Abdhalah Ziraba MBChB MSc

Research Degree Student

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For my first degree, I trained as medical doctor at Makerere University Medical School and had my internship placement at Jinja Regional Hospital. I was subsequently employed as a medical officer by Iganga District Local Government for about two years. I won a merit scholarship through the Ministry of Education to undertake masters training in clinical epidemiology and biostatistics at Makerere University. After the masters training I worked with the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) in Kenya for five years- initially as a research trainee, and later as a research officer. While at APHRC I was awarded a Commonwealth scholarship through the Realising Rights Research Consortium to undertake PhD training in epidemiology and population health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. 

Affiliation

• Department of Population Studies
• Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health

Research

My research interests include maternal and child health, HIV/AIDs, urban health and health inequities, measurement issues related to causes of death and its impact -particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where vital registration is lacking.

My PhD project explores levels, trends and causes of adult deaths and its impact on child wellbeing-including survival, vaccination, schooling and living arrangements in Nairobi informal settlements.

• Selected publications

• Sero-prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis B virus infection among health care workers in a tertiary hospital in Uganda.

  Ziraba, A.K.; Bwogi, J.; Namale, A.; Wainaina, C.W.; Mayanja-Kizza, H.;

  BMC Infect Dis, 2010; 10:191

• The effect of participant nonresponse on HIV prevalence estimates in a population-based survey in two informal settlements in Nairobi city.

  Ziraba, A.K.; Madise, N.J.; Matilu, M.; Zulu, E.; Kebaso, J.; Khamadi, S.; Okoth, V.; Ezeh, A.C.;

  Popul Health Metr, 2010; 8:22

• What does access to maternal care mean among the urban poor? Factors associated with use of appropriate maternal health services in the slum settlements of Nairobi, Kenya.

  Fotso, J.C.; Ezeh, A.; Madise, N.; Ziraba, A.; Ogollah, R.;

  Matern Child Health J, 2009; 13(1):130-7

• The state of emergency obstetric care services in Nairobi informal settlements and environs: results from a maternity health facility survey.

  Ziraba, A.K.; Mills, S.; Madise, N.; Saliku, T.; Fotso, J.C.;

  BMC Health Serv Res, 2009; 9:46

• Maternal mortality in the informal settlements of Nairobi city: what do we know?

  Ziraba, A.K.; Madise, N.; Mills, S.; Kyobutungi, C.; Ezeh, A.;

  Reprod Health, 2009; 6:6

• 'If you start thinking positively, you won't miss sex': narratives of sexual (in)activity among people living with HIV in Nairobi's informal settlements.

  Undie, C.C.; Ziraba, A.K.; Madise, N.; Kebaso, J.; Kimani-Murage, E.;

  Cult Health Sex, 2009; 11(8):767-82

• Overweight and obesity in urban Africa: A problem of the rich or the poor?

  Ziraba, A.K.; Fotso, J.C.; Ochako, R.

  BMC Public Health, 2009; 9

• The burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: Results from a Demographic Surveillance System.

  Kyobutungi, C.; Ziraba, A.K.; Ezeh, A.; Yé, Y.;

  Popul Health Metr, 2008; 6:1

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