Journal Articles
| No. | Articles Published |
| 1 | Kirigia JM: Health Impacts of Epidemiological Environment Change: measurement issues. Environment and Development Economics, 1996; 1(3): 359-367.
URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1312868&fileId=S1355770X00000693 |
| 2 | Wigton A, Hussey G, Fransman D, Kirigia JM, Makan B: The winter 1996 poliomyelitis mass immunization campaign – is it the best strategy for South Africa at this time? South African Medical Journal, 1996; 86(7); 794-795. |
| 3 | Evans DB, Azene G, Kirigia JM: Should governments subsidize the use of insecticide-impregnated mosquito nets in Africa? Implications of a cost-effectiveness analysis. Health Policy and Planning, 1997; 12(2): 107-114. |
| 4 | Kirigia JM: Economic evaluation in schistosomiasis: using the Delphi technique to assess effectiveness. Acta Tropica, 1997; 64: 175-190. |
| 5 | Kirigia JM, Snow RW, Fox-Rushby J, Mills A: The cost of treating paediatric malaria admissions and the potential impact of insecticide treated mosquito nets on hospital expenditure. Tropical Medicine and International Health, 1998; 3(2): 145-150.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00204.x/pdf |
| 6 | Kirigia JM, Fox-Rushby J, Mills A: A cost analysis of Kilifi and Malindi public hospitals in Kenya. African Journal of Health Sciences, 1998; 5(2): 79-84. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17580998 |
| 7 | Kirigia JM: Economic evaluation in schistosomiasis: valuation of health states preferences. Health Economics, 1998; 7: 551-556. |
| 8 | Kirigia JM: Cost-utility analysis of schistosomiasis intervention strategies in Kenya. Environment and Development Economics, 1998; 3(3): 319-346. URL: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=70043&fileId=S1355770X98000187 |
| 9 | Kirigia JM: Self-evaluated health status and beer drinking behaviour among South Africans. African Journal of Health Sciences, 1998; 5(3-4): 170-173. URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/17581021 |
| 10 | Kirigia JM, Sayed R: Predictors of condom use in the prevention of HIV/AIDS in South Africa. African Journal of Health Sciences, 1998; 5(3-4): 178-184. URL: http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/17581023 |
| 11 | Munguti N, Kirigia JM: Health Related Qualify of Life Among Health Care Personnel in Groot Schuur Hospital. African Journal of Health Sciences, 1998; 5(3-4): 185-189. |
| 12 | Jones AM, Kirigia JM: Health knowledge and smoking behaviour among South African women. Health Economics, 1999; 12(8): 165-169. URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1050(199903)8:2%3C165::AID-HEC423%3E3.0.CO;2-6/pdf |
| 13 | Kirigia JM, Muthuri LHK: Predictors of women’s decision to ask new partners to use condoms to avoid HIV/AIDS in South Africa. East African Medical Journal, 1999; 76(9): 484-489. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10685315 |
| 14 | Jones AM, Kirigia JM: The determinants of the use of alternative methods of contraception among South African women. Applied Economics Letters, 2000; 7:501-504. URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13504850050033256 |
| 15 | Kirigia JM, Kainyu LH: Predictors of toilet ownership in South Africa. East African Medical Journal, 2000; 77(12): 667-672. URL: |
| 16 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG. Lambo E: Demand for antenatal care in South Africa. African Journal of Health Sciences, 2000; 7(3-4): 68-74. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17650027 |
| 17 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG, Kainyu LH: A cost-benefit analysis of preventive schistosomiasis interventions in Kenya. African Journal of Health Sciences, 2000; 7(3-4): 5-11. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17650020 |
| 18 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG, Kainyu LH: Willingness to pay for schistosomiasis-related health outcomes in Kenya. African Journal of Health Sciences, 2000; 7(3-4): 55-67. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17650026 |
| 19 | Kirigia JM, Lambo E and Sambo LG: Are public hospitals in Kwazulu-Natal province of South Africa Technically Efficient? African Journal of Health Sciences, 2000; 7(3-4): 25-32. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17650022 |
