John Mathenge

Biographic Data

ID2108116
NAMEJohn Mathenge
GIVEN NAMESJohn
FAMILY NAMEMathenge
SIGNATUREMATHENGE J
AFFILIATIONSFamily Health Options Kenya
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Integrating Anogenital Health Care Into HIV Programs for Queer Men in Kenya

    Open AccessLisa Lazarus, Matthew Thomann et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2025References: 3

    Amid shifting political and funding landscapes for HIV prevention, how do we recognize the localized knowledges and skills accumulated at the grassroots, and which undergird community-led health service delivery for "key populations"? Lateralization advances an alternative implementation approach for a new generation of HIV programs that not only meets the global health policy direction of "integrative health" but also centres community insights …

  • Therapeutic Trajectories of Kenyan Queer Men with Anal Warts

    Matthew Thomann, John Maina Wambui et al.ARTICLEMedical Anthropology2025References: 30

    Human papillomavirus (HPV)-related anal infection is high among African gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM). In Kenya, queer men living with HPV-related anal warts often avoid health facilities, fearing homophobic retaliation from providers. In this paper, we present data collected over 24 months of ethnographic research, foregrounding the therapeutic trajectories of 35 men with advanced cases of anal warts requiring surgical…

  • Toward improving anal health care among GBMSM in Kenya

    Open AccessSamuel Anyula Gorigo, Collins J Owek et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2024

    We aimed to illuminate the challenges of treating anal diseases among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in a homophobic climate amid resource constraints. Building on a long-term Kenyan-Canadian collaboration, an anal healthcare intervention study, known as the WEMAH Project, was initiated in January 2022. The initial collaborative work strengthened existing anal health services provided at a community-based clinic serving…

  • Community Insights in Phylogenetic HIV Research

    Open AccessFrançois Cholette, Lisa Lazarus et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2023

    Inferring HIV transmission networks from HIV sequences is gaining popularity in the field of HIV molecular epidemiology. However, HIV sequences are often analyzed at distance from those affected by HIV epidemics, namely without the involvement of communities most affected by HIV. These remote analyses often mean that knowledge is generated in absence of lived experiences and socio-economic realities that could inform the ethical application of ne…

  • An urgent call to include men who have sex with men in the HPV immunisation programme in Kenya

    Open AccessRobert Lorway, Pascal Macharia et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

  • Validity and reliability of the Neilands sexual stigma scale among Kenyan gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men

    Open AccessChristine Korhonen, Christine J Korhonen et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Our findings suggest enacted and perceived sexual stigma are distinct yet closely related constructs among GBMSM in Kenya and are associated with poor mental health and substance use

  • Sexual health among Kenyan male sex workers in a time of Covid-19

    Open AccessPascal Macharia, Samantha Moore et al.ARTICLEHealth Education Journal2021

    Objective: This report identifies the profound effects that the COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant government lockdown have had on sexual health services delivery to a community of marginalised male sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya. Methods: Based on the experiences shared during ongoing virtual conversations with peer health workers, a case study was developed to identify the challenges encountered by peer health workers. Findings: Peer health wor…

  • Beyond biomedical and comorbidity approaches

    Open AccessMonika Doshi, Pascal Macharia et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2020

    We explored general health and psychosocial characteristics among male sex workers and other men who have sex with men in Nairobi, Kenya. A total of 595 MSM/MSW were recruited into the study. We assessed group differences among those who self-reported HIV positive (SR-HIVP) and those who self-reported HIV negative (SR-HIVN) and by affinity group membership. Quality of life among SR-HIVP participants was significantly worse compared to SR-HIVN par…

  • The effects of Covid-19 on the health and socio-economic security of sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya

    Open AccessJoshua Kimani, Joyce Adhiambo et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2020

    The COVID-19 pandemic, and its attendant responses, has led to massive health, social, and economic challenges on a global scale. While, so far, having a relatively low burden of COVID-19 infection, it is the response in lower- and middle- income countries that has had particularly dire consequences for impoverished populations such as sex workers, many of whom rely on regular income in the informal economic sector to survive. This commentary cap…

  • Ecologies of security

    Open AccessRobert Lorway, Lisa Lazarus et al.ARTICLEGlobal Public Health2018

    This paper highlights important environmental dimensions of HIV vulnerability by describing how the sex trade operates in Nairobi, Kenya. Although sex workers there encounter various forms of violence and harassment, as do sex workers globally, we highlight how they do not merely fall victim to a set of environmental risks but also act upon their social environment, thereby remaking it, as they strive to protect their health and financial interes…