Esther Mutuku

Biographic Data

ID4459575
NAMEEsther Mutuku
GIVEN NAMESEsther
FAMILY NAMEMutuku
SIGNATUREMUTUKU E
AFFILIATIONSAfrican Population and Health Research Center
ORCID0000-0002-7495-3205
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Severity and management of postabortion complications in Kenya

    Open AccessMargaret Giorgio, Kenneth Juma et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2026

    INTRODUCTION: Complications from induced abortion are an avoidable cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. A nationally representative 2012 study estimated that 37% of postabortion care patients in Kenya experienced severe complications. This study provides updated estimates of postabortion complication management and severity in Kenya. METHODS: Data were collected on 4666 postabortion care cases in a nationally representative sample of health…

  • Contextualising abortion opinions in Kenya

    Open AccessBoniface Ayanbekongshie Ushie, Isaiah G Akuku et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Abortion is a deeply controversial public health issue, evoking diverse opinions regardless of legal context. Yet policymaking often relies on generalised opinion surveys that lack contextual nuance. We examined public opinions of abortion in Kenya in relation to circumstances of rape, foetal anomaly, and maternal health risk. We used a nationally representative sample of 8,942 adults in Kenya, drawn from a database of 12 million phone users. Usi…

  • Assessing facility capacity to provide safe abortion and post-abortion care in Liberia

    Open AccessVictor S Koko, Victor S Koko Sr et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The study highlights the limitations to providing basic SAC and PAC among our sample of public health facilities in Liberia and the poor capacity of these health facilities to provide comprehensive PAC and SAC services in particular. Full implementation of the 2019 National Comprehensive Abortion Care Guidelines could strengthen critical SAC and PAC services by ensuring adequate resources and training of the healthcare workforce

  • Abortion-related morbidity and mortality in Sierra Leone

    Open AccessStephanie Küng, Francis Moses et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Compared to regional and global estimates, the burden of abortion-related complications in Sierra Leone is high. The recent effort to liberalize abortion law is promising; this potential legal reform must be paired with the expansion of safe abortion services to reduce abortion-related morbidity and mortality in the country. In the absence of legal change, our analysis also emphasizes the need to ensure PAC services are always free of cost, that …

  • Othering and Marginalizing the “Queer” in Rwanda

    Open AccessKristefer Stojanovski, Emmy Kageha Igonya et al.ARTICLESexuality Research and Social…2024Cited by: 3References: 11

    Introduction The multidimensionality of stigma that LGBT people experience globally necessitates research to explore the processes at work. The study aimed to quantify the level of othering and explore the process of LGBT othering in Rwanda. Methods We conducted a sequential cross-sectional mixed-methods study of LGBT lived experiences in Rwanda. We recruited 499 participants to complete the LGBT-specific survey and 1254 for the non-LGBT survey. …