Kliniken &… Institute Global Health Staff Wamalwa, Phidelis…

Phidelis Nasimiyu Wamalwa

Doctoral Candidate - Health Economics and Health Financing Research Unit

Phidelis Wamalwa is a Doctoral student at Heidelberg institute of Global Health in the Health Economics and Health Financing research unit. Her research interest lies in health system improvement aspects of service delivery quality improvement, service provider mental health and wellbeing and financing of health service using mixed methods research and design thinking. She has experience working with innovative quality improvement approaches to improve maternal and perinatal outcomes; supply and demand side result/performance-based financing in improving access and utilization of maternal and newborn health services, and social health insurance among the informal sector workers. 


  • 2011 - 2014: Msc Epidemiology at the institute of tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases; Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology-JKUAT (Kenya)
  • 2005 - 2009: BSc Nursing and Public Health at Kenyatta University  (Kenya)

Publications

Kiarie H, Temmerman M, Nyamai M, Liku N, Thuo W, Wamalwa P, et al. The COVID-19 pandemic and disruptions to essential health services in Kenya: a retrospective time-series analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2022;10:e1257–67.https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214- 09X(22)00285-6

Bandali S, Thomas C, Wamalwa P, Mahendra S, Kaimenyi P, Warfa O, FultonN. Strengthening the “P” in maternal and perinatal death surveillance andresponse in Bungoma county, Kenya: implications for scale-up. BMC HealthServ Res. 2019;19(1):611 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-4431-4