RCB CONSULT / PUBLICATIONS

Evidence, shared.

Browse research publications from our team and collaborators.

4 results

2026

“We cannot rely on foreign entities to take care of our health… we need to change our mindset”: immediate impacts of the 2025 U.S. government funding cuts on health in Kenya

Laura Ferguson, Alice Sipiyian Lakati, Sarah Emoto, Herbert Barasa Wanyonyi, Fajar Rachman Adji, Wilson Tompoi, Michelle Elizabeth Anderson, Peninah Kinya Masibo

BMC Public Health

A study explores how the 2025 withdrawal of United States health funding affected service uptake and health in Kenya. Researchers examine routinely collected health-system data alongside…

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2026

Youth Employment in the Primary Health Care Ecosystem in Zambia: Barriers and Opportunities

Gabriel Mwila, Alice Lakati, Viviane Sakanga, Diana Bulanda, Levy Mkandawire, Jarim Omogi, Lister Banda, Osman Abdi, Abdul Agukoh, Beatrice Gatumia, Micah Matiangi, Peninah Kinya Masibo

Frontiers in Health Services

Research examines barriers and opportunities for youth employment in Zambia’s primary healthcare ecosystem. A mixed-methods cross-sectional study across four districts explores how education,…

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2015

Is there a threshold level of maternal education sufficient to reduce child undernutrition? Evidence from Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe

Donald Makoka, Peninah Kinya Masibo

BMC Pediatrics

Research examining maternal education and child undernutrition in Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. The publication investigates whether a threshold level of education is associated with improved…

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2014

Dietary intake of schoolchildren and adolescents in developing countries

Sophie Ochola, Peninah K Masibo

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

A review of dietary intake among schoolchildren and adolescents in developing countries, focusing on dietary patterns and nutritional adequacy. Read the published article for the complete abstract…

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