSs in Kisumu, Nai…

  • Examining unit costs for Covid-19 case management in Kenya

    Open AccessEdwine Barasa, Angela Kairu et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: We estimated unit costs for COVID-19 case management for patients with asymptomatic, mild-to-moderate, severe and critical COVID-19 disease in Kenya. METHODS: We estimated per-day unit costs of COVID-19 case management for patients. We used a bottom-up approach to estimate full economic costs and adopted a health system perspective and patient episode of care as our time horizon. We obtained data on inputs and their quantities from …