Irene Inwani, MBChB, MMed, MPH

Senior Director, Kenyatta National Referral and Teaching Hospital

Irene Inwani, MBChB, MMed, MPH, is a consultant pediatrician at the Kenyatta National referral hospital and a member of the Nairobi HIV research group. She earned her MPH in Epidemiology at the University of Washington in 2006. Her area of interest is prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV and treatment of HIV-infected children. She has been involved in 2 studies:  “Optimizing Pediatric HIV Therapy” looking at early treatment of HIV infected children under the leadership of Grace-John Stewart and “ Reproductive Health Decisions and HIV infection Risk” a community based cohort study in Western Kenya.

 

 

 

 

Publications

  1. Ochillo, M, Bosire, R, Okeyo, N, Onyango, J, Agot, K, Chhun, N et al.. Health promotion messaging reduces HIV risk behaviours and improves repeat testing among adolescent girls and young women in Kenya. Afr J AIDS Res. 2025; :1-6. doi: 10.2989/16085906.2025.2474751. PubMed PMID:40259692 .
  2. Njuguna, I, Moraa, H, Mbwayo, A, Nyapara, F, Aballa, C, Mugo, C et al.. "You are the tutor, you are the counselor, you are the school nurse, you are everything": Secondary school staff experience with youth living with HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2025; :. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003659. PubMed PMID:40064634 .
  3. Osoro, E, Awuor, AO, Inwani, I, Mugo, C, Hunsperger, E, Verani, JR et al.. Association between low maternal serum aflatoxin B1 exposure and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Mombasa, Kenya, 2017-2019: A nested matched case-control study. Matern Child Nutr. 2024;20 (4):e13688. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13688. PubMed PMID:38886171 PubMed Central PMC11574631.
  4. Landovitz, RJ, Tao, L, Yang, J, de Boer, M, Carter, C, Das, M et al.. Type 1 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) Incidence, Adherence, and Drug Resistance in Individuals Taking Daily Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Disoproxil Fumarate for HIV-1 Pre-exposure Prophylaxis: Pooled Analysis From 72 Global Studies. Clin Infect Dis. 2024;79 (5):1197-1207. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae143. PubMed PMID:38484128 PubMed Central PMC7616831.
  5. Mirieri, H, Nduati, R, Dawa, J, Okutoyi, L, Osoro, E, Mugo, C et al.. Risk factors of adverse birth outcomes among a cohort of pregnant women in Coastal Kenya, 2017-2019. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024;24 (1):127. doi: 10.1186/s12884-024-06320-6. PubMed PMID:38347445 PubMed Central PMC10860222.
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