Blessing Mberu

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
97 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Blessing Mberu is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Safety Research and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Blessing Mberu has authored 97 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 29 papers in Safety Research and 26 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Blessing Mberu's work include Child Nutrition and Water Access (36 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (28 papers) and Urban and Rural Development Challenges (25 papers). Blessing Mberu is often cited by papers focused on Child Nutrition and Water Access (36 papers), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (28 papers) and Urban and Rural Development Challenges (25 papers). Blessing Mberu collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United Kingdom and United States. Blessing Mberu's co-authors include Alex Ezeh, Tilahun Haregu, Dickson A Amugsi, Catherine Kyobutungi, Abdhalah Ziraba, Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa, John Bongaarts, David Satterthwaite, Elizabeth Kimani‐Murage and Richard Lilford and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Blessing Mberu

90 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The history, geography, and sociology of slums and the health problems of people who live in slums

2016 460 citations David Satterthwaite, Blessing Mberu et al. profile →
Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements

2020 388 citations Blessing Mberu, Tolu Oni et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Blessing Mberu	912	767	700	615	536	97	3.5k
Barney Cohen	808 0.9×	402 0.5×	717 1.0×	769 1.3×	265 0.5×	82	4.2k
Guy Hutton	470 0.5×	1.1k 1.4×	992 1.4×	172 0.3×	515 1.0×	56	3.1k
Allan G. Hill	548 0.6×	515 0.7×	768 1.1×	308 0.5×	945 1.8×	107	3.1k
Richard Rheingans	513 0.6×	1.6k 2.0×	682 1.0×	185 0.3×	570 1.1×	75	4.0k
Abdhalah Ziraba	665 0.7×	443 0.6×	581 0.8×	179 0.3×	555 1.0×	52	2.1k
Robert Dreibelbis	547 0.6×	1.8k 2.3×	749 1.1×	236 0.4×	240 0.4×	107	3.0k
Susan J. Elliott	1.5k 1.7×	628 0.8×	327 0.5×	1.7k 2.8×	1.3k 2.4×	265	6.6k
Hans‐Joachim Mosler	509 0.6×	1.8k 2.3×	459 0.7×	379 0.6×	107 0.2×	109	3.5k
Waleska Teixeira Caiaffa	1.3k 1.4×	788 1.0×	288 0.4×	509 0.8×	1.5k 2.8×	254	6.1k
Wolf‐Peter Schmidt	973 1.1×	3.7k 4.8×	1.4k 2.0×	376 0.6×	652 1.2×	115	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Blessing Mberu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Blessing Mberu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Blessing Mberu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chumo, Ivy, Blessing Mberu, & Caroline Kabaria. (2025). How informal water markets serve the urban population: Dynamics of invisible hand in Nairobi’s water sector. PLOS Water. 4(6). e0000379–e0000379.

Chumo, Ivy, et al.. (2024). Beyond a facility: A cross-sectional survey on WASH service levels and informal social accountability in childcare centres in Nairobi's informal settlements. Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development. 14(4). 313–324. 1 indexed citations

Chumo, Ivy, et al.. (2023). Drivers of vulnerability to health and wellbeing challenges in informal settlements. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. 5. 5 indexed citations

Chumo, Ivy, et al.. (2023). Psychosocial support during the COVID-19 pandemic in informal settlements: A Case of Childcare Providers in Nairobi, Kenya. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100240–100240.

Chumo, Ivy, et al.. (2023). Sanitation services for the urban poor: A social capital approach to sanitation challenges in informal settlements. PLOS Water. 2(12). e0000086–e0000086. 1 indexed citations

Chumo, Ivy, et al.. (2023). Complementarity of formal and informal actors and their networks in support of vulnerable populations in informal settlements: Governance diaries approach. Frontiers in Public Health. 10. 1043602–1043602. 5 indexed citations

Amugsi, Dickson A, Kanyiva Muindi, & Blessing Mberu. (2022). Implementation of solid waste management policies in Kenya: challenges and opportunities. Cities & Health. 6(3). 528–535. 8 indexed citations

Chumo, Ivy, et al.. (2022). Unmet Needs and Resilience: The Case of Vulnerable and Marginalized Populations in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements. Sustainability. 15(1). 37–37. 12 indexed citations

Chumo, Ivy, Caroline Kabaria, Penelope A. Phillips‐Howard, et al.. (2022). Mapping social accountability actors and networks and their roles in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in childcare centres within Nairobi’s informal settlements: A governance diaries approach. PLoS ONE. 17(11). e0275491–e0275491. 9 indexed citations

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Chumo, Ivy, et al.. (2022). Informal social accountability mechanisms for water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in childcare centres in Nairobi City County's informal settlements. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 259–269. 9 indexed citations

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Chumo, Ivy, et al.. (2021). Manual Pit Emptiers and Their Heath: Profiles, Determinants and Interventions. International journal of medical and health sciences. 15(6). 207–213. 5 indexed citations

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Thomas, Yonette F., Tolu Oni, Charles Ebikeme, & Blessing Mberu. (2020). Research to address socio-environmental determinants of health and access to healthcare in urban(izing) Africa. Cities & Health. 6(1). 1–6. 3 indexed citations

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Mberu, Blessing, et al.. (2020). Biomedical waste management in Dakar, Senegal: legal framework, health and environment issues; policy and program options. Cities & Health. 6(1). 208–222. 9 indexed citations

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Muindi, Kanyiva, Blessing Mberu, Isabella Aboderin, & Dickson A Amugsi. (2020). Conflict and crime in municipal solid waste management: evidence from Mombasa and Nairobi, Kenya. Cities & Health. 6(1). 159–167. 8 indexed citations

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Mberu, Blessing, Michael Mutua, Caroline Kabaria, Dickson A Amugsi, & Kanyiva Muindi. (2020). Levels of household exposure to solid waste dumpsites and associated loss to health in urban Kenya and Senegal. Cities & Health. 6(1). 168–179. 4 indexed citations

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Chumo, Ivy, et al.. (2020). Awareness and attitudes towards the use of recycled faecal sludge products in Nairobi’s slums. Cities & Health. 6(1). 149–158. 3 indexed citations

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Belesova, Kristine, J. R. Hale, Michael Davies, et al.. (2018). Complex Urban Systems for Sustainability and Health: A structured approach to support the development and implementation of city policies for population and planetary health. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, Nici, James Milner, Kanyiva Muindi, et al.. (2017). Indoor air pollution as an issue of nonattention in Nairobi's informal settlements. UCL Discovery (University College London).

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Adelekan, Ibidun, Cassidy Johnson, David Matyas, et al.. (2015). Disaster risk and its reduction: an agenda for urban Africa. International Development Planning Review. 37(1). 33–43. 74 indexed citations

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Mberu, Blessing. (2009). Protection before the harm: the case of condom use at the onset of premarital sexual relationship among youths in Nigeria. African Population Studies. 23(1). 57–83. 15 indexed citations

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