Dalton Wamalwa, MBChB, MMed, MPH

Chair, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi

Dr. Dalton Wamalwa, MBChB, MMED, MPH, is a lecturer in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Nairobi.  He participated in the International AIDS Research and Training Program at the University of Washington, where he received his MPH in Epidemiology in 2005.  His MPH thesis was called, "The effect of medication diaries on adherence to HAART among HIV-1 infected Kenyan children."  His current project looks at the long term efficacy of pediatric HAART over a 5 year period. Dr. Wamalwa was a co-Investigator on the Optimizing Pediatric HIV-1 Therapy (OPH) project and the EDCTP Pediatric Vaccine study.  He is currently working on the MEPI Linked project and the PUSH study.

Publications

  1. Žuštra, A, Leonard, VR, Holland, LA, Hu, JC, Mu, T, Holland, SC et al.. Longitudinal dynamics of the nasopharyngeal microbiome in response to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and HIV infection in Kenyan women and their children. mSystems. 2025;10 (5):e0156824. doi: 10.1128/msystems.01568-24. PubMed PMID:40261064 PubMed Central PMC12090742.
  2. Reeves, DB, Litchford, M, Fish, CS, Farrell-Sherman, A, Poindexter, M, Ahmed, N et al.. Intact HIV DNA decays in children with and without complete viral load suppression. PLoS Pathog. 2025;21 (4):e1013003. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1013003. PubMed PMID:40184428 PubMed Central PMC12002518.
  3. Unger, JA, Kinuthia, J, Wandika, B, Hedstrom, A, Wetzler, E, Udren, JI et al.. The impact of interactive text communication on neonatal mortality in Kenya: a randomized controlled trial. Nat Med. 2025; :. doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03576-z. PubMed PMID:40075230 .
  4. 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 .
  5. Oja, D, Onyango, A, Mugo, C, Njuguna, I, Wamalwa, D, Altman, MR et al.. Do Adolescents Living With HIV in Kenya Know Their Viral Load Results? Record Audit and Adolescent Exit Surveys in Kiambu and Nakuru Counties: A Cross-Sectional Study. J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2025; :. doi: 10.1097/JNC.0000000000000535. PubMed PMID:40048250 .
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