{"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. Velez, MP, Feguery, H, Milne, B, Paparella, AN, Gonsalves, L, Kiarie, J et al.<\/i>. Access to fertility care for LGBTIQ+ and unpartnered persons: a systematic review protocol. BMJ Open. 2026;16 (6):e116762. doi: 10.1136\/bmjopen-2026-116762<\/a>. PubMed PMID:42373190<\/a> PubMed Central PMC13331233<\/a>.<\/li>
  2. Maya, E, Guure, C, Glozah, FN, Sonalkar, S, McAllister, A, Doe, R et al.<\/i>. Cultural adaptation and psychometric assessment of acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility measures for family planning interventions among midwives and nurses in Ghana. Implement Sci Commun. 2026; :. doi: 10.1186\/s43058-026-01001-1<\/a>. PubMed PMID:42271524<\/a> .<\/li>
  3. Mburu, G, Esteves, SC, Santesso, N, De Jonge, C, Pacey, A, Boivin, J et al.<\/i>. Reply of the authors: \"World Health Organization infertility guidelines, 2025\". Fertil Steril. 2026;125 (6):1150-1151. doi: 10.1016\/j.fertnstert.2026.03.013<\/a>. PubMed PMID:42264617<\/a> .<\/li>
  4. Akala, HM, Kandie, R, Githuka, GN, Kiplagat, R, Ahmeddin, O, Keitany, K et al.<\/i>. Absence of false negative RDT results due to pfhrp2 deletion among symptomatic malaria infections in Kenya: findings from the 2022 Kenya national longitudinal surveillance of pfhrp2\/3 deletions. Malar J. 2026;25 (1):. doi: 10.1186\/s12936-026-05942-9<\/a>. PubMed PMID:42231303<\/a> PubMed Central PMC13295388<\/a>.<\/li>
  5. Mburu, G, Zhao, L, Mei, M, Men, P, Boivin, J, Kiarie, J et al.<\/i>. Non-clinical indicators of infertility and fertility care: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2026;16 (5):e115223. doi: 10.1136\/bmjopen-2025-115223<\/a>. PubMed PMID:42209008<\/a> PubMed Central PMC13223620<\/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}]}}