Willis Akhwale

3.1k total citations
38 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Willis Akhwale is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Willis Akhwale has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 15 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 6 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Willis Akhwale's work include Malaria Research and Control (24 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (15 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (15 papers). Willis Akhwale is often cited by papers focused on Malaria Research and Control (24 papers), Mosquito-borne diseases and control (15 papers) and Global Maternal and Child Health (15 papers). Willis Akhwale collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, United States and United Kingdom. Willis Akhwale's co-authors include Robert W. Snow, Dejan Zurovac, Abdisalan M. Noor, Abdinasir A Amin, Davidson H. Hamer, Alexander K. Rowe, Raymond Sudoi, Moses Ndiritu, Siân E. Clarke and Greg Fegan and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, PLoS ONE and PLoS Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Willis Akhwale

38 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Willis Akhwale Kenya 26 1.4k 830 367 361 259 38 2.3k
Lesong Conteh United Kingdom 28 1.4k 1.0× 914 1.1× 600 1.6× 291 0.8× 264 1.0× 52 3.0k
Caroline Jones United Kingdom 25 1.1k 0.8× 704 0.8× 265 0.7× 151 0.4× 219 0.8× 70 1.8k
Sylvia Meek United Kingdom 21 976 0.7× 642 0.8× 547 1.5× 123 0.3× 181 0.7× 32 1.9k
Don P. Mathanga Malawi 29 1.9k 1.4× 991 1.2× 201 0.5× 373 1.0× 309 1.2× 124 2.7k
Joshua Yukich United States 29 1.7k 1.2× 743 0.9× 148 0.4× 281 0.8× 220 0.8× 107 2.3k
Laura C. Steinhardt United States 23 1.0k 0.7× 902 1.1× 400 1.1× 177 0.5× 199 0.8× 61 2.1k
Maxine Whittaker Australia 28 1.6k 1.1× 562 0.7× 395 1.1× 331 0.9× 111 0.4× 112 2.5k
Busiku Hamainza Zambia 28 1.8k 1.3× 761 0.9× 119 0.3× 299 0.8× 206 0.8× 104 2.3k
Manuel W. Hetzel Switzerland 26 1.4k 1.0× 625 0.8× 139 0.4× 259 0.7× 183 0.7× 98 2.1k
Sonia Ehrlich Sachs United States 15 881 0.6× 664 0.8× 215 0.6× 1.3k 3.5× 448 1.7× 23 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Willis Akhwale

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Fields of papers citing papers by Willis Akhwale

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Willis Akhwale

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Willis Akhwale. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Willis Akhwale based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Willis Akhwale. Willis Akhwale is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gore‐Langton, Georgia R., et al.. (2015). Patient adherence to prescribed artemisinin-based combination therapy in Garissa County, Kenya, after three years of health care in a conflict setting. Malaria Journal. 14(1). 125–125. 13 indexed citations
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Akhwale, Willis, Julius Koech, Elijah Oyoo‐Okoth, et al.. (2014). Symptomatic malaria diagnosis overestimate malaria prevalence, but underestimate anaemia burdens in children: results of a follow up study in Kenya. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 332–332. 19 indexed citations
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Maina, William K., Andrea A. Kim, George W. Rutherford, et al.. (2014). Kenya AIDS Indicator Surveys 2007 and 2012. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 66(Supplement 1). S130–S137. 34 indexed citations
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Cock, Kevin M. De, George W. Rutherford, & Willis Akhwale. (2014). Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey 2012. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 66(Supplement 1). S1–S2. 75 indexed citations
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Kariuki, Samuel, Hamadi Boga, Willis Akhwale, et al.. (2012). Molecular Epidemiology of Geographically DispersedVibrio cholerae, Kenya, January 2009–May 2010. Emerging infectious diseases. 18(6). 925–931. 33 indexed citations
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Abuya, Timothy, Greg Fegan, Abdinasir A Amin, et al.. (2010). Evaluating Different Dimensions of Programme Effectiveness for Private Medicine Retailer Malaria Control Interventions in Kenya. PLoS ONE. 5(1). e8937–e8937. 19 indexed citations
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Hightower, Allen W., Ayub Manya, Adam Wolkon, et al.. (2010). Bed net ownership in Kenya: the impact of 3.4 million free bed nets. Malaria Journal. 9(1). 183–183. 57 indexed citations
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Skarbinski, Jacek, Peter Ouma, Louise Causer, et al.. (2009). Effect of malaria rapid diagnostic tests on the management of uncomplicated malaria with artemether-lumefantrine in Kenya: a cluster randomized trial.. PubMed. 80(6). 919–26. 78 indexed citations
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Chuma, Jane, Timothy Abuya, Dorothy Memusi, et al.. (2009). Reviewing the literature on access to prompt and effective malaria treatment in Kenya: implications for meeting the Abuja targets. Malaria Journal. 8(1). 243–243. 72 indexed citations
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John, Chandy C., Kim A. Lindblade, David M. Menge, et al.. (2009). Possible Interruption of Malaria Transmission, Highland Kenya, 2007–2008. Emerging infectious diseases. 15(12). 1917–24. 35 indexed citations
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Zurovac, Dejan, Julius Njogu, Willis Akhwale, Davidson H. Hamer, & Robert W. Snow. (2008). Translation of artemether–lumefantrine treatment policy into paediatric clinical practice: an early experience from Kenya*. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 13(1). 99–107. 69 indexed citations
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Zurovac, Dejan, Julius Njogu, Willis Akhwale, et al.. (2008). Effects of revised diagnostic recommendations on malaria treatment practices across age groups in Kenya*. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 13(6). 784–787. 55 indexed citations
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Mita, Toshihiro, Kazuyuki Tanabe, Nobuyuki Takahashi, et al.. (2008). Indigenous evolution of Plasmodium falciparum pyrimethamine resistance multiple times in Africa. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 63(2). 252–255. 31 indexed citations
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Skarbinski, Jacek, Peter Ouma, Louise Causer, et al.. (2007). Introduction of malaria rapid diagnostic tests, new guidelines, and artemether-lumefantrine in Kenya: A cluster randomized trial. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 77. 97–97. 2 indexed citations
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Ouma, Paul, et al.. (2007). Clinical diagnosis of uncomplicated malaria in older children and adults in Kenya: An evidence base for newly introduced guidelines. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 77. 101–101. 1 indexed citations
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Amin, Abdinasir A, et al.. (2007). The challenges of changing national malaria drug policy to artemisinin-based combinations in Kenya. Malaria Journal. 6(1). 72–72. 149 indexed citations
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Noor, Abdisalan M., Abdinasir A Amin, Willis Akhwale, & Robert W. Snow. (2007). Increasing Coverage and Decreasing Inequity in Insecticide-Treated Bed Net Use among Rural Kenyan Children. PLoS Medicine. 4(8). e255–e255. 230 indexed citations
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Fegan, Greg, Abdisalan M. Noor, Willis Akhwale, Simon Cousens, & Robert W. Snow. (2007). Effect of expanded insecticide-treated bednet coverage on child survival in rural Kenya: a longitudinal study. The Lancet. 370(9592). 1035–1039. 177 indexed citations
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Zurovac, Dejan, Bruce A. Larson, Willis Akhwale, & Robert W. Snow. (2006). The financial and clinical implications of adult malaria diagnosis using microscopy in Kenya. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 11(8). 1185–1194. 35 indexed citations

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