| 20 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG, Scheel H: Technical efficiency of public clinics in Kwazulu-Natal province of South Africa. East African Medical Journal, 2001; 78(2): S1-S13. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/article/viewFile/9070/1603 |
| 21 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG, Agu V, Lambo E: How to develop an operational plan for health. East African Medical Journal, 2001; 78(2): S14-S19. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj |
| 22 | Sambo LG, Kirigia JM: Evaluation of health-related programmes in Africa: a vision for 2020. East African Medical Journal, 2001; 78(2): S20-S27. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj |
| 23 | Kirigia JM, Emrouznejad A, Sambo LG: Measurement of technical efficiency of public hospitals in Kenya: Using Data Envelopment Analysis. Journal of Medical Systems, 2002; 26(1): 39-45. URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1013090804067 |
| 24 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG, Okorosobo T, Mwabu G: Impact of HIV/AIDS on gross domestic product (GDP) in the WHO African Region. African Journal of Health Sciences, 2002; 9(1-2): 27-39. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajhs/issue/view/4283 |
| 25 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG, Phiri M, Matsembula G, Awases M: Cost-effectiveness analysis of establishing a distance-education programme for health personnel in Swaziland. African Journal of Health Sciences, 2002; 9(1-2): 3-15. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajhs/issue/view/4283 |
| 26 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG: Cost of mental and behavioural disorders in Kenya. Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry, 2003; 2:7. URL:
http://www.annals-general-psychiatry.com/content/pdf/1475-2832-2-7.pdf |
| 27 | Kirigia JM: Pharmaco-economics of traditional medicine. African Health Monitor, 2003; 4(1): 22-23. URL:
http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s21375en/s21375en.pdf |
| 28 | Kirigia JM, Emrouznejad A, Sambo LG, Munguti N, Liambila W: Using Data Envelopment Analysis to measure the technical efficiency of public health centers in Kenya. Journal of Medical Systems 2004; 28(2): 155-166. URL:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FB%3AJOMS.0000023298.31972.c9# |
| 29 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG, Aldis W, Mwabu G: Impact of disaster-related mortality on gross domestic product in the WHO African Region. BMC Emergency Medicine 2004, 4:1. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-227X/4/1 |
| 30 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG, Nganda B, Chatora R, Mwase T: Determinants of health insurance ownership among South African women. BMC Health Services Research. 2005; 5:17. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/5/17 |
| 31 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG, Anikpo E, Karisa E, Mwabu G: Health economics: potential applications in HIV/AIDS control in Africa. African Journal of Health Sciences. 2005; 12(1-2): 1-12. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajhs/issue/view/4287 |
| 32 | Kirigia JM, Mwabu G: Health economics: its scope and application in the African Region. African Health Monitor. 2005; 5(2): 3-5. URL: |
| 33 | Renner A , Kirigia JM: Technical efficiency of health centres in Sierra Leone. African Health Monitor. 2005; 5(2): 39-42. URL:
http://indexmedicus.afro.who.int/iah/fulltext/technic_ef.pdf |
| 34 | Osei D, George M, d’Almeida S, Kirigia JM, Mensah AO, Kainyu LH: Technical efficiency of public district hospitals and health centres in Ghana: a pilot study. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation. 2005; 3:9. URL: http://www.resource-allocation.com/content/3/1/9 |
| 35 | Kirigia JM, Wambebe C, Baba-Moussa A: Status of national research bioethics committees in the WHO African Region. BMC Medical Ethics. 2005; 6:10. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/6/1/10 |
| 36 | Kirigia JM, Seddoh A, Gwatwiri D, Kainyu LH, Seddoh J: E-health: Determinants, opportunities, challenges and the way forward for countries in the WHO African Region. BMC Public Health. 2005; 5:137. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/5/137 |
