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. Chuchu, V, Sayianka, S, Teresa, I, Inwani, I, Oyugi, J, Thumbi, SM et al.. Burden of Antibiotic Resistance in Hospitalized Children in Kenya: Associations with Mortality, Hospital Stay, and Treatment Costs. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2026;114 (2):216-223. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.25-0440. PubMed PMID:41662743 PubMed Central PMC12874832.
  2. Badia, J, Dyer, J, Agot, K, Wilson, K, Jiang, W, Beima-Sofie, K et al.. Prevalence and Correlates of Violence Among Adolescents and Young Adults Living With HIV in Western Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. ;37 (2):181-191. doi: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000607. PubMed PMID:41505629 .
  3. Chuchu, VM, Ita, T, Inwani, I, Oyugi, J, Thumbi, SM, Omulo, S et al.. Diagnostic Underuse and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns Among Hospitalized Children in a National Referral Hospital in Kenya: A Five-Year Retrospective Study. Antibiotics (Basel). 2025;14 (9):. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics14090872. PubMed PMID:41009851 PubMed Central PMC12466545.
  4. Zika Virus Individual Participant Data Consortium. Adverse fetal and perinatal outcomes associated with Zika virus infection during pregnancy: an individual participant data meta-analysis. EClinicalMedicine. 2025;83 :103231. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103231. PubMed PMID:40630619 PubMed Central PMC12235389.
  5. Kohler, P, Jiang, W, Badia, J, Kibugi, J, Dyer, J, Kadima, J et al.. Data-informed Stepped Care (DiSC) to improve adolescent and young adult HIV care outcomes in Kenya: a cluster randomized trial. J Int AIDS Soc. 2025;28 Suppl 3 (Suppl 3):e26501. doi: 10.1002/jia2.26501. PubMed PMID:40622356 PubMed Central PMC12232485.
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