{"id":4519,"date":"2015-06-03T23:02:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T23:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/?page_id=4519"},"modified":"2024-02-28T04:01:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T04:01:55","slug":"james-kiarie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/about\/who-we-are\/krtc-affiliates\/james-kiarie\/","title":{"rendered":"James Kiarie, MBChB, MMed, MPH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Affiliate Associate Professor, Global Health<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
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Coordinator, World Health Organization (WHO)<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Dr. James Kiarie, MBChB, MMED, MPH, is trained in medicine and surgery with a specialization in obstetrics and gynecology and public health.\u00a0 He is currently the head of the Contraception and Fertility care Unit, in the World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva. The unit works on contraception, fertility care and infertility research, norms, standards, and technical assistance. He has over 25 years\u2019 experience in research, teaching, health services management, and leadership. His interests are in health systems, implementation research, and translation of evidence to practice. His research focus surrounds implementation research on contraception and fertility care.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Publications<\/h3>\n
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  1. Gadapani Pathak, B, Mburu, G, Habib, N, Kabra, R, Kiarie, J, Chowdhury, R et al.<\/i>. Prevalence and determinants of fertility care-seeking among women experiencing delayed conception in North India: a cross-sectional study. Front Reprod Health. 2026;8 :1772807. doi: 10.3389\/frph.2026.1772807<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41938998<\/a> PubMed Central PMC13044071<\/a>.<\/li>
  2. Ali, M, Kiarie, J. Pandemic lessons: protecting sexual and reproductive health during global health emergencies. Reprod Health. 2026;22 (Suppl 3):277. doi: 10.1186\/s12978-026-02273-5<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41699709<\/a> PubMed Central PMC12910720<\/a>.<\/li>
  3. Sonalkar, S, Maya, E, Guure, C, McAllister, A, Puplampu, D, Doe, R et al.<\/i>. Standardizing postpartum family planning counseling guidance in Ghana: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized implementation effectiveness trial. PLoS One. 2026;21 (1):e0340482. doi: 10.1371\/journal.pone.0340482<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41615914<\/a> PubMed Central PMC12857993<\/a>.<\/li>
  4. Mburu, G, Kiarie, J, Allotey, P. Infertility services in the context of decreasing total fertility rates. Bull World Health Organ. 2026;104 (2):121-123. doi: 10.2471\/BLT.25.294210<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41602493<\/a> PubMed Central PMC12834353<\/a>.<\/li>
  5. World Health Organisation Guideline Development Group for Infertility, Mburu, G, Santesso, N, Brignardello-Petersen, R, Kennedy, R, Farquhar, C et al.<\/i>. Recommendations from the WHO guideline for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infertility. Fertil Steril. 2025; :. doi: 10.1016\/j.fertnstert.2025.11.014<\/a>. PubMed PMID:41387135<\/a> .<\/ol>Search PubMed<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Affiliate Associate Professor, Global Health Coordinator, World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. James Kiarie, MBChB, MMED, MPH, is trained in medicine and surgery with a specialization in obstetrics and gynecology and public health.\u00a0 He is currently the head of the Contraception and Fertility care Unit, in the World Health Organization (WHO), Geneva. The unit works on… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"parent":10633,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page_no-sidebar-page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4519","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4519"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11448,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4519\/revisions\/11448"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/kenyares\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}