| 37 | Renner Ade, Kirigia JM, Zere AE, Barry SP, Kirigia DG, Kamara C, Muthuri HK: Technical efficiency of peripheral health units in Pujehun district of Sierra Leone: a DEA application. BMC Health Services Research 2005, 5:77. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/5/77 |
| 38 | Kirigia JM, Oluwole D, Gatwiri D, Kainyu LH: Effects of maternal mortality on gross domestic product (GDP) in the WHO African Region. African Journal of Health Sciences. 2006; 13(1-2): 86-95. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajhs/article/view/30821 |
| 39 | Kirigia JM, Gbary AR, Kainyu LM, Nyoni J, Seddoh A. The cost of health professionals’ brain drain in Kenya. BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:89. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/6/89 |
| 40 | Masiye F, Kirigia JM, Emrouznejad A, Sambo LG, Mounkaila A, Chimfwembe D, Okello D: Efficient Management of Health Centres Human Resources in Zambia. Journal of Medical Systems 2006, 30:473–481. URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10916-006-9032-1 |
| 41 | Kirigia JM, Preker A, Carrin G, Mwikisa C, Diarra-Nama AJ: An overview of health financing patterns and the way forward in the WHO African Region. East African Medical Journal 2006, 83(9): S1-S28. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/issue/view/1185 |
| 42 | Kirigia JM, Wambebe C: Status of resources for health research in ten African countries. BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:135. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/6/135 |
| 43 | Carrin C, Kirigia et al: Health financing reform in Kenya – assessing the social health insurance proposal. South African Medical Journal 2007, 97(2). URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17404675 |
| 44 | Asbu E, Moeti M, Kirigia JM, Kataika E, Mwase T: Equity in health and health care in Malawi: Analysis of trends. BMC Public Health 2007, 7:78. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/7/78. |
| 45 | Kirigia JM, Kirigia DG, Muthuri LK: Health-related biotechnology transfer to Africa: principal-agency relationship issues. African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences. Afr J Med Med Sci. 2007;36 Suppl:81-90. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17703570 |
| 46 | Kirigia JM, Akpa Raphael Gbary AR, Muthuri LK, Nyoni J, Seddoh A: The cost of health professionals’ brain drain in Kenya. BMC Health Services Research 2006, 6:89. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/6/89 |
| 47 | Kirigia JM, Gbary AR, Kainyu LM, Nyoni J, Seddoh A: The cost of health-related brain drain to the WHO African Region. African Journal of Health Sciences. 2006; 13(3-4): 1-12. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajhs/article/view/30830 |
| 48 | Kirigia JM: The economic cost of health professionals brain drain in the African Region: a case study. African Health Monitor. 2007; 7(1): 38-40. URL: http://www.afro.who.int/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=3226 |
| 49 | Kirigia JM, Asbu Z, Greene W, Emrouznejad A: Technical efficiency, efficiency change, technical progress and productivity growth in the national health systems of continental African countries. Eastern Africa Social Science Research Review. 2007; 23(2):19-40. URL: |
| 50 | Kirigia DG, Kirigia JM: Inequalities in Selected Health-related Millennium Development Goal Indicators in all WHO Member States. African Journal of Health Sciences. 2007; 14 (3-4): 171-186. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajhs/issue/view/4292 |
| 51 | Kirigia JM, Ovberedjo M: Challenges facing National Health Research Systems in the WHO African Region. African Journal of Health Sciences. 2007; 14 (3-4): 100-103. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajhs/issue/view/4292 |
| 52 | Kirigia JM: Atonement for poaching of human resources for health from poor countries! A commentary on ‘Sarfield B, Fryer GE: The primary care physician workforce: ethical and policy implications. Annals of family medicine. 2007; 5(6): 486-491.’ URL:
http://www.annfammed.org/cgi/eletters/5/6/486#7382. |
| 53 | Carrin G, James C, Adelhardt M, Doetinchem O, Eriki P, Hassan M, Hombergh H, Kirigia JM, Koemm K, Korte R, Krech R, Lankers C, Lente J, Maina T, Malonza K, Mathauer I, Mboya TO, Muchiri S, Mumani Z, Nganda B, Nyikal J, Onsongo J, Rakuom C, Schramm B, Scheil-Adlung X, Stierle F, Whitaker D, Zipperer M. Health financing reform in Kenya – assessing the social health insurance proposal. South African Medical Journal 2007; 97(2): 130-135. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17404675 |
