Florence Wakesho,
PhD Fellow
Biography
A competent Medical Parasitologist Public Health trained professional with over 10 years of of progressive experience in Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) control and Elimination programs.
Education : Bsc Biochemistry and Molecular biology- Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology and Msc Medical Parsitology- Maseno University.
Current Position: Schistosomiasis and Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis programme manager, Vector Borne and Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Research Interests
Epidemiology | Schistosomiasis
Recent Publications
| Factors Influencing Iron Levels Among Women of Reproductive Age and Children 6–48 Months in Livestock‐Keeping Communities in Narok County, Kenya |
| Molecular characterisation of human rabies in Tanzania and Kenya: a case series report and phylogenetic investigation |
| Elimination of transmission of onchocerciasis (river blindness) with long-term ivermectin mass drug administration with or without vector control in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| The evolution of Kenya’s animal health surveillance system and its potential for efficient detection of zoonoses |
| Elimination of transmission of onchocerciasis (river blindness) with long-term ivermectin mass drug administration with or without vector control in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| Safety and efficacy of toll-like receptor agonists as therapeutic agents and vaccine adjuvants for infectious diseases in animals: a systematic review |
| Molecular characterisation of human rabies in East Africa - a case series report and phylogenetic investigation |
| Impact of helminth infections on clinical and epidemiological features of microbial infections, and vaccine responses in ruminants: a systematic review. |
| Accelerating Progress Towards the 2030 Neglected Tropical Diseases Targets: How Can Quantitative Modeling Support Programmatic Decisions? |
| Strengthening health policy modelling in Africa |
| Biphasic MERS-CoV Incidence in Nomadic Dromedaries with Putative Transmission to Humans, Kenya, 2022–2023 |
| Modelling seasonal household variation in harvested rainwater availability: a case study in Siaya County, Kenya |
| Effect of Phone Text Message Reminders on Compliance with Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis following Dog Bites in Rural Kenya |
| Addressing child and maternal nutrition: a qualitative study on food prescriptions and proscriptions determining animal source food consumption in rural Kenya |
| United Against Rabies Forum: The first 2 years. Frontiers in Public health |
| A global analysis of One Health Networks and the proliferation of One Health collaborations |
| Conflicting COVID-19 excess mortality estimates |
| Rabies Elimination in Rural Kenya: Need for Improved Availability of Human Vaccines, Awareness and Knowledge on Rabies and Its Management Among Healthcare Workers |
| United Against Rabies Forum: The first 2 years |
| Opportunities for Reproductive Health Programs in the Implementation of Schools Re-Entry Policy on Teenage Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections: Case of Selected Urban Schools in Kenya |
| A systematic review of Rift Valley Fever epidemiology 1931–2014 |
| The impact of livestock interventions on nutritional outcomes of children younger than 5 years old and women in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis |
| The Livestock for Health Study: A Field Trial on Livestock Interventions to Prevent Acute Malnutrition Among Women and Children in Pastoralist Communities in Northern Kenya |
| World Rabies Day 2023–Is an end to Human Rabies Deaths in Sight? |
| Ecological and subject-level drivers of interepidemic Rift Valley fever virus exposure in humans and livestock in Northern Kenya |
| The global burden of Chikungunya fever among children: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis |
| A call to accelerate an end to human rabies deaths |
| Impact of traffic congestion on spatial access to healthcare services in Nairobi |
| Evaluating and mitigating the potential indirect effect of COVID-19 on control programmes for seven neglected tropical diseases: a modelling study |
| Endemicity of Coxiella burnetii infection among people and their livestock in pastoral communities in northern Kenya |
| The COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions to essential health services in Kenya: a retrospective time-series analysis |
| Infectious disease modelling for SARS-CoV-2 in Africa to guide policy: A systematic review |
| Vaccination of household chickens results in a shift in young children’s diet and improves child growth in rural Kenya |
| Incidence of chikungunya virus infections among Kenyan children with neurological disease, 2014–2018: A cohort study |
| The COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions to essential health services in Kenya: a retrospective time-series analysis |
| United Against Rabies Forum: The One Health Concept at Work |
| Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Kenya: a multicentre cohort study |
| Rabies Elimination in Rural Kenya: Need for Improved Availability of Human Vaccines, Awareness and Knowledge on Rabies and Its Management Among Healthcare Workers |
| Spatio-temporal patterns of domestic water distribution, consumption and sufficiency: Neighbourhood inequalities in Nairobi, Kenya |
