Member Profile
Membership type: full
PhD Fellowship Alumna
Njeri Wabiri
Country of origin: Kenya Currently in: South Africa, Johannesburg General field of specialization: Mathematical sciencesPhD Fellowship Alumna
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Degrees
2007 Doctorate Mathematical sciences2016 Master Social and Economic Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Mathematical sciences
Data and Measurements, Statistics, Geo-mapping, Systems, Public value measurements
Publications resulting from Research:
Laura Dwyer-Lindgren, Michael A. Cork, Amber Sligar, Krista M. Steuben, Kate F. Wilson, Naomi R. Provost, Benjamin K. Mayala, John D. VanderHeide, Michael L. Collison, Jason B. Hall1, Molly H. Biehl, Austin Carter, Tahvi Frank, Dirk Douwes-Schultz, Roy Burstein, Daniel C. Casey, Aniruddha Deshpande, Lucas Earl, Charbel El Bcheraoui, Tamer H. Farag, Nathaniel J. Henry, Damaris Kinyoki, Laurie B. Marczak, Molly R. Nixon, Aaron Osgood-Zimmerman, David Pigott, Robert C. Reiner Jr, Jennifer M. Ross, Lauren E. Schaeffer, David L. Smith, Nicole Davis Weaver, Kirsten E. Wiens, Jeffrey W. Eaton, Jessica E. Justman, Alex Opio, Benn Sartorius, Frank Tanser, Njeri Wabiri, Peter Piot, Christopher J. L. Murray & Simon I. Hay. Mapping HIV prevalence in sub-Saharan Africa between 2000 and 2017. Nature (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1200-9.
Gutreuter S, Igumbor E, Wabiri N, Desai M, Durand L (2019) Improving estimates of district HIV prevalence and burden in South Africa using small area estimation techniques. PLoS ONE 14(2): e0212445. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212445
Zungu NP, Mabaso ML, Kumalo F, Sigida S, Mlangeni L, Wabiri N, et al. (2019) Prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and associated factors among HIV positive educators: Findings from the 2015/6 survey of Health of Educators in Public Schools in South Africa. PLoS ONE 14(2): e0209756. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209756
Gesine Meyer-Rath, Jessica B. Mcgillen, Diego Cuadros, Timothy B. Hallett, Njeri Wabiri, Samir Bhatt, Frank Tanser, Thomas Rehle. “Targeting the right interventions to the right people and places: the role of geospatial analysis in HIV program planning” : Opinion Piece (AIDS 2018, 32 975-963) DOI:10.1097/QAD.0000000000001792
MF Chersich, N Wabiri, K Risher, O Shisana, D Celentano, T Rehle, M Evans, H Rees (2017) Contraception coverage and methods used among women in South Africa: A national household survey SAMJ (2017) Vol.107, No.4. DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v107i4.12141)
Wabiri N., Cherish M., Shisana O, Blaauw D, Rees, H and Dwane N.( 2016) Growing inequities in maternal health in South Africa: a comparison of serial national household surveys ,2008 to 2012(BMC Pregnancy and child birth (2016) 16:256 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-1048-z)
Wabiri N., Shisana O., Zuma K., and Freeman J. (2016) Assessing the spatial nonstationarity in relationship between local patterns of HIV infections and the covariates in South Africa: A Geographically Weighted Regression Analysis. (Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology 16 88-99 http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/ j.sste.2015.12.003 )
Leickness C. Simbayi, Gladys Matseke, Njeri Wabiri, Nolusindiso Ncitakalo, Mercy Banyini, Cily Tabane & Dynah Tshe¬betshebe (2014): Covariates of condom use in South Africa: findings from a national population-based survey in 2008, (AIDS Care: Psychological and Socio-medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, DOI;10.1080/09540121.2014.902419
Wabiri, N., Cherish, M, Zuma K, Blaauw D, Goudge J and Dwane N.(2013) Equity in maternal health in South Africa: analysis of health service access and health status in a national household survey(PLoS ONE 8(9): e73864 doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0073864)
Wabiri, N. and Taffa, N. (2013) Socio-Economic Inequality and HIV in South Africa(BMC Public Health 2013 13:1037 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/1037
Wabiri, N and Amusa, H. (2010) Quantifying South Africa’s Crude Oil Import Risk: A Multi-Criteria Portfolio Model. Economic Modelling 27 (2010) 445-453
Wabiri, N. (2011) South Africa oil import portfolio risks: Which Way Out? A HSRC Policy Brief, January
Wabiri, N, Guo, R. and Thiart, C. (2005) Nonparametric Spatial Interval Regression, Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Industrial Engineering, Theory, Applications and Practice, Clearwater, Florida, USA, December 4-6, 2005. (ISBN: 0-9654506-1-9). Editors: TK Fredericks, SE Butt, A. Pennathur, JE Fernandez, A.Mital
Wabiri, N, Guo, R. and Thiart, C (2005) Interval Kriging Under Generalized Metric, Proceedings of International Workshop on Recent Advances Stochastic Operations Research, Canmore, Alberta, Canada, August 26-25 pp. 290-297. (ISBN 4-939146-03-0)
Wabiri, N, Guo, R. and Thiart, C. (2005) Interval-Spatial methods, Proceedings of the Geographical Information Systems Research UK (GISRUK 2005). Glasgow, Scotland, April 6-8, PP 121-129
Thesis
Wabiri, N. (2016): Exploring underlying mechanism that drives research project complexity management: A complex Adaptive Systems Metaphor. MBA. University of Cape Town.
Wabiri, N. (2007): Variable Modelling of Spatially Distributed Random Interval Observations. PhD Thesis. The University of Cape Town.
Wabiri, N. (1997): Non-Parametric method for correlation analysis. MSc Thesis. Kenyatta University
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchIndustryOtherResearch and Development
Workshop and Conference Attended
2017 Morocco ISI, 61st World Statistics Congress (WSC) in Marrakech, MoroccoPresentation given
2017Invited Speaker-Special Topic Session on "Evaluation of Bayesian Geospatial Methods to Generate Sub-national prediction of global health issues in Sub-Saharan Africa based on complex survey data".MoroccoEvent: ISI -
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship with OWSD
Fellowship awarded 2001
PHD Graduation 2007