| 54 | Kirigia JM, Emrouznejad A, Vaz RG, Bastiene H, Padayachy J: A comparative assessment of performance and productivity of health centers in Seychelles. International Journal of Productivity & Performance Management. 2008; 57(1): 72-92. URL:
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/17410400810841245 |
| 55 | Kirigia JM, Emrouznejad A, Cassoma B, Asbu EZ, Barry S: A performance assessment method for hospitals: the case of Municipal Hospitals in Angola. 2008. Journal of Medical Systems. 2008; 32(6): 509-519. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19058655 |
| 56 | Kirigia, JM. The Economic Burden of Diabetes Mellitus in the WHO African Region. African Health Monitor. 2008; 6(1): 51-59. URL:
http://indexmedicus.afro.who.int/iah/fulltext/Ahm/the-economic-burden.pdf |
| 57 | Kirigia JM: Editorial: The essence of leadership in health development. African Journal of Health Sciences. 2008; 15(1-2): 1-3. URL: |
| 58 | Kirigia JM, Diarra-Nama AJ. Can countries of the WHO African Region wean themselves off the donor funding for health? Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2008, 86(11): 889-892. URL: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-054932.pdf |
| 59 | Kirigia JM, Diarra-Nama AJ. Response to Ooms and Van Damme comments entitled ‘Impossible to “wean” when more aid is needed” Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2008, 86(11): 894. DOI: 10.2471/BLT.08. URL: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/11/08-054932.pdf |
| 60 | Kirigia JM, Barry SP. Editorial: Health challenges in Africa and the way forward. International Archives of Medicine 2008, 1:27. URL: |
| 61 | Kirigia JM. The economic burden of health emergencies in the WHO African Region. African Health Monitor. 2008; 8(2): 18-23. URL:
http://apps.who.int/medicinedocs/documents/s21375en/s21375en.pdf |
| 62 | Carrin G, Doetinchem O, Kirigia J, Mathauer I, Musango L. Social health insurance: how feasible is its expansion in the African Region? DevIssues. 2008; 10(2): 7-9. URL: http://www.who.int/health_financing/documents/devissues10_2_shi.pdf?ua=1 |
| 63 | Kirigia JM, Sambo HB, Sambo LG, Barry SP: Economic burden of diabetes mellitus in the WHO African region. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:6. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/9/6 |
| 64 | Barry SP, Kirigia JM: The need for a national health policy, plan and performance monitoring in health development. East African Medical Journal 2009; 86 (Supplement): S1-S2. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/issue/view/7264 |
| 65 | Barry SP, Diarra –nama AJ, Sambo LG, Kirigia JM, Bakeera S. A review of national health policies in seven countries in the WHO African region. East African Medical Journal 2009; 86 (Supplement): S3-S7. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/issue/view/7264 |
| 66 | Barry SP, Sambo LG, Bakeera S, Kirigia JM, Diarra –Nama AJ: Status of health sector strategic plans in five countries of the WHO African Region. East African Medical Journal 2009; 86 (Supplement): S8-S12. URL:http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/issue/view/7264 |
| 67 | Barry SP, Bakeera S, Kirigia JM, Sambo LG: A rapid assessment of district health systems in six countries of the WHO African region. East African Medical Journal 2009; 86 (Supplement): S13-S24. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/issue/view/7264 |
| 68 | Barry SP, Sambo LG, Bakeera S, Kirigia JM, Diarra –Nama AJ: Status of health sector strategic plans in five countries of the WHO African Region. East African Medical Journal 2009; 86 (Supplement): S8-S12. URL: http://www.ajol.info/index.php/eamj/issue/view/7264 |
| 69 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG, Yokouide A, Soumbey-Alley E, Muthuri LK, Kirigia DG: Economic burden of cholera in the WHO African region. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009, 9:8. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/9/8 |
| 70 | Baltussen R, Acharya A, Kathryn Antioch K, Chisholm D, Grieve R, Kirigia J, Torres-Edejer TT, Walker DG, Evans D. Cost-Effectiveness and Resource Allocation (CERA) – directions for the future. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2009, 7:14. URL: |
