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. Bulterys, MA, Garcia, S, Njuguna, I, Schenkel, S, Thankane, K, Kitsi, I et al.. "It is the foundation for the child": a qualitative study examining caregiver perspectives on the Nurturing Care Framework in Kenya and Botswana. BMJ Public Health. 2026;4 (2):e004261. doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-004261. PubMed PMID:42158544 PubMed Central PMC13182436.
  2. Moraa, H, Mutahi, J, Atieno, W, John-Stewart, G, Kinuthia, J, Kumar, M et al.. Correction: "When a man is stressed, it replicates in the house": Kenyan women's perspectives on the influence of male partners on perinatal mental health among women affected by HIV. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026;6 (5):e0006451. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006451. PubMed PMID:42101972 PubMed Central PMC13155598.
  3. Oja, D, Kundu, C, Onyango, A, Mugo, C, Njuguna, I, Morra, H et al.. Navigating viral load information flow and provider decision-making for adolescent clients at HIV clinics in Kenya. HIV Res Clin Pract. 2026;27 (1):2650034. doi: 10.1080/25787489.2026.2650034. PubMed PMID:41923269 .
  4. Ombajo, LA, Nkuranga, J, Penner, J, Kamau, EW, Ismael, N, Munseri, P et al.. The dolutegravir failure cohort: A multi-country longitudinal cohort with a randomised clinical trial of continued dolutegravir versus switch to darunavir in people with viraemia while on dolutegravir in Sub-Saharan Africa (The Ndovu Study) protocol. PLoS One. 2026;21 (3):e0330792. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0330792. PubMed PMID:41824511 PubMed Central PMC12987441.
  5. Moraa, H, Mutahi, J, Atieno, W, John-Stewart, G, Kinuthia, J, Kumar, M et al.. "When a man is stressed, it replicates in the house": Kenyan women's perspectives on the influence of male partners on perinatal mental health among women affected by HIV. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2026;6 (3):e0006047. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006047. PubMed PMID:41779726 PubMed Central PMC12959676.
Search PubMed