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Social Sciences and Humanities
Kenya
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
50
Citations
7957
World Ranking
2824
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Kenya Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Kenya Leader Award

Overview

Edwine Barasa is affiliated with the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme in Kenya. Their research spans multiple fields with a primary focus on Medicine and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these areas, they have contributed extensively to subfields including Infectious Diseases, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Finance, General Health Professions, and Modeling and Simulation.

The topics of Edwine Barasa's work cover a broad spectrum of global health and economic issues. These include:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Healthcare Policy and Management

Their recent publications demonstrate active involvement in COVID-19-related research and health systems analysis. Notable papers include:

  • "Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Kenyan blood donors" (2020, Science)
  • "Examining the level and inequality in health insurance coverage in 36 sub-Saharan African countries" (2021, BMJ Global Health)
  • "The impact of COVID-19 control measures on social contacts and transmission in Kenyan informal settlements" (2020, BMC Medicine)
  • "Assessing the hospital surge capacity of the Kenyan health system in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic" (2020, PLoS ONE)
  • "Indirect health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: a mixed methods assessment" (2021, BMC Health Services Research)

Edwine Barasa frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Benjamin Tsofa
  • Ambrose Agweyu
  • Kadondi Kasera
  • Patrick Amoth
  • Wangari Ng'ang'a

The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Wellcome Open Research
  • Health Policy and Planning
  • BMJ Global Health
  • PLOS Global Public Health

Best Publications

  • What Is Resilience and How Can It Be Nurtured? A Systematic Review of Empirical Literature on Organizational Resilience

    Edwine Barasa;Rahab Mbau;Lucy Gilson

  • Disrupting gender norms in health systems: making the case for change

    Katherine Hay;Lotus McDougal;Valerie Percival;Sarah Henry

  • Seroprevalence of anti–SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies in Kenyan blood donors

    Sophie Uyoga;Ifedayo M. O. Adetifa;Ifedayo M. O. Adetifa;Henry K. Karanja;James Nyagwange

  • Everyday resilience in district health systems: emerging insights from the front lines in Kenya and South Africa

    Lucy Gilson;Edwine Barasa;Nonhlanhla Nxumalo;Susan Cleary

  • From bouncing back, to nurturing emergence: reframing the concept of resilience in health systems strengthening.

    Edwine W Barasa;Edwine W Barasa;Keith Cloete;Lucy Gilson;Lucy Gilson

  • Assessing the impoverishing effects, and factors associated with the incidence of catastrophic health care payments in Kenya.

    Edwine W. Barasa;Edwine W. Barasa;Thomas Maina;Nirmala Ravishankar

  • Examining the level and inequality in health insurance coverage in 36 sub-Saharan African countries.

    Edwine Barasa;Jacob Kazungu;Peter Nguhiu;Nirmala Ravishankar

  • Assessing the hospital surge capacity of the Kenyan health system in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Edwine W. Barasa;Paul O. Ouma;Emelda A. Okiro

  • Kenya National Hospital Insurance Fund Reforms : Implications and Lessons for Universal Health Coverage

    Edwine Barasa;Khama Rogo;Njeri Mwaura;Jane Chuma

  • The impact of COVID-19 control measures on social contacts and transmission in Kenyan informal settlements

    Matthew Quaife;Kevin van Zandvoort;Amy Gimma;Kashvi Shah

  • Analysing the Efficiency of Health Systems: A Systematic Review of the Literature

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  • Examining levels, distribution and correlates of health insurance coverage in Kenya.

    Jacob S. Kazungu;Edwine W. Barasa;Edwine W. Barasa

  • Recentralization within decentralization: County hospital autonomy under devolution in Kenya.

    Edwine W. Barasa;Edwine W. Barasa;Anthony M. Manyara;Sassy Molyneux;Sassy Molyneux;Benjamin Tsofa

  • Tackling health professionals' strikes: an essential part of health system strengthening in Kenya.

    Grace Irimu;Morris Ogero;George Mbevi;Celia Kariuki

  • Indirect health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: a mixed methods assessment.

    Edwine Barasa;Edwine Barasa;Jacob Kazungu;Stacey Orangi;Evelyn Kabia

  • Health system resilience: a critical review and reconceptualisation.

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  • Hospitals as complex adaptive systems: A case study of factors influencing priority setting practices at the hospital level in Kenya.

    Edwine W. Barasa;Edwine W. Barasa;Sassy Molyneux;Sassy Molyneux;Mike English;Mike English;Susan Cleary

  • Assessing the Level and Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence in Kenya.

    Stacey Orangi;Jessie Pinchoff;Daniel Mwanga;Timothy Abuya

  • COVID-19 transmission dynamics underlying epidemic waves in Kenya.

    Samuel Brand;Samuel Brand;Samuel Brand;John Ojal;John Ojal;Rabia Aziza;Rabia Aziza;Vincent Were

  • Setting healthcare priorities in hospitals: a review of empirical studies

    Edwine W Barasa;Sassy Molyneux;Mike English;Susan Cleary

  • Measuring progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.8 on universal health coverage in Kenya

    Edwine Barasa;Peter Nguhiu;Di McIntyre

  • Crises and Resilience at the Frontline—Public Health Facility Managers under Devolution in a Sub-County on the Kenyan Coast

    Mary Nyikuri;Benjamin Tsofa;Edwine Barasa;Edwine Barasa;Philip Okoth

  • Setting healthcare priorities: a description and evaluation of the budgeting and planning process in county hospitals in Kenya.

    Edwine W. Barasa;Edwine W. Barasa;Susan Cleary;Sassy Molyneux;Sassy Molyneux;Mike English;Mike English

Frequent Co-Authors

Sassy Molyneux
Sassy Molyneux University of Oxford
Philip Bejon
Philip Bejon University of Oxford
Lucy Gilson
Lucy Gilson University of Cape Town
Miriam Taegtmeyer
Miriam Taegtmeyer Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Daniel B. Wright
Daniel B. Wright University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Kara Hanson
Kara Hanson London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Catherine Goodman
Catherine Goodman London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Anna Vassall
Anna Vassall London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Lenka Benova
Lenka Benova Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp
Matthew Cotten
Matthew Cotten Wellcome Sanger Institute

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