| 71 | Onwujekwe O, Okereke E, Onoka C, Uzochukwu B, Kirigia JM, Petu A: Willingness to pay for community-based health insurance in Nigeria: do economic status and place of residence matter? Health Policy and Planning 2010; 25(2):155-61. URL: |
| 72 | Barry SP, Somanje H, Kirigia JM, Nyoni J, Bessaoud K, Trapsida J-M, Ndihokubwayo JB, Soumbey-Alley EW, Nyamwaya D, Tumusiime P, Kasilo O, Diarra-Nama AJ, Mwikisa CN, Sambo LG. The Ouagadougou Declaration on Primary Health Care and Health Systems in Africa: Achieving better health for Africa in the new millennium. The African Health Monitor. April–June 2010; 12: 10-21. URL: |
| 73 | Kirigia JM, Mensah OA, Mwikisa CN, Asbu EZ, Ali Emrouznejad, Patrick Makoudode, and Athanase Hounnankan. Technical efficiency of zone hospitals in Benin. The African Health Monitor. April–June 2010; 12: 30-39. |
| 74 | Onwujekwe O, Chima Onoka C, Uguru N, Tasie N, Uzochukwu B, Eze S, Kirigia J, Petu A. Preferences for benefit packages for community-based health insurance: an exploratory study in Nigeria. BMC Health Services Research 2010, 10:162. |
| 75 | Zere E, Tumusiime P, Walker O, Kirigia JM, Mwikisa CN, Mbeeli T. Inequities in utilization of maternal health interventions in Namibia: implications for progress towards MDG 5 targets. International Journal for Equity in Health 2010, 9:16. URL: |
| 76 | Durairaj V, D’Almeida S, Kirigia JM. Obstacles in the process of establishing a sustainable National Health Insurance Scheme: insights from Ghana. Department of Health Systems Financing Technical Brief for Policy-Makers. Number 1. Geneva: WHO; 2010. |
| 77 | Asbu EZ, Walker O, Kirigia JK, Zawaira F, Magombo F, Kataika E. Health financing in Malawi: Evidence from National Health Accounts. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2010, 10:27. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/10/27 |
| 78 | Tlotlego N, Nonvignon J, Sambo LG, Asbu EZ, Kirigia JM: Assessment of productivity of hospitals in Botswana: A DEA application. International Archives of Medicine 2010, 3:27. URL: http://www.intarchmed.com/content/3/1/27 |
| 79 | Kirigia JM, Kirigia DG: The essence of governance in health development. International Archives of Medicine 2011, 4:11. URL: |
| 80 | Mathauer I, Doetinchem O, Kirigia J, Carrin G: Reaching universal coverage by means of social health insurance in Lesotho? Results and implications from a financial feasibility assessment. International Social Security Review 2011, 46(2): 45-63. URL:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-246X.2011.01392.x/abstract |
| 81 | Kirigia JM, Mwikisa CN, Nganda BM, Cardoso B: Effects of global financial crisis on funding for health development in nineteen countries of the WHO African Region. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2011; 2011, 11:4. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/11/4 |
| 82 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG, Renner A, Alemu W, Seasa S, Bah Y. Technical efficiency of primary health units in Kailahun and Kenema districts of Sierra Leone. International Archives of Medicine 2011, 4:15. URL: http://www.intarchmed.com/content/4/1/15/ |
| 83 | Zere E, Oluwole D, Kirigia JM, Mwikisa CN, Thomas Mbeeli T. Inequities in skilled attendance at birth in Namibia: A decomposition analysis. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2011, 11:34. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/11/34. |
| 84 | Kirigia JM, Sambo LG, Mensah O, Mwikisa C, Asbu EZ, Makoudode P, Hounnankan A: Productivity changes in Benin Zone hospitals: a non-parametric Malmquist approach. African Journal of Health Economics 2011. URL: http://www.ajhe.org/ |
| 85 | Sambo LG, Ki-Zerbo G, Kirigia JM: Malaria control in the African Region: perceptions and viewpoints on proceedings of the Africa Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA). BMC Proceedings 2011, 5(suppl 5): S3. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1753-6561/5/S5/S3 |
| 86 | Sambo LG, Kirigia JM, Ki-Zerbo G: Health Financing in Africa: overview of a dialogue among high level policy makers. BMC Proceedings 2011, 5(suppl 5): S2. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1753-6561/5/S5/S2. |
