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  • Were, L. P., Kachingwe, O. N., Goldman, T., Ma, Y., Awuor, F. J., Nyamweya, C., … Gopal, S. (2023, March 6). Climate Change, Transactional Sex, HIV/AIDS & Sustainable Livelihoods among Fishing Communities in the Lake Victoria Basin in East Africa. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/9DTW4
  • Abaleng Lesego, Lawrence Were, Tsion Tsegaye et al. Lessons from the Global Fund-Supported Procurement and Supply Chain Investments in Zimbabwe: a mixed methods study, 24 March 2023, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2662781/v1
  • Oblath R, Herrera CN, Were LPO, Syeda HS, Duncan A, Ferguson T, Kalesan B, Perez DC, Taglieri J, Borba CPC, Henderson DC. Long-Term Trends in Psychiatric Emergency Services Delivered by the Boston Emergency Services Team. Community Ment Health J. 2023 Feb; 59(2):370-380.View Related Profiles. PMID: 36001197; PMCID: PMC9399566; DOI: 10.1007/s10597-022-01015-8;
  • Cesare N, Were LPO. A multi-step approach to managing missing data in time and patient variant electronic health records. BMC Res Notes. 2022 Feb 17; 15(1):64.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35177096; PMCID: PMC8851714; DOI: 10.1186/s13104-022-05911-w;
  • Starnes JR, Wamae J, Okoth V, Ressler DJ, Were V, Were LPO, Moon TD, Wamai R. Population-based socio-demographic household assessment of livelihoods and health among communities in Migori County, Kenya over multiple timepoints (2021, 2024, 2027): A study protocol. PLoS One. 2021; 16(8):e0256555. PMID: 34432837; PMCID: PMC8386871; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256555;
  • Tom Achoki, Uzma Alam, Lawrence P.O. Were, Tesfaye Gebremedhin, Flavia Senkubuge, Abaleng Lesego, Shuangzhe Liu, Richard Wamai, Yohannes Kinfu. COVID-19 pandemic in the African continent: Forecasts of cumulative cases, new infections, and mortality. medRxiv. 2020. View Publication
  • Were LPO, Hogan JW, Galárraga O, Wamai R. Predictors of Health Insurance Enrollment among HIV Positive Pregnant Women in Kenya: Potential for Adverse Selection and Implications for HIV Treatment and Prevention. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 04 22; 17(8). PMID: 32331351; PMCID: PMC7216063; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17082892;
  • Were LPO, Were E, Wamai R, Hogan J, Galarraga O. Effects of social health insurance on access and utilization of obstetric health services: results from HIV+ pregnant women in Kenya. BMC Public Health. 2020 Jan 20; 20(1):87. PMID: 31959153; PMCID: PMC6971983; DOI: 10.1186/s12889-020-8186-y;
  • Gopal S, Ma Y, Xin C, Pitts J, Were L. Characterizing the Spatial Determinants and Prevention of Malaria in Kenya. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 12 12; 16(24). PMID: 31842408; PMCID: PMC6950158; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16245078
  • Lawrence P. O. Were. The Informal Sector and Universal Health Coverage: Crucial Considerations. Issues in Brief. Boston University’s Pardee Center. Boston. 2019; (37):1-8. View Publication
  • Were LPO. Informality and health: universal health coverage in the era of SDGs. Lancet Glob Health. 2018 01; 6(1):e22-e23. 
  • Were LPO, Were E, Wamai R, Hogan J, Galarraga O. The Association of Health Insurance with institutional delivery and access to skilled birth attendants: evidence from the Kenya Demographic and health survey 2008-09. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 07 03; 17(1):454. PMID: 28673344; PMCID: PMC5496351; DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2397-7;