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Victor Akelo
Affiliation : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · Kenya Medical Research Institute
- 47Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Victor Akelo has 47 indexed publications (2013–2026). Their work appears mainly in “PLoS ONE”, “PLOS Global Public Health” and “JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes”. Their most cited article, “Adverse maternal, fetal, and newborn outcomes among pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection: an individual participant data meta-analysis” (2023), has been cited 179 times. 12 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in United States, United Kingdom, Spain, Uganda.
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- Post-mortem characterisation of pathogen-specific causes of infection-related deaths in African and south Asian neonates: a prospective, observational, multicentre study
- Post-mortem characterisation of HIV-associated under-5 deaths in the CHAMPS network: population-based mortality surveillance
- Investigating the Role of Cytomegalovirus as a Cause of Stillbirths and Child Deaths in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Through Postmortem Minimally Invasive Tissue Sampling
- Use of minimally invasive tissue sampling to determine the contribution of diarrheal diseases to under-five mortality and associated co-morbidities and co-infections in children with fatal diarrheal diseases in Africa and Bangladesh
- How maternal morbidities impact women’s quality of life during pregnancy and postpartum in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: A qualitative study
- Child deaths caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia: a secondary analysis of Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) data
- Post-mortem investigation of deaths due to pneumonia in children aged 1–59 months in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia from 2016 to 2022: an observational study
- Contribution of malnutrition to infant and child deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
- Burden of child mortality from malaria in high endemic areas: Results from the CHAMPS network using minimally invasive tissue sampling
- Identifying delays in healthcare seeking and provision: The Three Delays-in-Healthcare and mortality among infants and children aged 1–59 months
- Etiologies and comorbidities of meningitis deaths in children under 5 years in high-mortality settings: Insights from the CHAMPS Network in the post-pneumococcal vaccine era
- Neurological Symptoms and Cause of Death Among Young Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
- Adverse maternal, fetal, and newborn outcomes among pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2 infection: an individual participant data meta-analysis
- Causes of Death Among Infants and Children in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network
- Causes of death identified in neonates enrolled through Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), December 2016 –December 2021
- Neural tube defects as a cause of death among stillbirths, infants, and children younger than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia: an analysis of the CHAMPS network
- Stillbirths and Neonatal Deaths Caused by Group B Streptococcus in Africa and South Asia Identified Through Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS)
- Prediction of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) using machine learning algorithms in a Kenyan population
- Provider adherence to clinical care recommendations for infants and children who died in seven low- and middle-income countries in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network
- Hepatic Vitamin A Concentrations and Association with Infectious Causes of Child Death
- Clinical risk factors of adverse outcomes among women with COVID-19 in the pregnancy and postpartum period: a sequential, prospective meta-analysis
- Prioritizing Health Care Strategies to Reduce Childhood Mortality
- Traditional Medicine Beliefs and Practices among Caregivers of Children under Five Years—The Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), Western Kenya: A qualitative study
- Accuracy of a handheld 3D imaging system for child anthropometric measurements in population-based household surveys and surveillance platforms: an effectiveness validation study in Guatemala, Kenya, and China
- Protocol for a sequential, prospective meta-analysis to describe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the pregnancy and postpartum periods
- Acceptability and Experiences with the Use of 3D Scans to Measure Anthropometry of Young Children in Surveys and Surveillance Systems from the Perspective of Field Teams and Caregivers
- Postmortem investigations and identification of multiple causes of child deaths: An analysis of findings from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network
- HIV incidence in a multinational cohort of men and transgender women who have sex with men in sub-Saharan Africa: Findings from HPTN 075
- Causes of death in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected children aged under-five years in western Kenya
- Mothers’ Perspectives of Complementary Feeding Practices in an Urban Informal Settlement in Kisumu County, Western Kenya
- Initial findings from a novel population-based child mortality surveillance approach: a descriptive study
- A smartphone game to prevent HIV among young Kenyans: local perceptions of mechanisms of effect
- Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems Within the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network
- A Smartphone Game to Prevent HIV Among Young Africans (Tumaini): Assessing Intervention and Study Acceptability Among Adolescents and Their Parents in a Randomized Controlled Trial
- A smartphone game to prevent HIV among young Kenyans: Household dynamics of gameplay in a feasibility study
- Antiretroviral therapy and vaginally administered contraceptive hormones: a three-arm, pharmacokinetic study
- Decreased HIV-associated mortality rates during scale-up of antiretroviral therapy, 2011–2016
- A Smartphone Game to Prevent HIV Among Young Africans: Protocol for a Randomized Pilot Study of a Mobile Intervention
- A Smartphone Game-Based Intervention (Tumaini) to Prevent HIV Among Young Africans: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
- Field evaluation of near point of care Cepheid GeneXpert HIV-1 Qual for early infant diagnosis
- Factors associated with psychological distress among young women in Kisumu, Kenya
- HIV Drug Resistance in Adults Receiving Early vs. Delayed Antiretroviral Therapy: HPTN 052
- Comparison of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in HIV-Infected and HIV-Uninfected Participants Enrolled in a Multinational Clinical Trial: HPTN 052
- Treatment as Prevention: Characterization of Partner Infections in the HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 Trial
- Brief Report: HIV Drug Resistance in Adults Failing Early Antiretroviral Treatment: Results From the HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 Trial
- Determinants and Experiences of Repeat Pregnancy among HIV-Positive Kenyan Women—A Mixed-Methods Analysis
- Attitudes toward Family Planning among HIV-Positive Pregnant Women Enrolled in a Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission Study in Kisumu, Kenya
Publication venues
- PLoS ONE × 6
- PLOS Global Public Health × 4
- JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes × 4
- JAMA Network Open × 3
- The Lancet HIV × 2
- Clinical Infectious Diseases × 2
Publications per year
- 20262
- 20253
- 20247
- 20238
- 20226
- 20214
- 20202
- 20196
- 20182
- 20173
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Aga Khan University Nairobi · London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · University of Nairobi · KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme · Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Co-authors’ countries : United States · United Kingdom · Spain · Uganda
Co-authors
- Beth A. Tippett Barr
- Ken Ondenge
- Kitiezo Aggrey Igunza
- Emily Adhiambo Rogena
- Victor Mudhune
- Richard Omore
- Joyce Akinyi Were
- Sammy Khagayi
- Janet A. Agaya
- J. Anthony G. Scott
- Florence V Murila
- Gunturu Revathi
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