Chairman of Department, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health
Academic Qualifications
PhD /Dr.
Refereed Journal Articles
Kamau, I. W., Keraka, M. N., Gitonga, E. (2024). Effect of post-discharge postnatal educational intervention on postnatal practices among low-income primiparas in Nairobi informal settlements, Kenya: a post-test quasi-experiment. The Pan African Medical Journal, 48
Tyotswam, Y. S., Iseme, R. A., Makunyi, E. G. (2024). A randomized controlled study of the effects of targeted health education on uptake of contraceptives among women of reproductive age in Nnewi City, South-East Nigeria. SAGE Open Medicine, 12,20503121241237877.
Sogoti, T. Y., Audi, S. A., Gibuswa, D. M., Manyega, A. N., Manotiti, G., Rwabukoba, M.J., ... Gitonga, E. (2024). Mortality and associated factors among neonates admitted at the Karatina Sub-County Hospital Newborn Unit, Nyeri. East African Medical Journal, 101(3),6837-6844.
Gitonga, E ., & Gage, A. J. (2024). Modern contraceptive prevalence and its predictors among non-refugee and refugee Somali women in Nairobi city, Kenya; a comparative view. Frontiers in Global Women's Health , 5 , 1328612.
Eliphas Gitonga , Rosebella Iseme, Redempta Mutisya & Maurice Kodhiambo (2022) Cervical cancer knowledge, awareness and related health behaviours amongst women of reproductive age in Kiambu County, Kenya: a cross-sectional study, Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 10:1, 1056-1070, DOI: 10.1080/21642850.2022.2136184
Peter Kimani, Eliphas Gitonga and Joseph Musau, Risk factos for caesarean delivery and fetal macrosomia among women with gestational diabetes in Nyeri County Kenya: cross-sectional study. Pan African Medical Journal. 2022; 41:322. Doi: 10.11604/pamj.2022.41.322.29734
Gitonga E., J. Nyamari, P. N. Warutere and A. Wanyoro, “Utilization of mobile short message service to enhance uptake of focused ante natal care,” African Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health , Accepted
Gitonga E. “Skilled Birth Attendance among Women in Tharaka-Nithi County, Kenya” advances in public health. Volume 2017, Article ID 9740196, 5 pages doi.org/10.1155/2017/9740196
Gitonga E. and M. Felarmine, “Determinants of health facility delivery among women in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya,” The Pan African Medical Journal, vol. 2, supplement 2, p. 9, 2016. [10]
Gitonga E., M. Keraka, and P. Mwaniki, “Birth preparedness among women in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya,” African Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 153–157, 2015
Gitonga E. “Determinants of Focused Antenatal Care Uptake among Women in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya”, advances in public health. Volume 2017, Article ID 3685401, https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3685401
Byamukama Topher, Margaret Keraka, Eliphas Gitonga . “Perceptions of Caregivers on Immunization in Ntungamo District, Uganda”. Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health
Joseph O. Adoyo, Eliphas G. Makunyi , George O. Otieno, Alison Yoos. Magnitude and determinants of self-referrals among women seeking skilled birth attendance services: a cross-sectional hospital-based study in Marsabit County, Kenya. Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20211728
Yasmin H. Derowa, Eliphas Gitonga , George Otieno, Alison Yoos, Clayton S. Jisuvei Impact of introduction of the anti-female genital mutilation law on the practice of female genital mutilation in Garissa County, Kenya. https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20213765
Conference Papers
2024: 7 th Reproductive Health network Kenya annual Conference, Sarova White Sands,Mombasa, Kenya; use of implants among adolescents and youth aged 15-24 years in Kenya; In-depth analysis if Kenya demographic health survey 2022
2023 ; 6 th Reproductive Health network Kenya annual Conference, Diani Reef Resort and SPA, Kenya; Comparing the Use of Modern Family Planning among native and refugee young Somali women in Nairobi City, Kenya
2023 : Population Association of America 2023 (PAA 2023), New Orleans Louisiana, USA; Dynamics in Utilization of Modern Family Planning among blended Somali Women (refugees and natives) in Nairobi City, Kenya
2022 : International Conference on Family Planning 2022 (ICFP 2022), Pattaya, Thailand; Utilization of Family planning among urban Somali refugee women in Nairobi City, Kenya
2022 : International Society of Urban health conference 2022 ; Predictors of approval for the use of family planning among blended (natives and Refugees) Somali women in Nairobi, Kenya
2022 : International Society of Urban health conference 2022, Valencia, Spain ; The missing synergistic link between family planning and urban development in Nairobi, Kenya ,https://iussp.org/sites/default/files/Eliphas%20Urban%20development%20and%20Family%20Planning%20_%20The%20Missing%20Link.pdf
2022 ; Future research ideas in urban family planning in 3 Panel meeting on family planning and contraception by International Union for scientific study of populations at Madeira, Portugal
2021: International Population Conference 2021 (Virtual): Family planning among blended Somali women in Nairobi, Kenya; Preliminary results; https://ipc2021.popconf.org/uploads/210125
2017: Three delays model in causation of obstetric fistula at 1st international conference on reproductive health, Kenyatta University Kenya; May 2017
2017: Potential of mobile health in prevention of obstetric fistula at 1st international conference on reproductive health, Kenyatta University Kenya; May 2017
2017: Birth preparedness in prevention of obstetric fistula at 1st international conference on reproductive health, Kenyatta University Kenya; May 2017
2016: Haemostatic effects of selected Kenyan plants in 1st Haemostasis and thrombosis conference, Nairobi, Kenya
2024: Climate change policy validation workshop at Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi,hosted by Kenyatta University 2024: 1 ST Climate change and health conference at Kenyatta University hosted by American Institutes of Research (AIR) 2024: 7 th Reproductive Health network Kenya annual Conference, Sarova White Sands, Mombasa, Kenya
2023 ; 6 th Reproductive Health network Kenya annual Conference, Diani Reef Resort and SPA, Kenya
2023 : Population Association of America 2023 (PAA 2023), New Orleans Louisiana, USA
2022 : International Conference on Family Planning 2022 (ICFP 2022), Pattaya, Thailand
2022 : International Society of Urban health conference 2022, Valencia, Spain
2022 ; 3 Panel Mini-Conference on family planning and contraception by International Union for scientific study of populations at Madeira, Portugal
2022 ; Africities Conference, Kisumu
2019; African population health conference, Entebbe Uganda 12 th -20 th December
2018: MPH curriculum validation workshop of Edna Adan University, Hargesia Somaliland, 9-11th March 2018
2017: 1st international conference on reproductive health, Kenyatta University Kenya; May 2017
2016: 1st Haemostasis and thrombosis conference, Nairobi, Kenya