| Spatio-temporal patterns of domestic water distribution, consumption and sufficiency: Neighbourhood inequalities in Nairobi, Kenya |
| Essential Health Services Data Monitoring, and Evaluation sub-working group. The COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions to essential health services in kenya: a retrospective time-series analysis. |
| The potential for the double risk of rabies and antimicrobial resistance in a high rabies endemic setting: detection of antibiotic resistance in bacterial isolates from infected dog bite wounds in Uganda |
| Sero–epidemiology of brucellosis in people and their livestock: A linked human–animal cross-sectional study in a pastoralist community in Kenya |
| Effects of changes in short-term human cognition on reported healthcare utilisation |
| Sero – epidemiology of brucellosis in people and their livestock: A linked human – animal cross-sectional study in a pastoralist community in Kenya |
| Spatio-temporal patterns of domestic water distribution, consumption and sufficiency: Neighbourhood inequalities in Nairobi, Kenya |
| United Against Rabies Forum: The One Health Concept at Work |
| Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Kenya: a multicentre cohort study |
| A spatiotemporal analysis of cattle herd movement in relation to drinking-water sources: implications for Cryptosporidium control in rural Kenya |
| Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in Kenya |
| Assessing the practicalities of joint snakebite and dog rabies control programs: Commonalities and potential pitfalls |
| Assessing the practicalities of joint snakebite and dog rabies control programs: Commonalities and potential pitfalls |
| Using cross-species vaccination approaches to counter emerging infectious diseases |
| Serological evidence of single and mixed infections of Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in dromedary camels in Kenya |
| Impact of routine Newcastle disease vaccination on chicken flock size in smallholder farms in western Kenya |
| Carriage of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in a high-density informal settlement in Kenya is associated with environmental risk-factors |
| Carriage of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in a high-density informal settlement in Kenya is associated with environmental risk-factors. |
| Carriage of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in a high-density informal settlement in Kenya is associated with environmental risk-factors |
| The nexus between improved water supply and water-borne diseases in urban areas in Africa: a scoping review |
| The nexus between improved water supply and water-borne diseases in urban areas in Africa: a scoping review |
| Serological evidence of single and mixed infections of Rift Valley fever virus, Brucella spp. and Coxiella burnetii in dromedary camels in Kenya |
| One Health for neglected tropical diseases |
| Impact of livestock interventions on maternal and child nutrition outcomes in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol |
| Using cross-species vaccination approaches to counter emerging infectious diseases |
| Effect of Inter-Observer Variation on the Association between Contamination Hazards and the Microbiological Quality of Water Sources: A Longitudinal Study. |
| Volunteer based approach to dog vaccination campaigns to eliminate human rabies: Lessons from Laikipia County, Kenya. |
| Comparison of knowledge, attitude, and practices of animal and human brucellosis between nomadic pastoralists and non-pastoralists in Kenya. |
| Rapid in-country sequencing of whole virus genomes to inform rabies elimination programmes. |
| Mortality as the primary constraint to enhancing nutritional and financial gains from poultry: A multi-year longitudinal study of smallholder farmers in western Kenya. |
| Zero human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030: perspectives from quantitative and mathematical modelling |
| IDEAL, the Infectious Diseases of East African Livestock project open access database and biobank. |
| Precision global health: a roadmap for augmented action. |
| One Health education in Kakuma refugee camp (Kenya): From a MOOC to projects on real world challenges. |
| Portable Rabies Virus Sequencing in Canine Rabies Endemic Countries Using the Oxford Nanopore MinION. |
| Reflections on IDEAL: What we have learnt from a unique calf cohort study. |
| Why isn’t everyone using the thermotolerant vaccine? Preferences for Newcastle disease vaccines by chicken-owning households in Tanzania |
| A hundred years of rabies in Kenya and the strategy for eliminating dog-mediated rabies by 2030 |
| A hundred years of rabies in Kenya and the strategy for eliminating dog-mediated rabies by 2030 |
| Newcastle disease vaccine adoption by smallholder households in Tanzania: Identifying determinants and barriers |
| Seroprevalence and Factors Associated with Coxiella burnetii Infection in Small Ruminants in Baringo County, Kenya |
| Seroprevalence of respiratory viral pathogens of indigenous calves in Western Kenya. Research in Veterinary Science |
| Randomized controlled field trial to assess the immunogenicity and safety of rift valley fever clone 13 vaccine in livestock |
| Variation and covariation in strongyle infection in East African shorthorn zebu calves. Parasitology, 142(3), 499–511. |