Eliud Akama

Biographic Data

ID6206757
NAMEEliud Akama
GIVEN NAMESEliud
FAMILY NAMEAkama
SIGNATUREAKAMA E
AFFILIATIONSKenya Medical Research Institute
ORCID0000-0003-1567-4756
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • “ I feel like a guest on the other side ”

    Open AccessGladys Moraa Ontuga, Dorothy I Mangale et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    Adolescents and young adults living with HIV (AYAH) face significant challenges when transitioning from adolescent to adult HIV services. Up to 50% of AYAH do not remain engaged in care after transition, which may result in virological failure. We sought to understand challenges to clinic transitions and youth-identified solutions to optimize health outcomes. We conducted three focus group discussions (FGDs) (n = 33) and a 4-day participatory, hu…

  • Enhancing engagement in HIV care among adolescents and young adults

    Open AccessHarriet Fridah Adhiambo, Clovis Mwamba et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Structural, psychological, and clinical barriers to HIV care engagement among adolescents and young adults living with HIV (AYAH) persist globally despite gains in HIV epidemic control. Phone-based peer navigation may provide critical peer support, increase delivery flexibility, and require fewer resources. Prior studies show that phone-based navigation and automated text messaging interventions improve HIV care engagement, adherence, and retenti…

  • Examining and classifying reasons for missing viral loads among adults living with HIV

    Open AccessHarriet Fridah Adhiambo, Jayne Lewis-Kulzer et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Gaps in HIV RNA monitoring persist globally impeding the ability to determine clinical progress and outcomes. This study systematically evaluated provider (e.g., guideline non-adherence), system (e.g., laboratory error) and participant-level (e.g., refusal) drivers of missed viral load (VL) monitoring measurements among people with HIV in Kenya. Adults aged 18–65 years were followed across five health facilities in Kenya as part of a clinical tri…

  • Experiences and perceptions of conditional cash incentive provision and cessation among people with HIV for care engagement

    Open AccessJulia Giordano, Jayne Lewis-Kulzer et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    CCTs do not appear to exert their effects through motivation, but instead act through creating opportunities for better care engagement. This study helps us better understand the durability of financial incentives for HIV care engagement and support the idea that careful consideration be exercised when implementing incentives for sustainable engagement effects

  • User-informed tailoring of electronic and in-person peer navigation strategies to improve retention in HIV care for adolescents and young adults

    Zachary Kwena, Zachary Arochi Kwena et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2024

    Poor adherence and retention in HIV care remain a major challenge among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Strategies are urgently required to support AYA to remain in care for better health outcomes. We explored AYA preferences regarding the format and delivery of electronic and in-person peer navigation to improve HIV care outcomes. This formative qualitative study was conducted among AYA enrolled in…

  • A youth-centred approach to improving engagement in HIV services

    Open AccessEliud Akama, Laura K Beres et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    Introduction Innovative interventions are needed to improve HIV outcomes among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) living with HIV. Engaging AYAs in intervention development could increase effectiveness and youth acceptance, yet research is limited. We applied human-centred design (HCD) to refine adherence-support interventions pretrial and assessed HCD workshop acceptability

  • Financial and Food Insecurity are Primary Challenges to Breastfeeding for Women Living with HIV in Western Kenya

    Open AccessEmily L Tuthill, Ann E Maltby et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2023

  • I Found Out I was Pregnant, and I Started Feeling Stressed”

    Open AccessEmily L Tuthill, Ann E Maltby et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2021

    Globally, depressive symptoms among pregnant and postpartum (i.e., perinatal) women living with HIV (WLWH) are alarmingly high and associated with poor outcomes such as suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), and early cessation of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF). Few qualitative studies have described the experience of perinatal depression among WLWH to identify the underlying social-structural determinants of poor mental health and …

  • Retention and viral suppression of newly diagnosed and known HIV positive pregnant women on Option B+ in Western Kenya

    Eliud Akama, Abigail Nimz et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2019

    Kenya introduced universal antiretroviral treatment (ART) for pregnant and breastfeeding women living with HIV (Option B+) in 2014. A retrospective study was conducted to review consecutive records for HIV positive pregnant women presenting for antenatal care (ANC) at five clinics in western Kenya. Known positive women (KP :HIV diagnosis prior to current pregnancy) were compared to newly positive (NP) women regarding virologic suppression and ret…

  • Impact of a Rapid Results Initiative Approach on Improving Male Partner Involvement in Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV in Western Kenya

    Open AccessEliud Akama, Margaret Mburu et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2018

  • From ‘half-dead’ to being ‘free’

    Sydney A Spangler, L Abuogi et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2018

    In sub-Saharan Africa, self-disclosure of HIV-positive status may be a pivotal action for improving access to prevention of mother-to-child transmission services. However, understanding of HIV stigma and disclosure, and their effects on demand for care remains incomplete - particularly in the current context of new antiretroviral therapy guidelines. The purpose of this study was to explore these issues among self-disclosed couples living in south…

  • Perspectives of healthcare providers and HIV-affected individuals and couples during the development of a Safer Conception Counseling Toolkit in Kenya

    Okeoma Mmeje, Betty Njoroge et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2016

    Reproduction is important to many HIV-affected individuals and couples and healthcare providers (HCPs) are responsible for providing resources to help them safely conceive while minimizing the risk of sexual and perinatal HIV transmission. In order to fulfill their reproductive goals, HIV-affected individuals and their partners need access to information regarding safer methods of conception. The objective of this qualitative study was to develop…

  • Health facility challenges to the provision of Option B+ in western Kenya

    Open AccessAnna Helova, Eliud Akama et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2016Cited by: 1References: 23

    Current WHO guidelines recommend lifelong antiretroviral therapy (ART) for all HIV-positive individuals, including pregnant and breastfeeding women (Option B+) in settings with generalized HIV epidemics. While Option B+ is scaled-up in Kenya, insufficient adherence and retention to care could undermine the expected positive impact of Option B+. To explore challenges to the provision of Option B+ at the health facility level, we conducted forty in…