Leonard Kingwara

Biographic Data

ID7581608
NAMELeonard Kingwara
GIVEN NAMESLeonard
FAMILY NAMEKingwara
SIGNATUREKINGWARA L
AFFILIATIONSMinistry of Health
ORCID0000-0001-6883-267X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Biosafety, biosecurity and antimicrobial resistance containment in Kenya

    Open AccessLazarus Odeny, Leonard Kingwara et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing global health threat requiring robust biosafety, biosecurity, and surveillance systems across human, animal, and environmental sectors. However, evidence on how these systems function at sub-national and facility levels remains limited, particularly in decentralized settings such as Kenya. This scoping review was conducted in line with PRISMA-ScR reporting standards to map evidence on AMR containment sy…

  • Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections and associated risk factors among pregnant women and key populations in Kenya

    Open AccessCatherine Ngugi, Borna A Nyaoke et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Sexually-transmitted pathogens Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) cause curable but often asymptomatic bacterial infections. Missed diagnoses and treatment, leading to chronic infections, can cause clinical complications and increase transmission. Accurate prevalence estimates are essential for the effective public health control of these sexually transmitted infections, especially in Africa, where data are scarce. This cro…

  • Real-world performance of point-of-care vs. standard-of-care HIV viral load testing in western Kenya

    Open AccessJessica H Giang, Garoma Basha et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Routine HIV viral load testing is important for evaluating HIV treatment outcomes, but conventional viral load testing has many barriers including expensive laboratory equipment and lengthy results return times to patients. A point-of-care viral load testing technology, such as GeneXpert HIV-1 quantification assay, could reduce these barriers by decreasing cost and turnaround time, however real-world performance is limited. We conducted a seconda…

  • Using queueing models as a decision support tool in allocating point-of-care HIV viral load testing machines in Kisumu County, Kenya

    Open AccessYinsheng Wang, Anjuli D Wagner et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2024

    Point-of-care (POC) technologies—including HIV viral load (VL) monitoring—are expanding globally, including in resource-limited settings. Modelling could allow decision-makers to consider the optimal strategy(ies) to maximize coverage and access, minimize turnaround time (TAT) and minimize cost with limited machines. Informed by formative qualitative focus group discussions with stakeholders focused on model inputs, outputs and format, we created…

  • Community Mobilization Approaches for Large-Scale Public Health Surveys

    Open AccessBright Phiri, Apala Guhathakurta et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2022

  • Methods for conducting trends analysis

    Open AccessThomas Achia, Ismael Flores Cervantes et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Our approach can be used to support trend comparisons for variables in HIV surveys in low-income settings. Independent national household surveys can be assessed for comparability, adjusted as appropriate, and used to estimate trends in key indicators. Analyzing trends over time can not only provide insights into Kenya's progress toward HIV epidemic control but also identify gaps

  • Mortuary and hospital-based HIV mortality surveillance among decedents in a low-resource setting

    Open AccessEmmanuel Nyakeriga, Wanjiru Waruiru et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    This study shows that in low-resource settings, conducting hospital and mortuary-based surveillance is feasible and can be an alternative source of mortality data when civil registry data are inadequate