Evelyn Waweru

Biographic Data

ID6333460
NAMEEvelyn Waweru
GIVEN NAMESEvelyn
FAMILY NAMEWaweru
SIGNATUREWAWERU E
AFFILIATIONSKenya Medical Research Institute
ORCID0000-0002-4599-8973
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Implementing community case management of malaria

    Open AccessEvelyn Waweru, Moses C Kiti et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Malaria detection in Kilifi, County, primarily relies on intermittent active surveillance at healthcare facilities. To strengthen control of uncomplicated malaria, community health promoters (CHPs) were engaged in community health education, case detection, and treatment. This study examines lessons from integrating CHPs in community case management of malaria (CCMm). We use a mixed-method, concurrent cross-sectional design, to document stakehold…

  • Political economy analysis of sub-national health sector planning and budgeting

    Open AccessBenjamin Tsofa, Evelyn Waweru et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Devolution represented a concerted attempt to bring decision making closer to service delivery in Kenya, including within the health sector. This transformation created county governments with independent executive (responsible for implementing) and legislative (responsible for agenda-setting) arms. These new arrangements have undergone several growing pains that complicate management practices, such as planning and budgeting. Relatively little i…

  • Political economy analysis of subnational health management in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda

    Open AccessDaniela C Rodríguez, L N Balaji et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2023

    The need to bolster primary health care (PHC) to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for health is well recognized. In Eastern and Southern Africa, where governments have progressively decentralized health decision-making, health management is critical to PHC performance. While investments in health management capacity are important, so is improving the environment in which managers operate. Governance arrangements, management …

  • Research Involving Health Providers and Managers

    Open AccessSassy Molyneux, Benjamin Tsofa et al.ARTICLEDeveloping World Bioethics2016

    There is a growing interest in the ethics of Health Policy and Systems Research ( HPSR ), and especially in areas that have particular ethical salience across HPSR . Hyder et al (2014) provide an initial framework to consider this, and call for more conceptual and empirical work. In this paper, we respond by examining the ethical issues that arose for researchers over the course of conducting three HPSR studies in Kenya in which health managers a…

  • Tracking implementation and (un)intended consequences

    Open AccessEvelyn Waweru, Carl Goodman et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2016References: 23

    In many African countries, user fees have failed to achieve intended access and quality of care improvements. Subsequent user fee reduction or elimination policies have often been poorly planned, without alternative sources of income for facilities. We describe early implementation of an innovative national health financing intervention in Kenya; the health sector services fund (HSSF). In HSSF, central funds are credited directly into a facility'…

  • Implementation of patient charges at primary care facilities in Kenya

    Open AccessA Opwora, Evelyn Waweru et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2015Cited by: 2References: 24

    With user fees now seen as a major hindrance to universal health coverage, many countries have introduced fee reduction or elimination policies, but there is growing evidence that adherence to reduced fees is often highly imperfect. In 2004, Kenya adopted a reduced and uniform user fee policy providing fee exemptions to many groups. We present data on user fee implementation, revenue and expenditure from a nationally representative survey of Keny…

  • Analyzing the equity of public primary care provision in Kenya

    Open AccessMitsuru Toda, Antony Opwora et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2012

    The paper shows how local area poverty data can be combined with national health facility surveys, providing a tool for policy makers to assess the equity of input and service availability. There was little evidence of inequalities for most inputs and services, with the clear exceptions of electricity and laboratory services. However, efforts are required to improve the availability of key inputs and services across public facilities in all areas…