Japheth Athanasio,
PhD Fellow
Biography
Athanasio is a highly skilled health systems specialist with over 13 years of experience in the public health sector, curative services, and health systems strengthening. Known for his strategic leadership and expertise in Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E), he has contributed significantly to advancing healthcare policies, strategic systems, and sustainable reforms in Kenya and internationally.
He is currently pursuing a PhD in health systems financing through CEMA. He is in the final stages of a Msc in Health Economics at the University of York U.K, He has an Msc in Health Systems Management and Application from Kenyatta University, and a Bsc in Public Health.
Research Interests
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. |