| 87 | Sambo LG, Kirigia JM, Ki-Zerbo G: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union Debate on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health and Development, 25–27 July 2010, Kampala, Uganda. BMC Proceedings 2011, 5(suppl 5): S1. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1753-6561/5/S5/S1. |
| 88 | Asbu EZ, Walker O, Kirigia JM, Zawaira F, Magombo F, Zimpita P, Manthalu G, Nkhoma D, Eldridge C, Kataika E: Assessing the efficiency of hospitals in Malawi: An application of the Pabón Lasso technique. African Health Monitor 2011; 14: 25-33. URL: |
| 89 | Onwujekwe O, Uzochukwu B, Kirigia JM: Basis for effective community-based Health Insurance schemes: investigating inequities in catastrophic out-of-pocket health expenditures, affordability and altruism. African Journal of Health Economics xxx 2011 xxx. URL: |
| 90 | Ichoku H, Fonta WM, Onwujekwe OE, Kirigia JM: Evaluating the technical efficiency of hospitals in South Eastern Nigeria. European Journal of Business and Management. 2011; 3(2):24-37. URL: http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/EJBM/article/view/158/42 |
| 91 | Mokopakgosi O, Mathala O, El-Halabi S, Zere E, Kirigia JM: National Health Accounts of the Republic of Botswana: 2000-2002. European Journal of Business and Management. 2011; 3(3): 142- 171. URL: http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/EJBM/article/viewFile/276/159 |
| 92 | Kirigia JM, Amara M, Renner AT, Zere E, Gborie M, Nabyonga J, Magbity E, Bendu D, Fox S, Kamara C, Amara F. National Health Accounts of Sierra Leone: 2004-2006. Research Journal of Finance and Accounting. 2011; 2(2): 131-167. URL:
http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/RJFA/article/view/190 |
| 93 | Kirigia JM, Asbu EZ, Kirigia DG, Onwujekwe O, Fonta WM, Ichoku HE: Technical efficiency of human resources for health in Africa. European Journal of Business and Management. 2011; 3(4): 321-345. URL:
http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/EJBM/article/view/319 |
| 94 | Onwujekwe O, Onoka C, Uguru N, Tasie N, Uzochukwu B, Kirigia JM, Petu A: Socio-economic and geographic differences in acceptability of community-based health insurance. Public Health. 2011; 1-3.
URL: http://www.publichealthjrnl.com/ |
| 95 | Okorosobo F, Mwabu G, Orem JN, Kirigia JM: Economic burden of malaria in five countries of Africa. European Journal of Business and Management. 2011; 3(6): 42-62. URL: www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/EJBM/article/download/536/422 |
| 96 | Sambo LG, Kirigia JM: Africa’s health: could the private sector accelerate the progress towards health MDGs? International Archives of Medicine 2011, 4:39. URL: http://www.intarchmed.com/content/4/1/39/ |
| 97 | Mbeeli T, Samahiya M, Ravishankar N, Kirigia JM, Zere E. Resource flows for health care: Namibia reproductive health sub-accounts. International Archives of Medicine. 2011, 4:41. URL: http://www.intarchmed.com/content/4/1/41 |
| 98 | Kirigia JM: Macroeconomics and Health: The Way Forward in the WHO African Region. Journal of Biology, Agriculture and Healthcare. 2011; 1(3), 7-26. URL: http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JBAH/search/results |
| 99 | Orem JN, Kirigia JM, Azairwe R, Zikusooka CM, Bataringaya J, Ogwang PO: Cost of malaria morbidity in Uganda. Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development. 2012; 3(2): 58-80. URL: http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JEDS/article/download/1176/1097 |
| 100 | Orem JN, Kirigia JM, Azairwe R, Kasirye I, Walker O: Impact of malaria morbidity on gross domestic product in Uganda. International Archives of Medicine 2012, 5:12. URL: http://www.intarchmed.com/content/5/1/12 |
| 101 | Zere E, Kirigia JM, Duale S, Akazili J. Inequities in maternal and child health outcomes and interventions in Ghana. BMC Public Health. 2012, 12:252. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/12/252 |
| 102 | Kirigia JM, Zere E, Akazili J. National health financing policy in Eritrea: a survey of preliminary considerations. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 2012, 12:16. DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-12-16. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/12/16 |
| 103 | Musango L, Orem JN, Elovainio R, Kirigia JM: Moving from ideas to action – developing health financing systems towards universal coverage in Africa. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2012, 12:30. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/12/30/ |
