Jimmy Opigo

Biographic Data

ID7042395
NAMEJimmy Opigo
GIVEN NAMESJimmy
FAMILY NAMEOpigo
SIGNATUREOPIGO J
AFFILIATIONSMinistry of Health
ORCID0009-0003-1521-4159
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Evaluating the impact of two next-generation long-lasting insecticidal nets on malaria incidence in Uganda

    Open AccessA Epstein, Samuel Gonahasa et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Malaria remains a significant public health challenge globally, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where progress has stalled in recent years. Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are a critical preventive tool against malaria. This study investigated the effectiveness of newer-generation LLINs following a universal coverage campaign in Uganda. METHODS: Health facility data collected 36 months prior to LLIN distribution and 24 mo…

  • Who pays to treat malaria and how much? Analysis of the cost of illness, equity and economic burden of malaria in Uganda

    Open AccessKatherine Snyman, Cassady Pitt et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2025

    Case management of malaria in Africa has evolved markedly over the past 20 years and updated cost estimates are needed to guide malaria control policies. We estimated the cost of malaria illness to households and the public health service and assessed the equity of these costs in Uganda. From December 2021 to May 2022, we conducted a costing exercise in eight government-run health centres covering seven sub-regions, collecting health service cost…

  • Dramatic resurgence of malaria after 7 years of intensive vector control interventions in Eastern Uganda

    Open AccessMoses R Kamya, Joaniter I Nankabirwa et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Tororo District, Uganda experienced a dramatic decrease in malaria burden from 2015–19 during 5 years of indoor residual spraying (IRS) with carbamate (Bendiocarb) and then organophosphate (Actellic) insecticides. However, a marked resurgence occurred in 2020, which coincided with a change to a clothianidin-based IRS formulations (Fludora Fusion/SumiShield). To quantify the magnitude of the resurgence, investigate causes, and evaluate the impact …

  • Rethinking communications for governance of malaria programs

    Open AccessJimmy Opigo, Anya L Guyer et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Malaria has, to a great extent, become normalized and accepted as inevitable. To resume global progress on malaria elimination, national malaria programs in many malaria-endemic countries urgently need to add new tactics. The global COVID-19 experience has demonstrated that it is possible to rapidly shift health programming and governance. In this essay we argue that a key to transforming malaria programming is stronger and more strategic communi…

  • All hands on deck

    Open AccessKolawole Maxwell, Elisabeth G Chestnutt et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Between 2000 and 2015, great progress was made to drive down malaria, with incidence and mortality rates from the disease falling by 27% and 50% respectively [1]. This was a result of effective programming and the increased global attention and funding for the disease. However, since 2015 the mortality rate has fallen by less than 2% and the funding gap has continued to widen from US$ 2.6 billion in 2019 to US$ 3.8 billion in 2021 [1]. The COVID-…

  • Resurgence of malaria in Uganda despite sustained indoor residual spraying and repeated long lasting insecticidal net distributions

    Open AccessA Epstein, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Five years of sustained indoor residual spraying (IRS) of insecticide from 2014 to 2019, first using a carbamate followed by an organophosphate, was associated with a marked reduction in the incidence of malaria in five districts of Uganda. We assessed changes in malaria incidence over an additional 21 months, corresponding to a change in IRS formulations using clothianidin with and without deltamethrin. Using enhanced health facility surveillanc…

  • Spatial-temporal patterns of malaria incidence in Uganda using HMIS data from 2015 to 2019

    Open AccessSimon P Kigozi, Ruth Kigozi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Findings showed clear countrywide spatial-temporal patterns with clustering of malaria risk across districts and health facility catchments within high risk regions, which can facilitate targeting of interventions to those areas at highest risk. Moreover, despite high and perennial transmission, seasonality for malaria incidence highlights the potential for optimal and timely implementation of targeted interventions