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Blessing Mberu is affiliated with the African Population and Health Research Center in Kenya. Their research spans the field of Social Sciences, with a particular focus on subfields such as Nutrition and Dietetics, General Health Professions, Urban Studies, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, and Safety Research.

Their work addresses a range of topics which include:

  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Urban and Rural Development Challenges
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management

Mberu has published multiple papers, some of which are:

  • Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements (2020) in Journal of Urban Health
  • Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements (2020) in BMJ Global Health
  • The economics of healthcare access: a scoping review on the economic impact of healthcare access for vulnerable urban populations in low- and middle-income countries (2022) in International Journal for Equity in Health
  • Analysis of OpenStreetMap Data Quality at Different Stages of a Participatory Mapping Process: Evidence from Slums in Africa and Asia (2021) in ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
  • A system dynamics-based scenario analysis of residential solid waste management in Kisumu, Kenya (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent coauthors in Mberu's research include:

  • Ivy Chumo
  • Caroline Kabaria
  • Penelope A. Phillips-Howard
  • Helen Elsey
  • Kanyiva Muindi

The venues where Mberu has often published include:

  • Cities & Health
  • Journal of Urban Health
  • Frontiers in Public Health
  • BMJ Open
  • Wellcome Open Research

Best Publications

  • The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums

    Alex Ezeh;Oyinlola Oyebode;David Satterthwaite;Yen Fu Chen

  • Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements.

    Jason Corburn;David Vlahov;Blessing Mberu;Lee Riley

  • Global population trends and policy options

    Alex C Ezeh;John Bongaarts;Blessing Mberu

  • Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements.

    Syed A K Shifat Ahmed;Motunrayo Ajisola;Motunrayo Ajisola;Kehkashan Azeem;Pauline Bakibinga

  • Improving the health and welfare of people who live in slums.

    Richard J Lilford;Oyinlola Oyebode;David Satterthwaite;G J Melendez-Torres

  • A review and framework for understanding the potential impact of poor solid waste management on health in developing countries

    Abdhalah K. Ziraba;Tilahun Nigatu Haregu;Blessing Mberu

  • Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Urban Slums: Experiences from Nairobi, Kenya

    E. W. Kimani-Murage;L. Schofield;F. Wekesah;S. Mohamed

  • Stall in fertility decline in Eastern African countries: regional analysis of patterns, determinants and implications

    Alex C. Ezeh;Blessing U. Mberu;Jacques O. Emina

  • Health and health-related indicators in slum, rural, and urban communities: a comparative analysis.

    Blessing U. Mberu;Tilahun Nigatu Haregu;Catherine Kyobutungi;Alex C. Ezeh

  • Women’s participation in household decision-making and higher dietary diversity: findings from nationally representative data from Ghana

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  • Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System (NUHDSS)

    Donatien Beguy;Patricia Elung'ata;Blessing Mberu;Clement Oduor

  • Prevalence and time trends in overweight and obesity among urban women: an analysis of demographic and health surveys data from 24 African countries, 1991-2014.

    Dickson Abanimi Amugsi;Zacharie T Dimbuene;Blessing Mberu;Stella Muthuri

  • Effect of the Affordable Medicines Facility—malaria (AMFm) on the availability, price, and market share of quality-assured artemisinin-based combination therapies in seven countries: a before-and-after analysis of outlet survey data

    Sarah Tougher;Yazoume Ye;John H Amuasi;John H Amuasi;Idrissa A Kourgueni

  • Determinants for participation in a public health insurance program among residents of urban slums in Nairobi, Kenya: results from a cross-sectional survey.

    James K Kimani;Remare Ettarh;Catherine Kyobutungi;Blessing Mberu

  • Disaster risk and its reduction: an agenda for urban Africa

    Ibidun Adelekan;Cassidy Johnson;Mtafu Manda;David Matyas

  • Internal migration and household living conditions in Ethiopia

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  • BIRTH SPACING AND CHILD MORTALITY: AN ANALYSIS OF PROSPECTIVE DATA FROM THE NAIROBI URBAN HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

    Jean Christophe Fotso;John Cleland;Blessing Mberu;Michael Mutua

  • Capitalizing on Nigeria's demographic dividend: reaping the benefits and diminishing the burdens.

    Holly E. Reed;Blessing U. Mberu

  • Family Ties and Urban–Rural Linkages among Older Migrants in Nairobi Informal Settlements

    Blessing Uchenna Mberu;Alex Chika Ezeh;Gloria Chepngeno-Langat;James Kimani

  • Who moves and who stays? Rural out-migration in Nigeria

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  • Household air pollution in Nairobi's slums: A long-term policy evaluation using participatory system dynamics.

    K. Dianati;N. Zimmermann;James Milner;K. Muindi

  • Internal migration and health: premarital sexual initiation in Nigeria.

    Blessing Uchenna Mberu;Michael J. White

  • Patterns and determinants of poverty transitions among poor urban households in Nairobi, Kenya

    Blessing Uchenna Mberu;James Mbugua Ciera;Patricia Elungata;Alex Chika Ezeh

  • Trends in Causes of Adult Deaths among the Urban Poor: Evidence from Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System, 2003–2012

    Blessing Mberu;Marylene Wamukoya;Samuel Oti;Catherine Kyobutungi

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex Ezeh
Alex Ezeh Drexel University
Donatien Beguy
Donatien Beguy United Nations
Catherine Kyobutungi
Catherine Kyobutungi Heidelberg University
Caroline W. Kabiru
Caroline W. Kabiru African Population and Health Research Center
Catherine Goodman
Catherine Goodman London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Kara Hanson
Kara Hanson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Frances Griffiths
Frances Griffiths University of Warwick
Mark Pelling
Mark Pelling King's College London
Albert I. Ko
Albert I. Ko Yale University
Lee W. Riley
Lee W. Riley University of California, Berkeley

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