| 104 | Sambo LG, Kirigia JM, Orem JN: Health financing in the African Region: 2000-2009 data analysis. International Archives of Medicine 2013, 6:10. doi:10.1186/1755-7682-6-10 URL: http://www.intarchmed.com/content/6/1/10 |
| 105 | Kirigia JM, Asbu EZ: Technical and scale efficiency of public community hospitals in Eritrea: an exploratory study. Health Economics Review. 2013, 3:6. doi:10.1186/2191-1991-3-6. URL: http://www.healtheconomicsreview.com/content/3/1/6 |
| 106 | Orem JN, Mugisha F, Okui AP, Musango L, Kirigia JM: Health care seeking patterns and determinants of out-of-pocket expenditure for malaria for the children under-five in Uganda. Malaria Journal 2013, 12:175. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-12-175. URL:
http://www.malariajournal.com/content/12/1/175. |
| 107 | Zere E, Suehiro Y, Arifeen A, Moonesinghe L, Chanda SK, Kirigia JM: Equity in reproductive and maternal health services in Bangladesh. International Journal for Equity in Health 2013, 12:90. doi:10.1186/1475-9276-12-90. URL: http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/12/1/90
http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/pdf/1475-9276-12-90.pdf |
| 108 | Jehu-Appiah C, Sekidde S, Adjuik M, Akazili J, D’Almeida S, Nyonator F, Baltussen R, Asbu EZ, Kirigia JM: Ownership and technical efficiency of hospitals: evidence from Ghana using data envelopment analysis. Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation 2014, 12:9. URL: http://www.resource-allocation.com/content/12/1/9 |
| 109 | Kirigia JM, Mwabu GM, Orem JN, Muthuri RDK: Indirect cost of maternal deaths in the WHO African Region in 2010. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2014, 14:299. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/14/299 |
| 110 | Sambo LG, Kirigia JM: Investing in health systems for universal health coverage in Africa. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2014, 14:28. DOI: 10.1186/s12914-014-0028-5. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/14/28 |
| 111 | Ichoku HE, Fonta W, Onwujekwe O, Kirigia JM: Modelling the Technical Efficiency of Hospitals in South-Eastern Nigeria Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis. African Journal of Health Economics 2014; 3(1): 63-83. URL: http://www.ajhe.org/RArticle.html |
| 112 | Kirigia JM, Kathyola DD, Muula AS, Ota MMO: National health research system in Malawi: dead, moribund, tepid or flourishing? BMC Health Services Research 2015, 15:126 doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0796-1. URL:
http://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-015-0796-1 |
| 113 | Kirigia JM, Muthuri RDK, Nabyonga-Orem J, Kirigia DW: Counting the cost of child mortality in the World Health Organization African region. BMC Public Health 2015; 15:1103. Doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-2465-z. URL:
http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/s12889-015-2465-z.pdf |
| 114 | Kirigia JM, Masiye F, Kirigia DW, Akweongo P: Indirect costs associated with deaths from the Ebola virus disease in West Africa. Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2015; 4:45 DOI 10.1186/s40249-015-0079-4. URL: http://www.idpjournal.com/content/4/1/45 |
| 115 | Kirigia JM, Ota MO, Motari M, Bataringaya JE, Mouhouelo P: National health research systems in the WHO African Region: current status and the way forward. Health Research Policy and Systems 2015; 13:61. DOI 10.1186/s12961-015-0054-3. URL: http://www.health-policy-systems.com/content/13/1/61. |
| 116 | Motari M, Ota MO, Kirigia JM: Readiness of ethics review systems for a changing public health landscape in the WHO African Region. BMC Medical Ethics 2015 Dec 2;16(1):82. doi: 10.1186/s12910-015-0078-9. URL:
http://bmcmedethics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12910-015-0078-9 |
| 117 | Masiye F, Kaonga O, Kirigia JM: Does User Fee Removal Policy Provide Financial Protection from Catastrophic Health Care Payments? Evidence from Zambia. PLoS ONE. 2016; 11(1): e0146508. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146508. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146508 |
| 118 | Mujasi PN, Kirigia JM: Productivity and Efficiency Changes in Referral Hospitals in Uganda: An Application of Malmquist Total Productivity Index. Health Systems and Policy Research. 2016, 3(1):1-12. URL: http://www.hsprj.com/archive.php |
| 119 | Kirigia JM, Muthuri RDK: Productivity losses associated with tuberculosis deaths in the World Health Organization African Region. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2016; 5:43. DOI 10.1186/s40249-016-0138-5. URL: https://idpjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40249-016-0138-5 |
| 120 | Kirigia JM, Mwabu GM, Orem JN, Muthuri RDK: Indirect cost of maternal deaths in the WHO African Region, 2013. International Journal of Social Economics 2016. 43(5): 532 – 548. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-05-2014-0105. URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/IJSE-05-2014-0105 |
| 121 | Motari M, Kirigia JM: Realizing the Right to Health in the WHO African Region: Issues, Challenges and the Way Forward. Health Systems and Policy Research. 2016, 3:2. URL: http://www.hsprj.com/health-maintanance/realizing-the-right-to-health-in-the-whoafrican-region-issues-challenges-andthe-way-forward.pdf |
| 122 | Ota MMO, Kirigia JM: Research for health strategy to buttress pursuit of the sustainable development goals in the African Region. Health Systems and Policy Research. 2016; 3(2):36. URL: http://www.hsprj.com/health-maintanance/research-for-health-strategy-to-buttresspursuit-of-the-sustainable-development-goalsin-the-african-region.pdf |
| 123 | Kirigia JM, Nabyonga-Orem J, Dovlo DYT: Space and place for WHO health development dialogues in the African Region. BMC Health Services Research 2016, 16(Suppl 4):221; 287-304. DOI 10.1186/s12913-016-1452-0. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/s12913-016-1452-0.pdf |
| 124 | Kirigia JM, Pannenborg CO, Amore LGC, Ghannem H, IJsselmuiden C, Nabyonga-Orem J: Global Forum 2015 dialogue on “From evidence to policy – thinking outside the box”: perspectives to improve evidence uptake and good practices in the African Region. BMC Health Services Research 2016, 16(Suppl 4):215 DOI 10.1186/s12913-016-1453-z. URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/s12913-016-1453-z.pdf |
| 125 | Nabyonga-Orem J, Dovlo D, Kwamie A, Nadege A, Guangya W, Kirigia JM: Policy dialogue to improve health outcomes in low income countries: what are the issues and way forward? BMC Health Services Research 2016, 16(Suppl 4): 217; 265-272. DOI 10.1186/s12913-016-1450-2 URL: http://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-016-1450-2 |
| 126 | Kirigia JM, Ota MO, Senkubuge F, Wiysonge CS, Mayosi BM: Developing the African national health research systems barometer. Health Research Policy and Systems. 2016, 14:53. DOI: 10.1186/s12961-016-0121-4 |
| 127 | Kirigia JM, Mwabu GM, M’Imunya JM, Muthuri RDKM, Nkanata LHK, Gitonga EB: Indirect cost of non-communicable diseases deaths in the World Health Organization African Region. International Archives of Medicine. 2017; 10(34). ISSN: 1755-7682. URL: http://imedicalsociety.org/ojs/index.php/iam/article/view/2400
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Kirigia JM, Mburugu GN, Huka GS: The Indirect Cost of Disability Adjusted Life Years Lost among the Elderly in Kenya. International Archives of Medicine. http://imedicalsociety.org/
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Kirigia JM, Ota MO, Shongwe B: Swaziland National Health Research Agenda: the Formulation Process. International Archives of Medicine Section: Global health & health Policy. 2017; 10(248): 1-11. doi: 10.3823/2518. Available at:http://imedicalsociety.org/ojs |
| 130 | Kirigia, J.M. and Mburugu G.N. The monetary value of human lives lost due to neglected tropical diseases in Africa. Infectious Diseases of Poverty. 2017; 6:165. URL:https://doi.org/10.1186/ |
Edited Books
| No. | Books |
| 1 | Kirigia JM: Efficiency of Health System Units in Africa: A Data Envelopment Analysis. Nairobi: University of Nairobi Press; 2013. ISBN: 9789966792150. URL: http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/press/catalogue/index.php?c=7&p=118 |
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Kirigia JM: Economic Evaluation of Public Health Problems in sub-Saharan Africa. Nairobi: University of Nairobi Press; 2009, pp. ix+372. ISBN: 9966-846-60-3. URL: http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/press/search.php?q=Economic+evaluation+of+public+health+problems